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This blog is archived
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Live Q&A about Content Design
...analytics, so we look where users are dropping off online and we figure out: “Okay, so they’re exiting on that page. Why are they exiting on that page? Is that...
Digital Engagement for GOV.UK Verify: creating consistent messaging
...included various Google documents (both shared and private), notes on personal computers, in macros and even historical emails. The combined documents gave us a massive 150 pages of questions from...
Periscope about user research for GOV.UK
...favourite things that you’ve seen in there or something that’s hit home while you were in there. Tara Land: Okay. I think it’s probably important to say that we’ve got...
Why we blog at GDS
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Blogs, Guidance, Social Media, Strategy, Thoughts
...the front page. Individual team blogs represent the pull-out sections. While almost everyone who wants to read the paper will look at the front page for the big, top-line stories,...
Make films shorter, it makes them better
Last week the GDS creative team hosted a cross-government drop-in session for people who want help with making films. About 40 people showed up over the course of the afternoon - a great turnout for early summer holidays. We’d split …
Agile Engagement: the role of communications in delivering new digital services
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 …
Periscope: what we learnt from an initial pilot
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Periscope, Social Media, Thoughts, Tools, Twitter, Video
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 …
Events in the government digital space
At GDS, our events are an integral part of our strategy for communicating and engaging inside government, and to the public.
Social media: failing to plan is planning to fail
...are tons of examples of content planner templates available to download. For example, you can download 14 free content calendars through Crazy Egg or see these eight free templates on...
Come along to our filmmaking drop-in session
We're hosting a cross-government filmmaking drop-in session. You can come along if you like. The details are: WHEN: 1pm-5pm, Monday 27 July WHERE: Room G-14, 1 Horse Guards Road Fill in this form if you'd like to come. What's it …