Twitter Updates for 2009-06-19
June 19, 2009
- @strtmarsh44 finished at midday today! Good luck everyone tonight
in reply to strtmarsh44 # - @karmadillo closed at midday, good luck everyone tonight in reply to karmadillo #
- Good luck tonight, thanks for your submissions and at such short notice. At 12pm the peoples choice was the black country facebook group #
- Congratulations to tonight’s winners: Rhubarb Radio and New Facebook - Black Country version group. http://digitalpressawards.co.uk/?p=105 #
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And the winners are…
June 18, 2009
Congratulations to tonight’s winners:
Birmingham City Council Digital Innovation Award
Rhubarb Radio
Online Campaign – People’s Choice Award
New Facebook - Black Country version group
Thanks to everyone who entered and voted.
Twitter Updates for 2009-06-17
June 17, 2009
- Remember to vote for your favourite digital media project here http://www.digitalpressawards.co.uk #
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People’s Choice - You decide
June 11, 2009
Who do you think should win the first ever Midlands Media Awards People’s Choice Award?
This award will recognise an individual or group that has used social media tools to make a difference, so we want to hear from campaigning bloggers out there.
How did you identify the issue to be resolved? What was your innovative solution? What tools did you use? Most importantly, what impact did your project have? The award will be the subject of a public vote.
People's Choice Award
- Black Country Facebook Group (54.0%, 783 Votes)
- 4am Project (37.0%, 536 Votes)
- Social Media Surgeries (6.0%, 81 Votes)
- Big City Talk (3.0%, 46 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,446
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June 9, 2009
- Finalists will be announced on Tuesday and the peoples voting made live. #
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June 9, 2009
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Social Media Surgeries
June 2, 2009
Nick Booth wrote: A group of volunteer social media-savvy people that get together once a month to give one to one advice on which bits of the social media palette might be able to help voluntary and community groups accomplish more.
How did you identify the issue to be resolved?
It started in October 2008 with a collective wish for the Birmingham Bloggers ( http://tinyurl.com/6mbhua ) to contribute to Blog Action day ( http://tinyurl.com/3puhzo ). So rather than simply blog, they arranged to do something more practical: run a social media surgery. Many of these groups deal directly with poverty in the city and by helping them to do what they do better, all of them contribute in some way to creating life opportunities or alleviating suffering or disadvantage. With a venue at BVSC with tea, coffee, a bite to eat and wifi, the first surgery took place on October 15th 2008.
What was your innovative solution?
No boring speeches, no jargon. Just approachable experts offering a free, hour or two of one-to-one help, encouragement, demonstration and discovery of what social media can do. Anyone from the head of communications at a major charity to an active citizen could come along. The volunteer ’surgeons’ wanted to share how social media works, they were enthusiastic, friendly and above all keen to give something back and give their time to help organisations who really needed help.
What tools did you use?
Tools that are suggested by the surgeons are tried, tested and things that work and usually:
* free - or very cheap
* fast and easy to set up - blogs and sites get created and sparked into life during the surgeries
* appropriate - the volunteers are driven by a desire to help and understand that to take the first steps, the only investment that is needed is time and confidence - not an expensive website, so a Flickr account might be perfect for sharing photos or setting up a Wordpress blog.
Most importantly, what impact did your project have?
It was supposed to be a one-off but five surgeries later at least 60 people from 50 organisations have been helped by at least 33 volunteer surgeons contributing around 175 hours of high quality, highly skilled voluntary effort.
