A facinating interview giving Andy’s perspective on some of the real hot topics in local government today.

Why agile delivery is important in public sector communications – as demonstrated by the web team from the newly-formed Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.

Sarah is head of communications and marketing at North East Lincolnshire Council – read her thoughts on local government communications, CAA and more.

Some examples of how Twitter could be used in the public sector.

I’ll be talking at three conferences during March and April on local government communications and social media.

Creating a page on Facebook doesn’t mean a council is using the social network effectively for communicating.

What should I talk about in my social media training sessions for local government councillors and officers?

Social media, consultation, public relations and SEO are among the highlights of my RSS backlog.

Some thought-provoking questions on social media from the IDeA’s Ingrid Koehler.

This great conference series returns to London in April with a great speaker line-up and credit crunch-friendly ticket price.

Some thoughts after today’s local government communicators event in Birmingham.

View my presentation to the LGcomms new media seminar in Birmingham today.

An article I wrote for CIPR on local government and social media.

An early look at what the Digital Britain report means for marketing and public relations in the public sector.

Looking at online networking opportunities for local government and other public sector communicators.

Some interesting findings from Edelman’s annual trust and credibility survey.

Three local government websites that show a new direction for councils online.

Links to two social media research projects with surveys needing respondents.

Exploring how social media could be used to enhance the citizen-resident interactions in council meetings.

Steph Gray has created a superb tool for collecting examples of public sector social media in the UK.

Thoughts from an interesting two days at conferences last week.

Here’s a copy of the slides from my presentation today on how local government can get started with social media.

Here are the slides from my presentation on the mobile internet and local government today at the Public Sector Forums conference in Birmingham.

I’m speaking at two conferences next week – taking a local government angle on the mobile internet in Birmingham and social media in Manchester.

Here’s my final report from my CIPR dissertation earlier this year.