3rd December 2009, East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC) Social media is the latest hot topic up for debate, especially in the workplace. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogging, the list goes on. But what exactly is it? And how can your organisation use it to communicate and engage with stakeholders. Social Media for the Public Sector is brought to you by Connected Nottingham, a brand initiative developed by Accelerate Nottingham which brings together and celebrates partner’s achievements within the technology agenda in the Nottingham conurbation and the county of Nottinghamshire. This exciting FREE workshop, hosted in the East Midlands Conference Centre’s Gallery will: Provide an overview of social media platforms and tools Explore how social media can be utilised to inform, consult, debate and engage with your community Ask the experts and hear first hand case studies from orgainsations in the public sector Hear from: Caron Lyon- PCM Creative, a local expert and a regular speaker on the national circuit on Social Media. Simon Wakeman- Freelance communications consultant and Head of Communications and Marketing at Medway Council. A well-known and respected communicator, Simon is recognised as a leading member of a new generation of public sector communicators that is equally comfortable working across traditional communications channels and emerging online channels. Chief Inspector Mark Payne, Head of West Midlands Police Press and Public Relations Department. West Midlands Police, the second largest Police Force in the UK has made a significant investment into social media. Launching across a series of social media platforms the force has seen many benefits of social media, particularly around community engagement.

1. Social Media: An insight. Engaging and Sharing #SM4PS

4. Filtering connectednotts sm4ps

5. Collecting getambition

6. Engaging connectednotts

7. Documenting

8. Sharing connectednotts

11. Global Phenomenon Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit social networking or blogging sites, accounting for almost 10% of all internet time. Nielsen report “ Global Faces and Networked Places .”

12. Productivity on the move

13. Mobile Futures UK mobile web users have the greatest propensity to visit a social network through their handset with 23% of them (2 million people) doing so, compared to 19% in the US (10.6 million people). An increase from last year of 249% in the UK and 156% in the US Nielsen report “ Global Faces and Networked Places .”

17. Web 2.0 Landscape

18. Integrated Web Services

22. 3 Defining Concepts

23. Social Media?

24. Media that is social In the waiting room www.hannanprint.com.au

26. Print on Demand ISSUU

28. Networking Social & Business

29. How do you network?

32. Groups & Fan Pages October 2009 2,822 members November 2009 3,205 members

34. Is any body out there?

35. UK Local Councils

37. Voice to Text 0845 040 6699 DEMO

39. User Generated Content

41. My Police http:// twitter.com/mypolice

44. Utopia Arts Encouraging participation Helping people to determine change in their communities and make themselves heard on issues affecting them on the way in which services are conceived and delivered. Utopia's work is about empowering people. http://bit.ly/6JLeEs

48. Why change? http://bit.ly/491YiA

53. Who are you listening to?

54. Who are you talking to? Presentation delivered by Caron Lyon to Connected Nottingham’s Social Media for Public Sector conference.

55. Thank You connectednotts #SM4PS Resources www.slideshare.net/pcmcreative