The presentations from speakers have not yet been put on the Terrapinn's web site. That will happen after today.

 

What I want to do is share my account of day 1 of the conference with you.

 

In my opening remarks I spoke about the theme of people power and what meant for our institutions. In my comments I emphasised the need for authenticity. Here are the…

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Alec Ross drew my attention to the article Digital Diplomacy in the New York Times Magazine illustrating his work. Despite the fact the article is almost a year old It is well worth a read for the insights it provides.

 

Of particular interest to me is the comment,

 

When I…

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I'm heading off to Frocomm's social media and crisis comms conference http://bit.ly/3ZuEW2 tonight. I'm looking forward to it, but once again, I'm aware that those of us in government face some unique challenges.



Laurel Papworth sums up a lot of the challenges in her excellent post: http://bit.ly/13dE15



I've been a journalist and worked in PR for the last two decades (that's right, I was a five year old… Continue