Looking for UK local government communicators

public sector communications, marketing and public relations

16 Apr 2008 at 5:00 pm

I’m looking at the role of social media in local government communications as part of my CIPR Diploma research project. More information about my project and work-in-progress is on my wiki.

One of the research methods I’m using is a questionnaire that is aimed at communicators working in local government in the UK. If this is you I’d be very grateful if you took five minutes to complete my questionnaire – you can find it here.

If you know anyone who fits the bill, please do point them in the direction of the questionnaire.

I’ll be making the research findings available to all participants so they get something useful back from their input, plus of course I’ll publish the project findings on my blog once the final report has been marked.

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Richard Bailey said:

I’m in contact with some graduates and placement year students in various council communications teams: I’ll alert them to the survey and ask them to encourage their colleagues to fill it out.

16 April 2008 at 5:49 pm

Simon (author) said:

Thanks Richard – that’s much appreciated.

16 April 2008 at 9:03 pm

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I'm Head of Marketing at Medway Council in south east England, as well as a communications consultant.

I've had my own website here since 2001 and since early 2006 I've been writing a blog about communications, marketing and public relations with a focus on the public sector.

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