JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Most of Birmingham’s 120 councillors are already active to some extent, or a large extent, on internet based social media. At the […]
Insight: conversation
SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE THE SMARTPHONE!
Three reminders – from China, the Soviet Union and the early days of the British Empire – that social media isn’t new. […]
WHY DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MATTER?
Leadership can be defined in many ways, but the common factor is to do with enabling a group to follow a direction. […]
ATTLEE, BARACK OBAMA AND YOU…
A journalist once asked Clement Attlee what Churchill’s greatest contribution to winning the War had been. The story goes that Attlee – […]
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?
‘Social media’ means any way people have of having conversations in public. It’s different to broadcast media (TV and radio) because it’s […]
WHO’S UP FOR CHAT?
Dialogue… conversation… chat…. it’s the same thing (described with different degrees of formality). Taking part in it can be a way of: of […]
CONVINCING DIALOGUE…
Dorothy L Sayers was an outstanding author of novels, poems, plays, and essays as well as being a successful advertising copy writer and skilled […]
WHY DOES CONVERSATION MATTER?
‘Command and Control’ Leadership is about enabling people to take a direction (see the section on Leadership Styles in this guide). In […]
GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING!
Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit – a peaceful inhabitant of The Shire. Which is a quiet neighbourhood in a far corner of the […]