Social Media and government. A note on communications.

Monday, 15 February 2010, 9:45 | Category : Public Affairs, Social Media
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We had this discussion the other day with Stavros Kontaksis (blog in Greek) -  @stakon on Twitter – the fact that parties in government seem to be a lot less quick on the Social Media front.
I have blogged in the past about the differences between the two main parties in Greece. PASOK – then the [...]

Twitter and Members of Parliament – it’s all in the detail

Monday, 30 November 2009, 15:23 | Category : Public Affairs, Social Media
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Westminster at Sunset
Uploaded by DMoutray on 29 Dec 08, 2.34PM GMT.
I cannot find it in my heart to truly sympathise with Members of the UK Parliament (MPs) who might now hit a spot of bother with their twitter account – but I do understand how this might have happened.
You see we are about to go [...]

Political engagement using Twitter. Some thoughts from the Greek elections

Kostas Karamanlis – current Greek Prime Minister
Uploaded by Νέα Δημοκρατία on 26 Sep 09, 10.19AM GMT.
It’s time for the Greek elections (again – they seem to happen more and more often) and I am watching with more interest than it can possibly be good for me.
As always my interest revolves around political communications (public [...]

Election Campaigning 2.0

Sunday, 2 August 2009, 9:46 | Category : Public Affairs, Social Media
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The Three
Originally uploaded by Rebecca Mckevitt
The UK Conservatives are gearing up for the elections and here is an appointment that should please their supporters.Sam Coates is moving over to Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) to take on a new media role. Sam will be working with Rishi Saha, Head of New Media.
Here is a lovely quote [...]

My top 5 wishes for Dora online

Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 12:22 | Category : Communications, Public Affairs, Social Media
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Foreign Minister, David Miliband with Greek Foreign Minister, Dora Bakoyanni
Originally uploaded by UK in Greece (British Embassy, Athens)
Dora Bakoyannis is the Greek Foreign Minister – serving under the current Conservative government – and I would really like to see her do better with online presence and engagement. So here goes my intro and wish list.
Being [...]

Bad lobbying just irritates MPs (what else is new?)

Thursday, 20 November 2008, 16:45 | Category : Public Affairs
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The public policy campaign is a strange beast. On one end of the spectrum it can be run by big corporations with huge budgets and expensive public affairs consultants and on the other end it can be run by a small group of citizens or a voluntary organisation on a very tight budget. This usually [...]