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Posts Tagged ‘Blogging’

Glum councillors and potholes.

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Pete Ashton has started Richard McKeever on something utterly brilliant. A blog dedicated to: doggedly collate images of councillors looking glum whilst pointing at holes in the road, wearing hard hats or presenting oversized cheques. Lets celebrate the work of our local elected representatives! Tweet suggestions to @glumcouncillors It uses a very simple free service [...]

August 27th, 2009 | by Nick Booth | Posted inLocal democracy,Social Media|0 Comments

Neighbourhood blogging helps councils consult neighbourhoods.

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When Seattle in the USA asked residents to fill out a survey about their neighbourhoods the results came back with something that doesn’t surprise me. The neighbourhoods that responded the best were the neighbourhoods with the most active hyperlocal blogs and websites. As Cory Bergman puts it: the top neighborhoods had something in common — [...]

August 14th, 2009 | by Nick Booth | Posted inLocal democracy|0 Comments

Life in Lozells > true stories from Lozells neighbourhood

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That’s the tag line for the hyper-local blog (you know we love those) Life in Lozells. I recently caught up with one of it’s founders, Kate Foley, who was kind enough to answer a few of my questions. The basis for the blog was built upon the desire of the citizens in Lozells. Researched (by [...]

August 7th, 2009 | by Kasper Sorenson | Posted inBirmingham|0 Comments

Blogging Acocks Green

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It’s often seen that blogging can create quite healthy online communities around shared interests. But in Acocks Green, they’ve taken it one step further and extended their reach to real life. Helped along by the Social Media Surgeries, Acocks Green has now taken charge of their own blogosphere, online as well as offline. Since the [...]

August 4th, 2009 | by Kasper Sorenson | Posted inBirmingham|0 Comments

Free Social Media Surgery for Birmingham Voluntary Groups – June 17th 2009

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If you belong to a Birmingham based community or neighbourhood group of charity please come and join us for the   Wednesday 17th June 2009  5.30pm to 7.30pm For an idea of what happens please read this rather long post on the Podnosh blog. When & Where drop in anytime between 5.30pm to 7.00pm at Fazeley [...]

June 16th, 2009 | by Nick Booth | Posted inBirmingham,Social Media Surgery|0 Comments