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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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Diversity is good for business or so I hear
Did you know that one of the reasons we were awarded the Olympic Games was our emphases on celebrating diversity? Adecco the recruitment sponsor for London 2112 has just completed a survey of...
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Blair McPherson
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27 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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Lights, camera, action!
It's been a dramatic week for us at Knowledge Hub central. We planned our first major conference outing, ran our first major online event and have throttled-up our migration schedule. ...
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Michael MacAuley
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17 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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Psst...! Tell Sid...! (And anyone else you know!)
I wrote most of this blog a long time ago, but I've been wanting to update it and republish it for a while, as it feels relevant. If you've read the Knowledge Hub Team new year blog, you'll...
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Liz Copeland
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20 Jan 2014
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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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Happy Belated Groundhog Day (or why community managers are gods)
This is a great post from Community Roundtable, which I missed on Groundhog Day, but still worth a mention When we think of the day to day and the year to year of what community management is,...
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Michael Norton
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14 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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How to manage the members
Working in local government at a senior level involves working hand in glove with local councillors or elected members as officers most commonly refer to them. Effective chief executives and...
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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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Is it alright for a man to wear black eyeliner to work?
I was at a senior manager’s question and answer session at the end of a two day staff equality and diversity awareness course. I didn’t see it coming but I know the sound of a bear trap snapping...
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Blair McPherson
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10 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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How productive is hot desking?
I was pleased to learn that my colleagues and I will be moving from Darby house in Telford Town Centre to the new civic buildings in my home town of Wellington. The new offices are attached to...
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Richard Overy
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12 May 2014
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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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The value of meetings
Whether you like or loathe meetings they are part of our working lives, the effectiveness and value of these meetings can vary and will depend on a number of factors some of which are...
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Richard Overy
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31 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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If staff morale is at an all time low you know you are doing something right
Who would make such a provocative statement? The bullish minister for local government, the no nonsense leader of the council, the over confident and ruthlessly ambitious chief executive? It is...
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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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Has your Online Community got a cold?
Everyone seems to be going down with a cold at the moment where I work. But what happens when your community gets a cold? What are the symptoms and what are the remedies? ...
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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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There are many ways to get rid of a Director
You don’t have to wait till the budget is over spent, the savings not delivered, a critical inspection report, performance targets missed or a negative and highly personalised local media...
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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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Racism in the office and in the staff room
We don’t have a problem with racism here. I am not a racist nor are my colleagues. I don’t believe our staff are racist and I don’t believe our managers deliberately discriminate against people....
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Blair McPherson
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27 Feb 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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Why do you keep banging on about Equality and Diversity?
We live in a modern world so I was not surprised to be contacted by a student through Face Book. She was doing a presentation and referring to an article I had written on Equality and Diversity...
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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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Can you make a racist remark and not be racist?
According to Manchester United footballer Patrice Evra you can make a racist remark and not be a racist. Was he just saying that the opponent who he accused of repeatedly racially abusing him was...
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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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Managing gay men
This is a work in progress. An attempt to further the discussion on managing a diverse workforce. I am seeking comments and suggestions and I am not afraid of a little controversy. They...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:
20 Jan 2015
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