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Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Michele Ide-Smith Jan 18.

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Michele Ide-Smith replied to Nick Drew's discussion 'Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship'

I'm not sure I know enough about the 3rd sector to lead on this but I can certainly feedback experiences from a project I'm currently working on. I work for a local authority and we're working in partnership with other service providers to develop a…

January 18

Paul Webster replied to Nick Drew's discussion 'Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship'

I think organisations from both sectors are still finding their way - there are some great leading lights, but many are still yet to grasp the importance of social media tools both in working with their audience and with each other. Later this year…

January 17

David Newman replied to Nick Drew's discussion 'Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship'

Well, there is quite a lot of experience of engaging the Third Sector in Northern Ireland, both formally, though groups like NICVA, on-line through sites like CommunityNI, and to a certain extent in local Bebo groups. This goes back to the first vol…

January 14

Nick Drew replied to Nick Drew's discussion 'Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship'

It could include absolutely anything! I don't claim to be an expert on this agenda, but it would definitely be great to see if social media can bring the smaller, informal groups into the fold - after all, local authorities are obliged by law to inv…

October 19, 2009

Phil Green replied to Nick Drew's discussion 'Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship'

Hi Nick, sounds promising. Could it include how social media might help make the relationship more inclusive - ie on the community and voluntary side to draw in and involve more of the community sector, the perhaps smaller, newer, less formal groupi…

October 18, 2009

Nick Drew added a discussion

Social media and the public sector - third sector relationship

This is just a set of fairly ill-formed ideas at the moment, but... I work for the Commission for the Compact, which is a Cabinet Office-backed organisation that tries to promote better working between the public sector and the "third sector" (or vo…

October 16, 2009