Making learning part of the job at BEIS Digital
Making learning part of the job at BEIS Digital
A people and development manager talks about how we are making learning part of the job at BEIS Digital.
Blogs, brainstorms and Buckingham Palace
Rianna Nurse, a government communications apprentice, talks about her time with the BEIS digital team.
Taking care of business on GOV.UK
People don’t care about our internal processes. They just want to ‘do the thing’ – set up their limited company or register for self-assessment. Here’s how we helped them do that.
Pre-election period
In the coming weeks, you may notice that it's quieter than usual on our digital channels. This is because between midnight on Friday 21 April and the general election on 8 June we are in the pre-election period.
Our journey to tracking advocacy – the holy grail of digital evaluation
I lead on digital evaluation at BEIS (from the former BIS digital side). We were always ‘alright’ at doing evaluation; we would report back on web analytics or the volume of mentions, number of impressions, number of RTs
Improving guidance for new businesses
We’ve been working on a project to review and improve information for people starting a business. Earlier this year I joined the Government Digital Service (GDS) for a few days to focus on this new content.
From BIS to BEIS: changing the machinery of government
If you've visited any of our channels in the last few months you may have noticed some changes.
Becoming a Twitter card sharp
If you have viewed or shared a news story on Twitter recently there is a good chance you have seen a Twitter card. This post will make sure you hold all the aces to achieve your communications goal with Twitter cards.
5 tips for working with the new Facebook algorithm
Facebook recently announced it has 1.65 billion users. We know that Facebook is the platform where 97% of all social media users have a profile, so how can your organisation’s page work if it doesn’t have many fans?
Communicating the Consumer Rights Act
The Consumer Rights Act came into force on the 1 October 2015. It was the biggest overhaul of consumer legislation for a decade, bringing 8 pieces of legislation into 1.
Advocating digital
Within BIS, we’ve been running a ‘senior Digital Advocate’ programme for almost 2 years. This initiative was originally introduced as one way of helping staff who felt (often wrongly), that senior staff weren’t supportive of online activity and engagement.