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Tag Archives: communities
Effective Engagement 6 – Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow
I have written previously about the Boston Explosion, and lessons my force learnt from that experience on how to use social media more effectively. The critical point is that social media can be used for public order, critical incidents, neighbourhood … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, Public Sector
Tagged #bostonexplosion, boston, communication, communities, confidence, engagement, police, policing, prepare, technology, trust, Twitter
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Effective Engagement 4 – The Usual Suspects
The consultation process should aim to maximise the opportunities of local residents and others (e.g. businesses, school children etc.) to make their concerns heard and be taken into account before the organisation makes a final decision. Skilful communication is an … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communication, communities, community, legitimacy, multizone, Personal, policing, runnymede, social media, trust, Twitter
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Effective Engagement 3 – Stop making decisions
A continuation of my posts on the theme of engagement. Stop making decisions. Or at least stop taking all the decisions yourself. Stop thinking that the police have the monopoly on all the good ideas. As one commentator on part 1 … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communication, communities, community, confidence, engagement, feedback, trust, virtual ward panel, ward panel
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Effective Engagement 2
What the heck are we talking about? …consultation, engagement, conversation, involvement, participation… We use these words all the time, but with little thought to what they actually mean. from Wikipedia definition “The tradition of a decision-making body getting inputs from … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communities, community, consultation, conversation, definitions, engagement, participation, public
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Effective Engagement 1
I don’t believe that the police really want to engage with the public. It is encouraging to see you all here reading this, but as a service we want to pay lip service to engagement, rather than use it to … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communities, community, confidence, engagement, police, policing, Twitter
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Social Media and Serious Crime part 1
There has been lots written about the use of social media in the recent UK riots, and perhaps I will return to that subject in the future. In these posts however, I want to focus on how police forces can use … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector, Social Media Handbook
Tagged #bostonexplosion, communication, communities, Community tension, confidence, crime, Facebook, feedback, police, policing, serious crime, SIO, social media, Twitter
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Social Media Handbook for Police: Part 11
Welcome to the the next instalment in my series of social media tips. These are aimed primarily at a police audience, but hopefully applicable to a wider group of people too, especially those in the public sector. This series of … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector, Social Media Handbook
Tagged avon and somerset, communities, evidence, Facebook, joanna yates, major incident, media, murder, norfolk, policing, social media, Twitter
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Games, data, social, mobile….so what?
Government are pushing for greater involvement of communities in the issues that affect them. Whether this is through improved accountability (proposals such as Police and Crime Commissioners elected by local people) or through greater awareness (release of public data such … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communities, community, confidence, engagement, futures, games, legitimacy, mobile, opendata, police, social, volunteers
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Internal Social Media
Many of the people who will read blogs like this will be familiar with the oft-mentioned benefits of social media. It is social, it allows collaborations and conversations to develop with like minded people, it is the future! Readers may … Continue reading
Posted in Public Sector, Social Media Handbook
Tagged collaboration, communication, communities, community, feedback, Yammer
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Bureaucratic mould and charities
There has been another re-launch of the Big Society recently. This gathered some criticisms from media commentators who saw the need to re-launch it as an indication that the principle of Big Society – communities and individuals being more active … Continue reading
Posted in Public Sector
Tagged bids, bureacracy, charities, charity, communities, community, funding, Pickles
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