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Looking for UK local government communicators

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

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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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Comments on “Looking for UK local government communicators”
  • Richard Bailey
    Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    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.

  • Simon
    Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Thanks Richard - that’s much appreciated.

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Simon Wakeman

I've been on the web since 2001 and have been blogging about marketing and public relations since January 2006.

I'm currently Head of Marketing at Medway Council as well as a freelance marketing and PR consultant.

The content and opinions expressed on this website are not endorsed by nor reflect the views of any company or organisation I work with.

I highly recommend Simon. He is an experienced marketing manager with excellent digital channel skills. He thinks strategically, is exceptionally reliable - always delivering on time and with good quality - and is also a good team player…It was great to have him on the team at Egg. Wendy Schratz, Egg

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