Why Do I Get So Angry With My Local Council?

Why do I get so angry about Stoke-on-Trent City Council? They make it too easy for people to laugh at them, I don’t know if it is naivety, stupidity, lack of skills or just plain old lack of interest. I work in Social Media, I speak to people and advise them on a regular basis, [...]

Dead Badgers (A Post About Council Press & Communication Offices)

This is a longer post from #HyperWM about the Bloggers (I still hate that word) Vs Press Officers session which I ‘ran’ with Dan Slee. I am not going to reproduce the whole session here but pick out some of the discussion (I think arguments is a bit strong) points from the session. Steph & [...]

Citizens University

So some guy called David Cameron said this yesterday in Birmingham at some conference, It’s the spirit you see just down the road in Balsall Heath, where local residents’ street patrols have turned a no-go area into a place where people can once again feel safe. It’s the spirit that, just today, has seen some [...]