http://www.psfbuzz.com Interact with Public Sector Forums events online. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:03:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lichfield DC's "Genius in Residence" Stuart Harrison, presents the FixMyTweet application at the Black Country Social Media Cafe in Wolverhampton last week. http://www.psfbuzz.com/2010/03/fixmytweet-presentation-at-bcsmc/ Children and young people are notoriously one of the most difficult groups for councils to engage with online.  The history of initiatives aimed at the young generation has seem a long line of well-meaning councils try, and fail, to 'get down' with the 'kids'.  So how do councils engage successfully ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/11/engaging-children-and-young-people-online-cluedupinhullcom/ On Tuesday over 100 people joined PSF on a trek to Milton Keynes for our public sector Mobile Working and Information Security forums. Slides from both happenings will be available asap, but to give you a taster Ken Eastwood, who chaired for Mobile Working, has blogged about the event and ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/11/psf-mobile-working-and-infosecurity-events-24-nov/ Now the dust has settled a bit on the whirlwind that was PSFBuzz North East, what sticks in people's minds the most about this event? For us it's three things which come over more than anything else. Firstly, we got a sense of being around what's happening in the leading/bleeding-edge of  ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/psfbuzz-north-east-a-fantastic-day-out-in-newcastle/ A superb presentation on the 'Four Steps to Social Media Success' from our conference chair, the masterful Dave Briggs, topped off a great day at PSFBuzz North East! Beginning on how at a personal level, Dave explained how social media had 'changed his life -  taking him from working at a ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/and-finally-mr-briggs-presentation/ He promised us there would be lolcats, and he didn't disappoint. Stuart Harrison, Webmaster and Lead Developer at Lichfield District Council gave us all the inside track on his creation of TwitterPlan, one of the most noteworthy and innovative local government mash-ups to date.  For the uninitiated TwitterPlan, launched earlier this ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/stuart-harrisons-twitterplan-presentation/ Alastair Smith, Communications Adviser at Newcastle City Council kicked off the PSFBuzz  afternoon sessions with what he modestly describes as 'essentially a 25 minute rant on online reputation and shifting roles in local government communication'.  His talk covered Newcastle CC's Twitter Channel which, much like his presentation, seems to have ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/afternoon-kick-off-presentation-from-alistair-smith/ Not too long ago a PSF survey found large numbers of councils were routinely preventing staff from accessing blogs and sites like YouTube or commenting on websites. while other authorities took a dangerously laissez-faire approach. One of the major challenges which social media presents to councils, and brought ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/carl-haggertys-presentation/ Continuing the theme of Web 2.0 accessibility from Jack Pickard's presentation, Ian Stuart from BrowseAloud gave a demonstration of how assistive technology can help councils extend the reach of their online services to users with learning and literacy difficulties. Speech Enabling Social Networks http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/speech-enabling-social-networks-slides-from-ian-stuart/ Are social media and accessibility compatible? Are the two compatible? What can be done to improve the accessibility of social media? What do local authorities need to consider as regards accessibility when starting to use social media? Web developer Jack Pickard offered some answers for councils on how to reconcile their ... http://www.psfbuzz.com/2009/07/social-media-vs-accessibility-jack-pickards-presentation/