Social networking and web 2.0
What do the terms social networking and Web 2.0 mean to you? People wasting their time looking at Facebook? A security threat? A risk to the organisation’s reputation? Something that Redbridge Council is doing that Better connected 2008 first and then the Audit Commission applauded with its ‘ground-breaking interactive website’?
| Start date/time |
09 June 2008 |
| Finish date/time |
09 June 2008 |
| Topic Category |
Technologies |
| Event type |
Briefings |
| Cost |
Insight subscribers £95 + VAT, others £195 + VAT |
| Open to |
All |
| Organised by |
Socitm Insight |
| Venue |
Coventry |
| Location |
East Midlands |
| Contact email |
chris.head@socitm.gov.uk |
Further information
The next major project from Socitm Insight looks at the ways in which the public sector might embrace and exploit these technologies. To develop the research, we are running a one-day seminar in Coventry, where we will provide an insider’s view of what social networking and web 2.0 are about. This will include mini-case studies and input from expert Ewan McIntosh, National Adviser: Learning and Technology Futures at Learning and Teaching Scotland, who advises on how to harness social media for public service ( see http://edu.blogs.com/ewanmcintosh/ and http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/connected/blogs/live/mcintosh.asp). Cllr. Mary Reid of RB Kingston upon Thames will provide the politician’s perspective.
Our agenda is packed with content to stimulate thinking and to help you to decide where these technologies fit in your organisation’s strategies for engaging citizens and business, promoting knowledge sharing, and reshaping it for the information age.
Programme
This event will take place in Coventry. Detailed joining instructions will be issued by e-mail soon after registration.
| 09:30 |
coffee on arrival |
|
| 10:00 |
Introductions |
Martin Greenwood, Programme manager, Socitm Insight |
| 10:10 |
Why is social media important to the public sector? (Participation culture keynote)
- Education
- Knowledge Management
- People development and networks |
Ewan McIntosh |
| 10:40 |
What do we mean by ‘social media’?
How are some public sector groups using social media?
- East Lothian Council (blogs)
- Orkney Health Board (RSS) |
Ewan McIntosh |
| 11:15 |
Coffee |
|
| 11:30 |
How are some public sector groups using social media?
Health Board (wikis) |
Ewan McIntosh |
| 11:50 |
Where are we going with social networking and Web 2.0? |
Nicola Millard
Customer Experience Futurologist BT |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:15 |
Round table discussions
How might we apply these ideas in our organisations?
What is stopping us, and how might we overcome these blockages? |
|
| 13:45 |
Engaging citizens, engaging business
- Bebo Boomers
- Facebook groups
- Government blogs - where they work and where they don't
- A young person’s view
Engaging business
- Some examples from Online Information Conference |
Ewan McIntosh |
| 14:45 |
Tea |
|
| 15:00 |
Social networking – a politician’s view |
Cllr. Mary Reid Royal Borough of
Kingston-upon-Thames |
| 15:40 |
Where should Socitm Insight focus its research?
Roundtable discussions |
|
| 15:55 |
Wrap up |
Martin Greenwood |
| 16:00 |
Close |
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