Innovating in communications and engagement

People in Action conference5th July 2012

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@davebriggs

dave@kindofdigital.com

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• Modern look and feel• Customisable• As many pages as you

like• Documents and maps• Events calendar• Social media integration• Use your own domain

• Flexible publishing• Contact and

consultation forms• Fully supported and

maintained• Plenty of help available• Training workshops• Only £250 per year!

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Innovating in communications

Need to combine traditional comms with new approaches

Not everyone is online

But not everyone is offline, either

Traditional comms have their online equivalents

Noticeboards = websiteNewsletters = email lists

Meetings = social networks

Some quick and simple ideas for online communication

Tweet a meeting

Twitter.com

Storify.com – to collect tweets together

Start an email newsletter

Mailchimp.com

Map your parish

Google.co.uk/maps

Ask for ideas

Wordpress.com

or

Ideascale.com

Verify a decision

Wordpress.com

Run a web chat

Twitter.com

or

Coveritlive.com

Hold a Skype surgery

Skype.com

Become a local online hub

Not a technical thing!

Open your website to the community.

Key things:

Prototype, then strategiseStart small, then grow

Keep it informalDon’t panic!

Any questions?

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