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What next for police and social media?
The question ‘what next for police and social media?’ was an interesting one posed to a group at the Bluelightcamp unconference that took place this weekend in Manchester. In the past three years there have been some significant developments by … Continue reading
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Risk and resources remain on top
Using social media is still something that many organisations are shying away from. They have concerns about dipping their toe in the water and then not being able to step away. They feel it would unleash something that cannot then … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, media, newspapers, policing, PR, social media, social networks
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Community takes control of communication
There was a significant change in communication that took place last week and it went relatively unnoticed. Greater Manchester Police took its first community reporter on patrol with local officers on Friday 8 March. It was a chance for the … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, communities, community reporter, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, media, neighbourhoods, social media, social networks
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With followers comes responsibility
It was an interesting moment today (Thursday 21 February) when I noticed the Sky News ticker saying that Lord McAlpine had dropped his legal action against people who had defamed him on Twitter. Well it was dropped for anyone who … Continue reading
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Tagged @gmpcitycentre, @gmpolice, communication, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, social media, social networks, Steve kuncewicz, tweets, twitter
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Cleaning up the rumour mill
It was a normal Saturday morning with general domestic chores to do. I was not expecting that a trip to the dry cleaners would be any more than just that, but it was a fascinating window on the issues for … Continue reading
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Tagged #facebook, communication, GMP, internal communication, media, social media, social networks, staff engagement
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2012: a year of crisis, social media and integrity
As we head into the last few days of 2012, I decided to review what the year looked like for me through my blog posts during the 12 months. There were three clear themes that have emerged for me throughout … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Crisis, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, honesty, innovation, journalists, local newspapers, media, newspapers, policing, PR, public sector, social media, social networks
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Building trust one day at a time
In this ever controversial and fast paced world it can be difficult to keep focused on what matters to people. Given the work I do it is easy to get caught up in the latest media frenzy around some particular … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, honesty, integrity, media, public sector, social media, social networks, twitter
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From words to action
The silence was broken only by the sound of the cathedral bell tolling. From the platform put in place for the media you could see a large section of Manchester city centre and its busiest street, Deansgate. As officers, police … Continue reading
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Tagged #facebook, communication, Constable Chaos, Fiona Bone, GMP, Nicola Hughes, social media, social networks, tweeting, twitter
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Just a job
On Tuesday this week I had been planning to work from home. I got up early and fired up the laptop trying to log onto the systems I needed. After half a dozen attempts I gave up and decided it … Continue reading
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Tagged #police, communication, Fiona Bone, GMP, greater manchester, Nicola Hughes, policing, team
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Social media – it should be daily business
I had an interesting day at #bluelightcamp where emergency services representatives got together to discuss using social media the challenges and the benefits. One of the sessions was focused on embedding social media into organisations and it discussed the challenges … Continue reading
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Tagged #gmp24, bluelightcamp, communication, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, media, social media, social networks, twitter
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