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New stuff to play with
Well it seems only a blink of an eye since I wrote the last post but so much has happened. There's been lots of social and messaging functions added to the platform and we finally delivered...
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Michael MacAuley
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24 Apr 2012
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Does transparency of data need comparability?
The National Audit Office have released today a report on data transparency. I think they have slightly misunderstood the nature of transparency when it comes to discuss local government (see...
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Neil Wholey
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19 Apr 2012
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Relax don't do it
Relaxed about the budget, relaxed about the restructuring, relaxed about the prospects of the service being outsourced we may have got it wrong about all those stressed-out public sector...
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Blair McPherson
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25 Apr 2012
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Recipe for success…how to cook up a day of public sector digital goodness
Serves: 16431+ Preparation time: as long as it takes Cooking time: a day or so Ingredients 60+ digi types (a high quality mix from 14 local authorities and 16 public...
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Lesley Thomson
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14 Apr 2012
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Ricky Gervais a legitimate target?
Ricky Gervais a legitimate target? It‘s always risky getting up to go to the bar or toilet during a stand up comics routine especially if you are on the front row. So I suppose I should have...
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Blair McPherson
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13 Apr 2012
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The state of community management and much more
I thought I would try out Scoopit as a way to content curate regarding online facilitation. This is my first attempt. I hope you can see it.
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Michael Norton
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04 Apr 2012
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KM mini-interviews with Edward Rogers (CKO Of NASA)
I picked this up via David Gurteen who mentioned that Ankur Makhija of eClerx Services have recently uploaded a few more KM mini-interviews to their YouTube channel. The latest are...
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Michael Norton
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02 Apr 2012
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Youth Work degree at Napier University
Dear colleagues, Napier university are recruiting for their work based youth work degree programme. This course offers a flexible, practice based and Scottish policy context route to...
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Gavin Crosby
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27 Mar 2012
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Penn Resilience Programme Teacher Training
2013 – 24th, 25th, 26th June and the 1st and 2nd July (all 5 days must be attended) 09:00 – 17:00 Hertfordshire Development Centre, Robertson House, Stevenage The PRP is a...
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Lucy Bailey
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20 Mar 2013
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It 'aint what you do it's the way that you do it
Migration, migration, migration! Eat, sleep, drink migration... Guess what my days are filled with? Right now, every waking hour is filled with migration of communities to Knowledge...
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Michael MacAuley
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02 Mar 2012
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Does Your Community Manager Deserve an Oscar?
On Sunday night (if you stayed up that late or got up that early) you would have seen the Oscars. Michael Hahn wrote a great little blog, looking at the idea of Oscars for Community...
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Michael Norton
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28 Feb 2012
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Cheating and Lying in the Public Sector
There was undoubtedly cheating and lying in the public sector before the performance management culture was so enthusiastically embraced but league tables, over ambitious targets, naming...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Feb 2012
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The Surprising Truth about What Community Members Really Want
What do members want? If you want to start a community (or improve an existing one), you might begin by asking members what they want. Members will say they want...
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Michael Norton
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16 Feb 2012
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CRM & Data Integration: the quest for a single view of the customer
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Shelley Heckman
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15 Feb 2012
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We are too busy
NHS managers are too busy to address staff health at work. So said the headline in the Health Service Journal (HSJ). The report on the launch of the Healthcare Management unit code of conduct...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Feb 2012
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Is your plate healthy?
At Telford & Wrekin Council we are in the middle of a consulation on Shaping Places - Telford and Wrekin's Future which will eventually replace the existing Core Strategy and...
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Richard Overy
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11 Feb 2012
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Are Internal comms teams still split over value of social media?
Back in 2010 Melcom produced a survey of communications practitioners that revealed the level of social media expertise in the profession as poor – with around half unconvinced of...
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Michael Norton
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10 Feb 2012
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Who Pays Your Wages?
The notorious £1m bonus of RBS boss, Stephen Hester, was being defended on Radio 4 on Friday. I'm not going to have a go at the interviewee (Christopher Wheeler, an analyst at...
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Adrian Barker
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30 Jan 2012
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Management consultancy v Management development
Successive Governments shake ups of the public sector, the fashion for adopting private sector ways and the tendency to name and shame led to years of plenty for management consultants. The pace...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Feb 2012
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Where you born to be an online community facilitator?
After extensive and scientific research I can now tell you the years and months that will make you a great facilitator. But first a bit of background to this ground breaking research. The...
