Comments on: Twitter strategies: the boring bit http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stiofain MacDhaibhead http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Stiofain MacDhaibhead Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:31:15 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1058 A great piece of work as a guide to best practice, something that Twittering organisations have been crying out for. The fact that the template has been made available to all is also great new, you havent heard the last of this Twitter doc. A great piece of work as a guide to best practice, something that Twittering organisations have been crying out for. The fact that the template has been made available to all is also great new, you havent heard the last of this Twitter doc.

]]> By: Lisa Price http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Lisa Price Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:25:53 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1057 I thought the guidelines were great. Lengthy? Definitely. Heavy-handed? Maybe. But until you've worked in the public sector - or possibly enterprise - you've no idea how hard it is to get people to accept that social media is a. useful and b. not a massive risk. I've been writing similar proposals and guidelines at my own company - whereas in my last job, we did pretty much everything on the fly and experimented with trends as they emerged. Totally agree that saying 'this is so cool...!' gets you precisely nowhere. Persuasion is a big part of the job. I thought the guidelines were great. Lengthy? Definitely. Heavy-handed? Maybe. But until you've worked in the public sector - or possibly enterprise - you've no idea how hard it is to get people to accept that social media is a. useful and b. not a massive risk. I've been writing similar proposals and guidelines at my own company - whereas in my last job, we did pretty much everything on the fly and experimented with trends as they emerged. Totally agree that saying 'this is so cool...!' gets you precisely nowhere. Persuasion is a big part of the job.

]]> By: David Cameron speaks the perfect tweet? | NativeHQ http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 David Cameron speaks the perfect tweet? | NativeHQ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:21:57 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1056 [...] Simon Dickson has some insights into Whitehall and a recent Twitter strategy document for civil serv...: Yes, Neil’s document is lengthy; and he admitted from the off that it would seem ‘a [...] [...] Simon Dickson has some insights into Whitehall and a recent Twitter strategy document for civil serv...: Yes, Neil’s document is lengthy; and he admitted from the off that it would seem ‘a [...]

]]> By: Matt Wardman http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Matt Wardman Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:26:01 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1055 I loved Tom Watson on the radio suggesting it should be shorter :-) The more who start using T, the more will find it useful, of course. I loved Tom Watson on the radio suggesting it should be shorter :-)

The more who start using T, the more will find it useful, of course.

]]> By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Simon Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:29:35 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1054 Oh, and as if by magic - <a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Government-Publishes-Twitter-Guidelines-For-Ministers-Web-Geek-Writes-Blueprint-For-Departments/Article/200907415347707?lpos=Technology_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_8&lid=ARTICLE_15347707_Government_Publishes_Twitter_Guidelines_For_Ministers%3A_Web_Geek_Writes_Blueprint_For_Departments" rel="nofollow">here's Sky News weighing in</a>., spotting the f-word angle (which at least confirms they read Neil's blog piece). And yes, it looks like they'll be covering it in their 'SkyNews.com' show at 7pm. Oh, and as if by magic - here's Sky News weighing in., spotting the f-word angle (which at least confirms they read Neil's blog piece). And yes, it looks like they'll be covering it in their 'SkyNews.com' show at 7pm.

]]> By: Whitehall Webby http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Whitehall Webby Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:14:33 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1053 Honestly, the coverage is ridiculous. No publicity is bad publicity I say. Kudos to Neil. Honestly, the coverage is ridiculous. No publicity is bad publicity I say. Kudos to Neil.

]]> By: Mark Pack http://puffbox.com/2009/07/28/neil-williams-twitter-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Mark Pack Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:08:34 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=1022#comment-1052 The way the story sat there for a while and then suddenly took off when one journalist noticed is very similar to the Dave Carroll / United Airlines story, which was news in the US for 2 1/2 weeks before one major news source in Britain noticed and then everyone is talking about it (see more details in my post at http://www.markpack.org.uk/dave-carroll-united-airlines/ ). The way the story sat there for a while and then suddenly took off when one journalist noticed is very similar to the Dave Carroll / United Airlines story, which was news in the US for 2 1/2 weeks before one major news source in Britain noticed and then everyone is talking about it (see more details in my post at http://www.markpack.org.uk/dave-carroll-united-airlines/ ).

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