Opportunities not taken is particularly interesting, as it highlights areas for improvement. It says that councillors and officers tend to face cultural, rather than technical barriers to using social media. Some councils still lack a clear social media policy for councillors or officers, either in a personal or professional capacity. Many councils routinely block access to social networking sites on their computers. The guide suggests ways for councillors to hold their councils to account over their social media approach.
The site also features a video of Lib Dem Councillor for Redlands (and 2009 LDV Blog of the Year shortlistee for her use of social media) Daisy Benson explaining why she uses social media:
Tim Hywel - I doubt Norwegian gas will be lower carbon than Jackdaw. It is the case (as that report showed) that the remnants of old UK gas fields are (slightly) hi...
Simon Robinson I do think kindness is a good quality, and we need more of it in politics, but attaching 'kindness' to particular policies is more complex than I think you ackn...
Peter Davies 213 votes across 5 seats. Hard to see a positive here....
cim "And we are witnessing in Britain illiberal movements on the left and the right, with Farage as a pluto-populist (a politician financed by the ultra-wealthy who...
Hywel @Tim - Yes I saw the source and looked at it though it didn't make a lot of sense given my level of knowledge of this.
But taking that as correct I was curio...
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