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Dave Briggs wrote a new blog post: Councillors and Social Media Part 2 – Blogging 1 year, 9 months ago · View
One of the first things any councillor should do to engage online with residents is to get a website of some sort. This will help people to find you, know what you are up to and to get in touch. One of the simplest, quickest, cheapest and most useful ways to set up a simple website is [...]
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Dave Briggs wrote a new blog post: Why are Localism Bill can help Councillors 1 year, 10 months ago · View
One of our new modules in the Modern Councillor catalogue is on the topic of the Localism Bill , which undertook to change the law to shift power away from central government and towards local people. The bill is still going through Parliament, but it will be an important piece of legislation, especially for local authorities and the [...]
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Dave Briggs wrote a new blog post: Councillors and Social Media (Part 1) 1 year, 10 months ago · View
If there is one thing we are always being asked about at Modern Councillor , it’s how councillors could make use of social media. This isn’t just a flash in the pan, buzzword friendly request, but a recognition of the change in the way that many people today prefer to communicate. As the user figures of services such [...]
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Councillors and Social Media Part 2 – Blogging
One of the first things any councillor should do to engage online with residents is to get a website of some sort. This will help people to find you, know what you are up to and to get in touch. Continue reading
Why are Localism Bill can help Councillors
One of our new modules in the Modern Councillor catalogue is on the topic of the Localism Bill, which undertook to change the law to shift power away from central government and towards local people. Continue reading
Councillors and Social Media (Part 1)
If there is one thing we are always being asked about at Modern Councillor, it’s how councillors could make use of social media. Continue reading
How councillors can combine online and offline communications effectively
Social Media offers many interesting possibilities for councillors to communicate and engage with those of their constituents who use Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Like the blended learning approach encouraged by Modern Councillor in which training is not … Continue reading
Low-cost online learning for Elected Members, Webinar Resources
If you weren’t able to attend Modern Councillor’s first webinar on low-cost online learning for Elected Members, you can now catch-up below on the resources from the webinar. The webinar was completed by, Dave Briggs, Learning Pool’s Community Evangelist, and provided … Continue reading
Training resources for Polling Station Staff
Modern Councillor is brought to you by Learning Pool, the online learning community for the public sector. A great advantage of this is that we are able to share with Modern Councillor subscribers resources created by our customers around local democracy. Learning … Continue reading
Are you ready for the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May?
On Thursday 5 May 2011, there will be a referendum on the voting system we use to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Learning Pool has created a free and comprehensive e-learning module all about the Alternative Vote in time … Continue reading
Encouraging Councillors to Elect Social Media
The recent GovCamp York/Humber saw the first session held at the GovCamp events aimed specifically at elected members and their use of Social Media. Ken Eastwood, Assistant Director, Barnsley MBC, describes the reasons behind the session- “In thinking about the … Continue reading
Big Society: app stores & hyper local democracy
David Wilcox has been doing a great job documenting the discussions around theBig Society agenda, which according to the website, is an organisation being set up by frustrated citizens for frustrated citizens, to help everyone achieve change in their local area. … Continue reading
Guidance for blogging councillors in Scotland
The Improvement Service, which – according to its website – supports “Scottish Local Government and its partners to deliver better outcomes for communities”, has produced a guide for councillors on how to use blogs as tools for communications and engagement. … Continue reading
