The Business Of Blogging

So what is this blog thing and how do we use it?
Traditionally a definition is a good place to start.

• The Wikipedia Entry
• What about in education?
• This is an oldy but goldy on a learning theme

So we seem to have started with three objectives.

Journal
We'll try to record what we did so that our colleagues can follow us.
We also need some record for our own use - why and when did we do that?
If this was a working group or another sort of meeting we'd publish minutes/action plans etc.

Research Service
I'm trawling through all sorts of stuff to find the gold.
So other people don't have to.
Here's an example of some one doing the same.
(he's included links that I rejected - you'll have to judge)

Community
Our colleagues will come, find out what we are doing and contribute.
Intially this will be workmates, but anyone is welcome.
Experience suggests this will be the hard bit.

Geoff

Social Media My Journey

Hi,
Well Geoff is really encouraging me to engage wholeheartedly with social media.
What have I learnt,social media is not as straightforward as I thought there appears to be many protocols and such things to abide by.I accept that they are there to provide protection in the huge world of the internet,but I do find it confusing.
I have learnt how to post items to the blog,fairly obvious because I am using it.We need to try now and push the blog into a wider audience.
My vision is to a have social media function where all workers in health and social care can join discussions ask questions and generally interact with our social media,
Peter

Questions Please

Hi ,
If you have any questions in relation to food hygiene or manual handling this blog is the ideal place to ask them.
Please ues this blog we want your opinions.
Peter

Our First Project

The Fine Details

Now that we know what we're doing.
We've set off on our first project.

Consulting Support and Admin Managers on Induction Training

A lot of what we intend is being guided by documents kindly shared by Cambridgeshire County Council thru IDeA Communities of Practice.
Here's a very specific link to the Social Media discussion that's going on in there.
Here's the Cambridgeshire documents.
If you want to see them there you'll have to register.
(not a bad idea)
(For Brockwood Staff they are also @ g:\...\Resources\Social Media)

From their process document.

1. Think about what you are trying to achieve, the audience you intend to reach and whether social media the best/preferred means of engaging with them.
   
   • What
     We currently offer an Induction programme for non social care/work staff within Sheffield City Council (SCC) Social Care services. This programme needs review and we would also like to find out what demand might exist outside SCC.
     
   • Who
     All the business support managers within SCC, Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust (SHSC), independant, private and voluntary (IPV) sector, carers, employers, service users etc etc.
     We do not want to constrain this list unless we have to.
     
   • Whether
     The list above is large and disparate.
     Experience says everybody on it will be difficult to contact.
     Brockwood needs to become comfortable with social media.
     Three good reasons to try engagement with social media.
     
   
   
2. If you intend to engage with children and/or young people, or believe they may be an audience of that content refer to step 3, otherwise proceed to step 4.
   
   • We don't think so but if the list is unconstrained we could be.
   
   
   
3. Ensure that you first refer to the BECTA e-safety guidelines and complete the associated risk assessment proforma.
   
   • So just in case thats our next step

(Geoff)

Pete And Geoff Learn Social Media

Grand design


Peter Allen and Geoff Power met to further Brockwood Park's Social Media involvement.
Setting some Terms of Reference seemed a good idea
(we pinched the questions from Cambridgeshire's Social Media Guide thingy
- more of that later)

What are the objectives of the project/campaign?

• To create an interactive and participatory information service for Social Care staff in Sheffield
  

What audience are you intending to target?

• Everyone working in Social care in Sheffield
  

Why use social media/networking as opposed to existing channels?

• Because those existing channels are to slow and don't reach all our customers easily.


• We expect these new media to solve these problems.

How would the given site/tool achieve those objectives?

• Most of our customers have or will have shortly internet access. We don't know 'til we try

Are others within the organisation already doing something similar?

• The Social Media workshops have yet to produce real useful stuff.
  So we'll get on with it anyway informing all we can on the way.

How will the success of the project/campaign be measured?

• Any increased flow of information or opinion will count as success. We refuse to constrain ourselves with absolutes.

Who will be responsible for managing and moderating that channel?

• Brockwood staff - in the first instance...


• The E-learning Project group.


• Bob Levesley


• Geoff Power


• Sarah Pack


• Peter Allen

(Geoff)