Category Archives: social networks

What is the future for social media in a crisis?

Posted on November 10, 2022 by amandacomms1

So, if social media is diminishing how should we change our crisis communication plans? Continue reading →

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12 lessons from 12 years of Twitter

Posted on July 25, 2021 by amandacomms1

Don’t post in anger, frustration or too quickly. I stay off social media when I am in a negative mindset as it will always end badly. Continue reading →

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Tweeting a decade away

Posted on October 14, 2020 by amandacomms1

It had taken three days from the initial conversation to the execution of the tweetathon. Continue reading →

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Unacceptable

Posted on June 21, 2020 by amandacomms1

I saw Reading trending on Twitter last night and like a lot of other people wanted to check out what was going on. I had switched the TV over to Sky News but nothing was being said. Then the basic … Continue reading →

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At the touch of a button

Posted on October 9, 2018 by amandacomms1

I was talking about eight years of developing social media to a group of new police press officers and communications people today. It was an opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved and where we have moved to over … Continue reading →

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Enforced social media detox

Posted on October 6, 2018 by amandacomms1

I haven’t felt very well today. I say this not for any sympathy but to explain that I haven’t looked at social media for the majority of the day. It is an enforced detox because I didn’t have the energy … Continue reading →

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It was nine years ago today

Posted on July 24, 2018 by amandacomms1

Nine years ago on this day I was taking my first tentative steps into social media. I established my Twitter account @amandacomms and wondered what lay ahead. It was a very different time in 2009. I had been a head … Continue reading →

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Questioning social media

Posted on April 18, 2018 by amandacomms1

There seems to have been more written about the decision by JD Weatherspoon’s decision to withdraw from social media than any piece of communication activity for a very long time. I have resisted the temptation to get involved in the … Continue reading →

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Click ‘I agree’

Posted on March 22, 2018 by amandacomms1

I have been watching the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica developments with interest. At he heart of this is the issue of data and who owns it, what is done with it and what does it all mean. For years people … Continue reading →

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Plan in peacetime

Posted on March 10, 2017 by amandacomms1

I was part of a discussion about ‘fake news’ at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) North West event last night. One of the other speakers the esteemed Steve Kuncewicz made the point that you need to prepare for … Continue reading →

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