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Positive impressions 23 Aug 2013 | 02:34 am
I am part way through a fascinating course about social psychology which has already given me a lot to think about. (Thanks to Coursera and Professor Scott Plous of Wesleyan University) One of the mor...
Social: force for good or evil? 9 Aug 2013 | 02:36 am
I had an involved conversation today with a friend who I know through our love of things equine. But this was not a chat about horses, instead we were discussing whether social networks were a force f...
Digital or PR – what is killing newspapers? 4 Aug 2013 | 03:41 am
I read with interest the comments from Worcester News deputy editor John Wilson who claims it is PR for public bodies that is the real threat to journalism. http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2013/new...
Social is the business 29 Jul 2013 | 02:00 am
The use of social media within businesses is probably one of the most exciting developments in customer relations in recent years. I am now in the position where if a company is not actively using soc...
Taking the temperature of health services 19 Jul 2013 | 01:44 am
I have been interested to hear about the changes being proposed to the health service, particularly the discussion about the inspection regime. The latest details were about a task force of profession...
Planning or intuition? 14 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
Do we do things because we have carefully planned them? Or do we do things often because they just feel like the right thing to do? It is something that has was raised during the past week as I was di...
So who has FOMO? 10 Jul 2013 | 01:58 am
A new survey claims that 56 per cent of people using social media suffer from FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out. (http://mashable.com/2013/07/09/fear-of-missing-out/ ) It is an interesting and quite scary st...
Talk a good job 9 Jul 2013 | 02:50 am
I had a great opportunity last week to talk about communication, social media and policing in two very different situations. The first chance was speaking to students at Rochdale Sixth Form College at...
Blogging – why do it? 24 Jun 2013 | 02:11 am
In recent weeks I have written about the importance of words and what they can achieve. They can make views clear or if not used in the correct way can create confusion about subjects. Today I was ask...
No hiding place for criminals 18 Jun 2013 | 02:38 am
I had an interesting conversation today (Monday 17 June 2013) about the future of social media and how to make sure that law enforcers and senior managers were on board with it. For police forces it i...