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Michael Norton
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02 Feb 2012
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Pay up, save thousands, avoid the bad publicity
Pay up, save thousands and avoid the bad publicity that’s the standard advice when faced with a claim for constructive dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination. I am sure that was the...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Feb 2012
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National Map of Shared Services
The Local Government Association have used Googlemaps to visualise shared services throughout England as shown in the map below. Although shared services may not be suitable for every...
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Richard Overy
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26 Jan 2012
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2012 the year for UnLearning management
It is very clear now that the changes taking place in the public sector will make it a very different place to work. For staff there are unwelcome changes in job security, pay and pensions. For...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Feb 2012
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Who are you calling a racist?
Stephen Lawrence was attacked because he was black. Eighteen years after his murder two of his killers have been sentenced to life in prison. His murder and the inquiry that followed not only...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Feb 2012
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How to maintain morale when the future is so bleak
The public sector is to foot the bill for economic recovery. The price to be paid in reduced take home pay and job losses will be felt by all those working in the public sector. The news paper...
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Blair McPherson
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27 Feb 2012
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Casting out demons
You would not be surprised to be told that some people with mental health problems claim to hear voices and be possessed by demons. You might be a little surprised to be informed that the...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Dec 2018
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Culture eats strategy for breakfast
We changed the policy .We introduced new procedures. We set targets and introduced monitoring arrangements. We developed a training programme. We provided senior management with regular...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Jul 2020
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Praise for local government deputies
This article appeared in todays Guardian(Public leaders network) ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2011/may/09/local-government-deputies-praise
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Blair McPherson
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17 May 2022
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Bigging it Up
Am I lying or just overselling? Am I bigging it up? Making more of it than is justified? Am I making something routine and commonplace sound different and innovative? How...
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Blair McPherson
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10 Mar 2017
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Mentoring as a way of developing leadership skills
Mentoring as a way of developing leadership skills One very effective way for a manager to continue their development is to identify a mentor. A management mentor is a guide, someone with...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Dec 2014
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Management in 100 words
Management in 100 words The England football manager claims he only needs 100 words of English to manage the team. On the understanding that like the England team your team understands the...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Dec 2021
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Partnerships under fire
The President of the association of directors of adult social services (adass) had a go at hospital managers and the cheers could be heard across social services throughout the land. Richard Jones...
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Blair McPherson
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10 May 2024
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Do you still use a cassette tape or phonograph?
Blog copied from CoP. This is my last blog post to Communities of Practice. The site will soon become obsolete (31st March 2012); I am sad that the CoP site is coming to an...
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Richard Overy
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20 Jan 2012
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Could you use your data more intelligently?
Use your data more effectively to yield insightful information that can help you better deliver your services. Our customer insight series provides the opportunity for you to learn from peers how...
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Shelley Heckman
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18 Jan 2012
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Communities – The Day The World Stood Still
This is a great post by Phil Wride especially with wikipedia today. Rest assured this isn’t another Community Management post linking back to a film as some of my others have. This...
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Michael Norton
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18 Jan 2012
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How will you say thank you next Monday
Don’t forget next Monday is Community Facilitator/Manager Appreciation Day Just in case you don’t know about it check it out on wikipedia ...
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Michael Norton
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16 Jan 2012
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14 Days to go – Community Facilitator-Manager Appreciation Day
It's time for the THIRD annual CMAD on the 23rd of January. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Manager_Appreciation_Day What to do? It's so easy: Thank your Community...
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Michael Norton
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18 Jan 2012
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What does an online community facilitator actually do?
This is a question that gets asked a lot. For all those that are facilitating a Community of Practice you know that it is hard work. And that you have to be slightly mad to...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:
06 Jan 2012
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Cool Welsh Stats tool
I recently stubbled upon the Welsh Government National Strategic Indicators Viewer; a visualisation application which allows the user to compare data for Welsh local authorities in a map, chart or...
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Richard Overy
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09 Nov 2011
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The power and peril of online communities
This is a great presentation from Rachel Happe of Community Round Table. Also if you get a chance subscripe to their great newsletter The Power and Peril of Online Communities ...
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Michael Norton
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03 Nov 2011
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The single biggest reason why members leave a community...and what you can do about it
Another great post by Richard Millington over at Feverbee. I will be remembering this one. Have we made the group / community interesting? Richard say "It's not the...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:
27 Oct 2011
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