Author Archives: Mark Braggins

About Mark Braggins

Walking, usually with my two ex-racing greyhounds. Work: Business Development and Research at Drawnalism

This blog has moved…

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Mark Braggins

Just in case you are following or have saved the wordpress URL for my blog, I’ve now moved it to: http://markbraggins.com The blog is now self-hosted.

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Unconferences: Good, Bad or Ugly?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This is the second part of a joint effort by Sasha Taylor and Mark Braggins. In this post we talk about two topics we’re finding difficult to keep entirely separate: #lgovsm (a weekly chat on Twitter for Local Gov social media … Continue reading →

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We love #lgovsm

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This post is a joint-effort for #weeklyblogclub written by Sasha Taylor and Mark Braggins. In it we pay homage to two local government institutions, one recently retired, the other still going strong. We Love LocalGov The We Love Local Government blog was published every … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by Mark Braggins

Originally posted on BlueLightCamp:
This Saturday (14 July 2012) BlueLightCamp was seen at the LocalGovCamp event in Birmingham run by Dave Briggs. Both Ben Proctor (@likeaword) & Sasha Taylor (@sasha_taylor) were seen wearing their BlueLightCamp Tshirts at the event. However,…

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Facebook usage: a local perspective

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Mark Braggins

Continued from last time… In my previous post, I explained that I’m trying to gather data on the number of social media users within a geographic area.  I’m basically attempting to answer the question: “what is the actual take-up of social … Continue reading →

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Estimating Social Media usage within a geographic area

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Mark Braggins

I’m an enthusiastic supporter of the adage “go where the people go” if you want to connect with customers and service users. I believe it applies equally – if not more – in the virtual world, than the physical world. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Reflections on events

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Mark Braggins

Over the last year or so I’ve attended a bunch of ‘unconference‘ events. In this post I thought I’d take a look back at some of them. All events have something worth sharing, and most I’ve attended have had shed-loads; I’ve therefore … Continue reading →

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Isle Lights

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Mark Braggins

This is the fourth in a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. Previous posts: Covered my visit from a personal perspective Talked about Northern BlueLightCamp; and A mini-post with an interactive Puffin-shaped word cloud This post covers … Continue reading →

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Puffin Island (IslandGovCamp)

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Mark Braggins

There was barely a cloud in the sky during the whole of IslandGovCamp. Gorgeous weather prevailed throughout. In the absence of real clouds, I decided to make one instead and make it colourful and interactive. Most of the words are clickable … Continue reading →

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We’ve had an idea…

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Mark Braggins

We’ve had an idea….* *”We” in this case being @WeLoveLocalGov, not me, although I do think it’s a brilliant idea

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