To mark the first two years of the UK’s Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government the bright folks at Insight Public Affairs have put together a great mind map infographic of the policy issues. Insight has mapped out the: “headline policy drivers spanning: the economy; public service reform; localism; welfare reform; and, the international agenda.” The mind...
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May 11, 2012 • Comments Closed My Google alerts bombard me regularly with articles and posts about digital advocacy and activism, all stored dutifully on Diigo.
Because my search terms are non-partisan, I get the inventive and the dull; the cynical and the passionate; the reflective...
Online political monitoring company Yatterbox has created an infographic of reaction by MPs to the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday. Browse more data visualizations. Related articles Edelman Capital Staffers Index 2011 (stuartbruce.biz)
One of the most prominent and seasoned British government tweeters, Foreign Secretary William Hague, makes a clear statement of the significant role of digital communication channels in the exercise of foreign policy, calling them “an essential tool.” 80 of our Embassies and over 20 UK Ambassadors & top diplomats now on Twitter: #digitaldiplomacy an essential...
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SXSWi makes available audio presentations by all the speakers at the four-day interactive conference held annually in Austin, Texas during March.
My presentation on slacktivism and activism is available here. I think you can take away all the major po...
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Nothing surprising about the failure of Invisible Children's Kony2012 to 'cover the night', or even tickle it.
Counterbalancing the emotional support for the cause and the extraordinary reach and initial force of the video was the damage to Invisible ...
The first round in the French presidential election ended yesterday with the result that Socialist Party challenger François Hollande narrowly edged in front of incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy by the slim margin of just over 1 percent of the vote. Both men will compete in a second round run-off, due to be held on May...
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Apr 20, 2012 • Comments Closed As tonight is the controversial 'Cover the Night' protest planned by Invisible Children and launched by its infamous Kony2012 video, (and ironically also a date historically associated with marijuana), this infographic might provide perspective on the ...
The EU Observer reports that the European Parliament is looking at how its 736 deputies and 6,000 staff should prepare for novelties such as internet-politics, multi-lateralism and enhanced legal powers. [...] A recent example of the power of the internet for deputies was the mobilising effect it had on opponents of Acta – a controversial...
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When governments seek to expand their powers of surveillance, I get nervous even if the target is organized crime.
The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights recently r...
When I’m doing online PR and social media training and communications consultancy I usually spend a lot of time on crisis communications looking at how it has – and hasn’t – changed because of the rise of social media. This weekend saw a classic case of how a smart PR operator can outflank one of the...
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Apr 2, 2012 • Comments Closed (This is the final post in a series that will form a chapter for a university textbook called Communication in Question, Second Edition which will be released in 2013. The chapter is called "Social Networks and Privacy: Should Government Be More Inter...
