Presentation to Councillors at the Northern Ireland Local Government Association conference on 18 Feb 2010.

1. Social networking to increase your vote Dave Briggs Community Evangelist

2. @davebriggs [email_address] www.davepress.net

3. @davebriggs [email_address] www.davepress.net

5. There’s a revolution going on

6. This stuff changes lives

7. From the benefits office to Downing Street in 5 years (and a blog)

8. This isn’t anything new, though It’s just talking

9. The interesting thing about social technology is not the technology. It’s the implications of using it.

10. For politicians:

11. Listening Openness Transparency Collaboration Cooperation

12. For society:

13. Private / public Online / offline Consumption

22. (that’s 1,743,281)

23. Why should you bother?

24. It’s quick

25. It’s full of interesting – and new – people

26. It’s findable

27. It’s mobile

28. It’s conversational

29. Some things to do:

31. Thanks for listening!