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Who’s coming to the Birmingham Social Media Surgery, BAD08
I thought is was time to take stock, not least to ensure sufficient tea and coffee for the social media surgery which us Birmingham bloggy folk are organising (with BVSC) to support voluntary and...
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BAD08 Birmingham Social Media Surgery: provisional results
I was enormously proud of all the people who turned up today to help voluntary groups in Birmingham better understand the power of the social web. I’ll revise this tomorrow but just want to pop up...
View ArticleBAD08 Oxfam Advert
[youtube]pCw-txsn2BA[/youtube] Useful blog action day reminder of the orgs that can move mountains to alleviate poverty.
View ArticleCompact, concise, connected – why Birmingham (Post) must change
Above Marc Reeves sums up why The Birmingham Post must change. After 150 years as a broadsheet, he told tonight’s launch party that nothing this radical has yet happened to the paper. The loss of the...
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The Next Social Media Surgery for Voluntary Organisations in Birmingham.
The date is set: Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 5.30pm to 7.00pm at the same venue as the one we ran on Blog Action day in October. To sign up for a free place and find a map to the location please...
View ArticleSocial Media Surgeries – breeding in Brum
We Share Stuff has announced a new set of Sunday morning internet surgeries in Erdington – building on what else has been developing in Birmingham. so put Sunday 23rd November in your diaries as the...
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Twitpanto – one helluva social object.
A triumph darling. Jon Bounds and catnip (with a huge host of help) amused the entire interwebs (well a bit of it) with the worlds first Twitter Panto. Besides creating the wordle above, Matthew...
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Vote Created in Birmingham
Created in Birmingham is not just a blog, it is a cultural asset to the city. CiB has been core to helping dozens of folk begin their own blogs so helping Brummie talent join a global conversation....
View ArticleCreated in Birmingham, behind by a Nosemonkey.
If you have been following the fight to get Created in Birmingham recognised as the UK’s best blog you might like to know that one of the other nominees has fallen on their sword. UK Blogger...
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Hurrah to everyone on this list. (have I missed you?)
I just want to list a few bloggers who’ve thrown their weight behind Created in Birmingham to win the UK blog category in these awards. CiB is run by a number of my friends and the impact they’ve had...
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Isowish for the unselfish gene.
A couple of my friends, Stef and Dubber, set up this simple site a few months ago. It is much more interesting that it may at first appear. After all this looks like a selfish site. Tell us what you...
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Big City Plain and two nubs.
Many, many evenings of voluntary work went public last night with a site to complement Birmingham’s Big City Plan consultation. www.bigcitytalk.org has been built by Jon Bounds who’s worked patiently...
View ArticleBirmingham Social Media Surgery for Voluntary and Community Groups III
The third social media surgery for voluntary and community groups in Birmingham is next Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at BSVC 138 Digbeth, B5 6DR, (map). Please feel free to drop in anytime between...
View ArticleWhat do bloggers look like?
[youtube]bEPbtfdIkVY[/youtube] This video was a quick one shot at the Social Media Surgery for voluntary groups in Birmingham this evening (should say 2009 – my bad). Despite the leading questions, I...
View ArticleSnow Bound? Then use this as your last chance to comment on the big city plan.
Don’t let the snow distract you from an important truth: it’s the last week to get your comments in to the consultation on the Council’s Big City Plan Work in Progress document. You can email, phone,...
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4th Social Media Surgery for Birmingham charities, community groups and...
Sorry it is such short notice. The next social media surgery for voluntary groups is this Wednesday March 25th 2009, as a drop in from 5.30 to 7pm. We have a plush new venue, which is a few minutes...
View ArticleVery Local Media blossoming in Lozells – but who should keep watering it?
I was really pleased to find the first bulletins from Lozells News – a new child led digital service, appear in my feed stream last week: Lozells News Highlights from can uk on Vimeo. This is a project...
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Central Birmingham Social Media Surgeries for April, May and June
Surgeons and patients at February's surgery at thestudio We’ve just booked up three new dates for the Central Birmingham Social Media Surgeries – April 7, May 6 and June 8 – with the lovely people at...
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What it’s like to go to your first Social Media Surgery
The surgeries are informal place to find out about social media So what if you’ve never been to a social media surgery? You might have a few questions, right? We thought it might be good to answer a...
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Review: March’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
Jamie and Jean work on the Civic Centre Residents' Association blog At another brilliant Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery in thestudio we saw a host of exciting and interesting projects either...
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April’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
March's Social Media Surgery in the Studio After a couple of brilliant and very busy Central Birmingham Social Media Surgeries in February and March we’re looking forward to our next surgery, which is...
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Report: April's Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
Jon Law (left) and James Robertson at Apri's Central Birmingham SMS Last night was a really interesting surgery at thestudio – not least because it saw the first introduction of the Social Media...
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May’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
February Social Media Surgery We’re heading towards our next Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery, which will be on Tuesday May 11, 2010 at the studio, 7 Cannon Street, which is just off New Street...
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Looking forward to June’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
May's Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery in thestudio We’re now looking forward to the next Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery, which will be at the Studio in Central Birmingham on Tuesday...
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The perfect mix for June’s Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery
On our way to the June Central Birmingham Social Media Surgery, I worked out that it’s been six months since our first event in the Studio – the first that I was sort-of involved in. In all that time...
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