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Internalcomms Barcamp?

In Kim's session at the barcamp earlier today on Socialising internal comms and change I posed the question about whether anyone would be interested in a full-day barcamp devoted to internal communications?

I've absolutely no firm details yet, just the mere seed of an idea that people tasked with promoting, championing or managing internal communications and change management have some unique subjects where a knowledge-sharing day such as today's govcamp might prove interesting.

I suggest we start by getting a rough idea to see if the interest is there for this, so if you're interested stick your name under this post. If you've got an idea of what sort of topics you'd like to explore, even better! Tell your internal comms managers and change managers, and if they're interested, better still!

Tags: barcamp, event, internal communications, internalcomms

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Permalink Reply by Karl Roche on January 25, 2010 at 12:34pm: Very interested in this. Just depends when and where.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tony Plant on January 25, 2010 at 6:01pm: Hi Phil - Very interested to join in, help organise and promote especially within MoJ; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Suki Beg on January 25, 2010 at 10:35pm: We're in the fuzzy area between being public and private sector organisation , but are tackling similar issues to other government communications teams when driving the changing cultures within our organisation, so yes this is a great idea and we are interested.

Issues I'd find useful to explore include facilitating knowledge sharing , offline and online networking, internal newsletters and managing communications between offices in different locations.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phil McAllister on January 26, 2010 at 1:06pm: Hi Suki,

I think anything that touches public sector automatically becomes fuzzy by association. Good to hear you're interested :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eleanor Pasfield on January 26, 2010 at 5:08pm: I'm new to social media (and I work in internal comms) so would be really interested in this!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peter McClymont on January 26, 2010 at 6:23pm: I'm up for this.

I'll discuss it with out Comms manager, who just happens to be my boss. She's worked tirelessly on improving internal comms here so may be able to help out. Also supports what I've been pushing on the social media side - albeit externally focussed so far.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Casey on January 26, 2010 at 6:41pm: I'm very interested – at BarcampUkGovWeb09 I was a bit put off by how externally-focussed everything was, so I didn't come to last week's, and now I wish I had.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alice Ainsworth on February 2, 2010 at 12:49pm: There are a few of us at Southwark Council who would be very interested in attending and getting involved - from e-comms, internal comms and policy.; ▶ Reply to This