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Eric Pickles Opens Town Hall Doors to Local Bloggers 30 Aug 2012 | 02:01 am
Last week Eric Pickles announced a new bill to open up council meetings to local bloggers and citizen journalists. TweetyHall member Cllr Stephen Canning gives us his take on the news. Social media, t...
Clevedon Ban: The Story 22 Aug 2012 | 01:27 pm
Clevedon Town Councillor Jane Geldart explains what led the council to ban all outside communication at its meetings.
Trouble in Clevedon 10 Aug 2012 | 11:30 pm
On Tuesday I heard that Clevedon Town Council were going to vote on whether or not Cllr Jane Geldart would be allowed to Tweet from council meetings. Cllr Geldart had previously tweeted from a council...
Your ideas for TweetyHall 8 Aug 2012 | 05:55 pm
It’s fair to say that there’s not been a whole lot of activity on the TweetyHall blog over the past year. Having just joined the TweetyHall team yesterday, I’m wondering what else we can do with the b...
Introducing the Bristol Democracy Project 17 Jul 2012 | 07:10 pm
A guest blog by Gez Smith, from the Bristol Democracy Project. Bristol Skyline facing Southeast - Brizzleboy In May 2012, Bristol was the only city in the country to vote “yes” in a referendum askin...
Going Social with the Next Generation of Local Liberal Democrat Leaders 17 Feb 2012 | 03:28 am
Cllr Andy Maric is a Next Generation participant and this is his website When you become a councillor you are entering a profession (if you can call it that) unlike any other. You don’t need any spec...
TweetyHall goes Local, Social, Digital 27 Oct 2011 | 12:02 am
The annual party conferences are big dates in the diaries of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative politicians and activists from up and down the country, so this year Dominic and I from TweetyHal...
Recent stories in the world of #localgov 26 Jul 2011 | 10:17 pm
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of Local Government, particularly with news on bringing the Localism agenda into reality. Here’s a quick round up of the news, comments and posts on the h...
‘Connected councillors: a guide to using social media’ 8 Jul 2011 | 04:18 pm
Download your copy for free now! Councillors are natural leaders in their local communities and they go where communities gather. Festivals. Events at churches, synagogues and mosques. Social clubs....
Anonymity and online accountability 15 Jun 2011 | 12:45 am
Twitter is a great place for open, honest conversation. It’s a wonderful opportunity for people to connect, including councillors and the people who elected them into office. But one thing’s for sure,...
