Tag Archives: snow
Results of annual LGiU winter comms survey
Councillors, officers and members of the public took part in an informal poll over the last week in a bid to establish which digital communication channels are the most effective during special and specific situations e.g. school and road closures …
Take part in our annual winter comms survey
It’s November and the weather is miserable. Icy roads, closed schools and uncollected bins tend to dominate local government over the coming months. Residents will rush to council websites seeking to report problems and find information. Increasingly, there is an …
Results of our winter communications survey
Councillors, officers and members of the public took part in an informal poll over the last 10 days in a bid to establish which digital communication channels are the most effective during special and specific situations e.g. school closures due …
Take part in our winter comms survey
It’s now December and icy roads, closed schools and uncollected bins tend to dominate local government over the coming months. Residents rush to council websites seeking to report problems and find information. Increasingly, there is an expectation for this …
More useful (and free) internet tools for sharing snow-related information
[googlemaps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=102012504572852987592.0004965dc6045167b2757&source=embed&ll=51.457323,-0.196037&spn=0.038185,0.110035&output=embed&w=555&h=400] (James Cousins’ ‘Gritting Wandsworth’ map) Just following up on my previous posts on how councils and councillors can use free internet tools to get information out to residents about snow-related services and disruption. I want to draw attention …
Is social media the best way to communicate during the snow?
A map of where #uksnow is currently trending in the UK I recently blogged about the success of the Coventry Facebook page. Its success was largely down to one big, relevant-to-all issue – last winter’s snow storms. The snow-induced chaos …
