#Topekatweetalongs – A Case Study Using Social Media to Increase Community Interest in City Government
At Bang the Table we are always interested in finding best practice ways to engage the community.
Who should I follow on Twitter for community engagement news and views?
In an earlier post I shared the ten most influential community engagement Twitter accounts. ‘Influence’ was determined by a range of quantitative measures, such the number of followers, the domain authority of their website, the number of times their content is re-tweeted and more along the same lines. For this list I’m taking a different […]
10 Favourite Lists of Twitter Tips for Community Engagement
While compiling last week’s blog ’20 Tips for using Twitter as Part of your Community Engagement Process‘ I came across lots and lots of lists of Twitter tips. In fact barely a day goes by without me seeing a new one sail past me on my Twitter stream. Usually these contain consistently good advice, though […]
20 Tips for using Twitter as a Community Engagement Tool
I realised the other day that we have never published a list of tips for using Twitter as a community engagement tool. To help put this right I called on some of the foremost minds of online community engagement, using Twitter of course. The list below comprises their ideas and recommendations, with a couple of […]
Who’s listening on Facebook and Twitter
An article about Port Pirie Council’s use of social media prompted Bang the Table CEO, Matt Crozier, to question who’s listening on Facebook and Twitter?
4 Reasons for Why do (some) people hate Twitter?
Last week I posted a link on Twitter to the Australian ABCs The Drum blogpost about the uptake of Twitter by rural Australian communities – Social Media Storm: Farmers take to Twitter. For me, the most interesting aspect of the post was not what the author had to say, but the discussion between The Drum […]
Why I worry about Twitter
Like many others I was pretty perplexed by the shameless attempt by Kenneth Cole to promote his shoes using the #Cairo hashtag on Twitter.
Twitter: online engagement without having to engage at all
Twitter is generally used by agencies as a broadcast tool (rather than an engagement tool) and it can be effective in that regard too.
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