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Connected councillors: a guide to using social media to support local leadership

This work is supported in partnership by the National Association of Local Councils, the Standards Board for England and the Leadership Centre for local government., March 2010.

The Connected Councillors guide is meant as a brief introduction to social media for councillors, outlining how social media can be used to:

  • support councillor's leadership roles
  • create a space for community conversation
  • keep a finger on the pulse of local needs
  • campaign for political office and on important local issues.

It is targeted particularly at councillors who have some IT skills, and would like to know more.

This guide also briefly covers how local authorities and their partners can use social media in support of efficient service delivery.

Another publication Local by Social, has been produced by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the IDeA to address social media for councils as organisations. It builds on the detailed work of Social by Social, produced by NESTA last year to look in depth at how public and voluntary sector organisations can use social media to achieve positive outcomes in the public realm.

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