If you work in comms you've probably said this a few times: I wish they’d come to me sooner to discuss the comms for this! To do a great job, communications people need a seat at the table. But when …
So, Periscope. The app that allows you to live stream events directly from a mobile device to Twitter. We’ve taken our time here to think about how it can work for us and add value to our followers. We’ve considered speaker …
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Last week we blogged about our use of online monitoring tools; how we’ve been working with other government departments to support campaign monitoring and evaluation, and helping them build their own expertise in this area. The last few months have been …
Nowadays it seems like everybody has something to say on the internet. This isn’t meant as a negative statement. It’s great that the internet has enabled a level playing field for people regardless of who they are or where they …
If you haven’t already read over on our main GDS blog, we’ve updated our Social Media Playbook.
It was National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) yesterday. It’s unlikely that you would have missed it.
Social media is one of the most rapidly changing platforms out there - not just in terms of technology but in how users are choosing to engage.
The social media ‘trend predictions’ season is in full swing. Wearable technology, multi-screen strategies, digital storytelling, augmented reality... the list goes on.
I don’t think I’ve ever used a social media monitoring tool that has done exactly what I wanted it to do; and I’ve used a fair few of them.