The eSynergy Blog – Katie Bacon

Katie Bacon works in my council as a youth participation worker. She has done some amazing work using social media tools for youth participation and she has created a website to share her experiences and resources  – check it out.

The eSynergy Blog – Katie Bacon.

Society Guardian – People Power

I received a call earlier this morning from Katie Bacon, who informed me that there was a section in today’s Guardian “People Power” which contained an article about using social networking platforms for Youth Participation and Katie was of course mentioned (Well done Katie). However the whole pull out contained a wide range of interesting [...]

Social Media – our journey so far…

In some ways I am surprised by the amount of support and enthusiasm my colleagues  and peers in my council have shown in relation to social media and social networking, but at the same time i’m not surprised as i spent the best part of 8 months last year working and promoting the benefits to [...]

Progress report – SNS participation

The following update has been produced by Katie Bacon, Youth Participation Worker here at Devon County Council.
Current group established on profile

Don’t judge us before you know us!
Young Parents Group
Get UR Voice Heard – Website development

Feedback:
Young people whom have become friends to Youth Participation Team have been e-mailed with introduction e-mail which explains the [...]

Thoughts on Social Networking and Youth Participation event

On Friday I attended with some colleagues from Youth Service and Youth participation here in Devon, a great event hosted by the Children’s Services Network in London entitled “Social Networking Sites and Youth Participation”
We were going because we were also invited to speak at the event which was actually a very enjoyable experience.
The programme was [...]