Tips for Twitter users
If you've been tweeting for a while you may find these tips helpful.
Tim Lloyd
Head of Digital Communications (2012 - 2014).
Working at BIS and using Twitter
If you're a member of staff (on a contract or otherwise) at BIS, then you're subject to the Civil Service Code. There's some useful information here about how the code applies to use of social media.
Purpose, audience, action
We've been offering digital lunch sessions for the past 12 months or so. They're very informal and usually involve someone in the team tapping up an interesting colleague or contact outside of government, to come and inspire us.
Digital team objectives for 2014 and beyond
It's that time of the year, and we've been busy getting feedback from team members, other colleagues in BIS and across government, and evaluating the projects we have delivered in the past 12 months.
Be brave, think creatively and listen
Last week Denise Shaw, Communications Manager for the Growth Vouchers programme, spent some time with the digital team to develop her skills.
Government communicators and digital outreach
It was really exciting to welcome some online influencers to BIS today.
Digital in policy making: where are the challenges?
On 25 February we held the second meeting of the BIS digital in policy group.
Digital in policy making: bringing it all together
At BIS we've been working hard on applying digital to policy making projects, with some success.
Digital leadership at the Foreign Office
I love this case study from the Foreign Office, because it gets right to the heart of the challenge for digital: making practitioners of our leaders, and encouraging a more open way of working.
User testing for small teams and small budgets
Thanks to Ann Kempster at dxw for recommending this really useful guide to simple, effective and low cost user testing. Full credit to Jenny Grinblo for sharing.