And that effort has turned into - new websites:
* Birmingham’s Jubilee Debt Campaign ( http://jdcbirmingham.wordpress.com/ )
* Court Lane Allotments ( http://courtlaneallotments.com/ )
* The Digbeth Trust ( http://digbethtrust.wordpress.com/ )
blogs:
* City Centre Neighbourhood Forum ( http://brumcitycentre.wordpress.com/2009/04/ ) and its follow-up
* Canal Scene ( http://canalscene.wordpress.com/ )a brilliant combination of a blog with Google maps
* Get Walking Keep Walking Birmingham ( http://getwalkingbrum.wordpress.com/) rum with the local Ramblers and Mohini’s
* MangoStreetPreachers (http://mangostreetpreachers.wordpress.com/ )
and other place-based sites have started making their sites more social and connecting with others including:
* Acocks Green Neighbourhood Forum ( http://acocks-green-neighbourhood-forum.org/) has already begun connecting with others like the Acocks Green Focus Group ( http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/ ) and I am AG (http://iamag.wordpress.com/ )
* East Yardley Neighbourhood Forum ( http://eastyardley.wordpress.com/ )
* Cannon Hill Peoples Park ( http://www.cannonhillpeoplespark.net ) and the established http://www.Lozells.info have been taking advice on where to go next online.
More comments, stories and videos of the work done at the surgeries at the Podnosh blog ( http://www.podnosh.com/blog/2009/05/31/birmingham-social-media-surgeries-taking-stock/ ).
New Facebook - Black Country version group
June 2, 2009
Donato Esposito wrote: I would like to enter the following online campaign project for the awards nominations.
The issue that I had identified was a growing resentment from the Facebook community during summer of 2008 against the New Facebook version. I found this tool very useful in both personal and business use and did not want people turning away from Social Media without realising the full potential of the new functions. Yes, it didn’t look the same, but it had a lot to offer and I wanted the members to understand those positive benefits.
My solution to this was to have an idea that was humorous and at the same time embrace the new technology available. That being localisation. So, the innovative solution was to campaign for a New Facebook - Black Country version. After a month of launching my localisation group, Facebook released Facebook - Pirate version, which proved my theory that a localised version of New Facebook could be produced.
The tools I used initially were those within Facebook itself. The new code and also the group facility. I messaged about a dozen people, rather than spamming all my friends and was able to use my crowdsourcing skills to grow the group. Bearing in mind at the time of starting the group, Facebook only had approx 6,000 members in the Black Country region. As the group was gaining momentum, bloggers then started talking about us. All we had to do was come up with a local translation of various words and have enough members who would join our campaign.
The impact that this campaign has had includes;
- 1,000’s of new members have now joined Facebook and are taking part in the Social media phenomenon in both Facebook, Twitter and some now blogging. True Digital Engagement.
- the group has grown to over 31,000 members
- radio, press and TV coverage, so bringing in a new audience to Social Media
Overwhelming positive response to the New Facebook and embracing the new functions it now offers
New Facebook - Black Country version group can be found here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26253152091&ref=ts
4am Project
June 2, 2009
Karen Strunks wrote: I wish to nominate my global photography project: 4am Project.
The aim of the 4amproject is to gather a collection of photos from around the world at the magical time of 4am.
Although it’s roots lie in Birmingham, the project is a worldwide community experience and aims to capture a time of day that many people rarely see. Building on the ever growing phenomenon of social media, the 4am Project is an exercise in global solidarity to encourage the sharing of visual imagery that reflects the world we live in.
The idea was born out of my ‘Birmingham At 4am’ project, where I have been going out at 4am to take pictures of the city. I wanted to share this experience and get other people involved.
I knew it would be a big task to get the word out worldwide and that social media tools would play a huge part in this. The social media tools I have utilized are a website, flickr, a blog, facebook, and twitter. By doing this I have taken an online idea and made it into a shared offline event.
I am relatively new to social media having only ‘discovered’ it about 8 months ago, but by using these tools the 4am Project is an ongoing success.
The first 4am date was set for 4th April and over 18 countries have taken part so far such as Russia, Canada, USA, Australia, Malaysia, Sweden, and Brazil, and approx 1800 photos have been submitted. A new 4am date of 21st June has been set and once again I am utilizing these social media tools to spread the word.
I have received so much great feedback about the project. From people saying that they enjoyed experiencing theirs streets at a different time, to others saying it has helped them learn more about their cameras. Some said it has helped them embrace photography again. The beauty of the project is that anyone can take part. All they need is a camera. And a willingness to get up a 4am!
Twitter Updates for 2009-06-02
June 2, 2009
- Thank you all for wonderful entries, more news coming soon, reserve 18th June pm in your diaries! #
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