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UKGC10 session four: The future of journalism
Eve Shuttleworth proposed this session in response to a question that arose earlier in the day: Where is journalism heading, and how do press offices need to change in response? The web professionals...
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New look!
I have a new look, thanks to a new theme (Vigilance), some CSS tinkering (a first for me), and most importantly a new header, designed by my excellent brother Martin O’Dea. Now to deal with the lack of...
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Blogging elsewhere
Happy new year, my dear readers. Ok, so I haven’t had a new post here for a couple of months, but here’s a blogpost I wrote for the Guardian’s new(ish) Local Government Network site on why the cuts...
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October update
Well, it’s been a busy month for intranet professionals – especially me! I began the month with the happy news that my mobile intranet intranet at Parliament won an Intranet Innovation Award – a gold...
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Networking for #intranet managers
In my latest post over at Intranetizen, I’ve pulled together my recommendations for intranet pros on networking with others in the industry. Always one to eat my own dogfood, this week we’re holding...
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Hello again
Forgive me, dear readers: it has been seven months since my last blog post. Perhaps you’ve been wondering where I am. Mostly I’ve been blogging elsewhere – over at Intranetizen.com I’ve been wittering...
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QR WTF: transitory technology and internet immortality
An unquestioning press release re-hash on The Guardian’s website today claimed “traditional graveyards are being transformed through technology with interactive headstones providing a revolutionary...
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Introducing 300 Seconds: a series of talks by women, for everyone
In the weeks since I blogged about the lack of diversity at tech events, the debate about women speakers has continued, with TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY attracting criticism recently for its overwhelmingly...
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300 Seconds in London and Manchester
It’s hard to believe we came up with the idea of 300 Seconds just a few months ago, as a way of helping women in digital to gain confidence and experience in speaking in public. We hoped that by giving...
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Social media lessons from Ed Balls
Today marks four years since Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls accidentally tweeted his own name, and inadvertently became an internet phenomenon. It was back in 2011 when Balls was shopping for the...
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#hashtagfail: What to do when a social campaign goes bad
Inviting audiences to share their content or comments via a hashtag campaign has long been a social media staple. But that comes with considerable risk that the campaign could go sour – at best failing...
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Is the homepage dead?
Amongst the bits of digital lint that landed in my browser’s belly button last week was an intriguing blogpost which argued that the company homepage is dead, killed off by the rise of social media....
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Seven signs of the social media snake oil salesman
Being on the internet doesn’t make you a social media expert any more than going for a jog makes you an Olympic athlete. Yes, anyone who goes for a run is more qualified to talk about running than...
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We’re all Millennials now
Another week, another report on how the demands of the millennial generation are disrupting long-established companies and industries. This week it’s the turn of Oracle, who have produced a report on...
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What impact will Facebook at Work have on the digital workplace?
Ahead of its rumoured launch later this year, excitement has been building about Facebook at Work – the enterprise version of the billion-strong social network – among intranet, internal comms and...
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What if Twitter isn’t broken?
Earlier this month writer Lindy West left Twitter, claiming in a blog for the Guardian that it’s now unusable for anyone but trolls, robots and dictators. This came as something as a surprise to me, as...
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Jamming: creating conditions for enterprise innovation
An orchestra is a bit like a well run company. All of the elements of the orchestra – the strings, the brass, the percussion – are able to come together with a visible, engaged leader to make something...
View ArticleLong hours: a labour of love or toxic work culture?
This week Business Insider ran an interview with Revolut founder Nickolay Storonskyon his startup’s culture. As one of the world’s fastest-growing startups there’s no question Revolut are, to quote...
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Bank’s Snapchat stunt doesn’t add up
The Bank of England caught some flack recently when Business Insider learned they’d spent almost £3000 on a Snapchat filter to promote the new £10 note. The filter, which let Snapchat users overlay...
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Working with digital workplace teams I find myself looking at the intersection of people, technology and culture. In my view the digital workplace both enables changes to the way we work and reflects...
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