Comments for Carl's Notepad http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com Me, my life and my work Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Thoughts on Internal Social Networking – LocalGovCamp by Cheryl H http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/thoughts-on-internal-social-networking-localgovcamp/#comment-707 Cheryl H Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:21:58 +0000 http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/?p=761#comment-707 Great read! Now that you are on what would be the six month mark of your project I would be interested to hear how it is going. I agree that having an internal custom social network both the employees and the business at large stand to benefit. It fosters a true sense of teamwork and collaboration and increases productivity. Best of luck! Great read! Now that you are on what would be the six month mark of your project I would be interested to hear how it is going. I agree that having an internal custom social network both the employees and the business at large stand to benefit. It fosters a true sense of teamwork and collaboration and increases productivity. Best of luck!

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Internal Social Networking – LocalGovCamp by Sarah Lay » Blog Archive » Social networking for councils http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/thoughts-on-internal-social-networking-localgovcamp/#comment-705 Sarah Lay » Blog Archive » Social networking for councils Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:08:35 +0000 http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/?p=761#comment-705 [...] Some interesting points were raised by Helen Williams about some of getting this type of project underway was down to how it is ’sold’ internally. She said Carl Haggerty of Devon County Council had re-branded social networking as business networking in order to get chief officers to look past what they thought they knew toward the potential of such a system. More about the pilot Devon has run here. [...] [...] Some interesting points were raised by Helen Williams about some of getting this type of project underway was down to how it is ’sold’ internally. She said Carl Haggerty of Devon County Council had re-branded social networking as business networking in order to get chief officers to look past what they thought they knew toward the potential of such a system. More about the pilot Devon has run here. [...]

]]> Comment on DeJa Vu – A lesson for social media by Tim Lloyd http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/deja-vu-a-lesson-for-social-media/#comment-700 Tim Lloyd Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:47:49 +0000 http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/?p=910#comment-700 Excellent post, thank you. You are right: there is too much emphasis on specific tools, and not there part in a wider, newer, communications mix. One of the first 'measurables' must surely be that the public expect to access information using social media. If public sector organisations have already started using these channels, then they cannot suddenly take them away either. In my own day-to-day work, I have tried to stress the term 'digital engagement' rather than social media, so that email, web and social networking tools are all seen as part of the same suite. Excellent post, thank you.
You are right: there is too much emphasis on specific tools, and not there part in a wider, newer, communications mix. One of the first ‘measurables’ must surely be that the public expect to access information using social media. If public sector organisations have already started using these channels, then they cannot suddenly take them away either.
In my own day-to-day work, I have tried to stress the term ‘digital engagement’ rather than social media, so that email, web and social networking tools are all seen as part of the same suite.

]]> Comment on One week after #likeminds by LikeMinds review « Martin Howitt's blog http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/one-week-after-likeminds/#comment-697 LikeMinds review « Martin Howitt's blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:18:15 +0000 http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/?p=906#comment-697 [...] an awfully long time. I’ve been slow to blog: others have blogged about it ages ago, such as here, here, here, and here, to name a few: a more comprehensive list of blogs on the conference is here [...] [...] an awfully long time. I’ve been slow to blog: others have blogged about it ages ago, such as here, here, here, and here, to name a few: a more comprehensive list of blogs on the conference is here [...]

]]> Comment on Getting my head around Digital Engagement by Carl Haggerty http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/getting-my-head-around-digital-engagement/#comment-694 Carl Haggerty Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:32:06 +0000 http://carlhaggerty.wordpress.com/?p=888#comment-694 I would suggest promoting the use of a hashtag "#theevent" for example and using search mechanisms and monitoring tools to pick up those conversations. You need to trial something to see if and how stuff works for you locally and how you can ensure that you bring those conversations back into the wider discussion at some point. I'm happy to talk by phone at some point if you want to discuss further. Just let me know via the blog and i'll let you have my contact details Carl I would suggest promoting the use of a hashtag “#theevent” for example and using search mechanisms and monitoring tools to pick up those conversations.

You need to trial something to see if and how stuff works for you locally and how you can ensure that you bring those conversations back into the wider discussion at some point.

I’m happy to talk by phone at some point if you want to discuss further. Just let me know via the blog and i’ll let you have my contact details

Carl

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