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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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Reflections on #poltwt
A quite amazing thing happened on Friday 22 March that brought the law enforcement and policing community closer together. The world became a smaller place thanks to social media and a special event. But putting all the charts and graphs … Continue reading
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Tagged #poltwt, communication, Greater Manchester Police, Lauri Stevens, policing, social media, social networks, tweets, twitter
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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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Bringing Europe a click closer
What have a Finnish doctor of media technology, a Belgian captain-commander (fire chief) and a lowly communication person from the UK got in common? The answer is that we all spoke at a masterclass on disasters and social media that … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Disaster, Greater Manchester Police, media, policing, semantic web, social media, social networks, twitter, Web 2.0
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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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Social media – why the police do it
It was interesting to read the Composite research about the police use of social media which was looking across Europe for best practice. I was lucky enough to be able to discuss it when a selection of officers from across … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Greater Manchester Police, policing, riots, social media, social networks
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Window on the social media world
I had the opportunity in the past week to speak to a variety of different groups about the use of social media, the good things it brings and the pitfalls that exist. It was a huge privilege to have the … Continue reading
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Tagged #coverforgmp, #gmp24, communication, Greater Manchester Police, social media, social networks, tweets, twitter
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