Social Media in the Public Sector
Date: Tuesday, 05 October, 2010
Time: 9:30 - 15:30
Location: North West Fire Control Ltd, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3UZ
NWEGG
Event
The savings to be made by local authorities from great
use of the WWW are well documented -each contact and transaction
with government switched online could generate savings of between
£3.30 and £12. There are an estimated 1.8 billion contacts with
public services every year of which only about 20% are currently
online Social Media offers an additional opportunity to
operate more efficiently and effectively using less resource.
In the areas of informing citizens, reporting problems, campaigning
and enhancing democracy the new social media tools of YouTube,
Twitter, Blogs and other mobile technologies have a crucial role to
play in delivering more for less. Using both presentations
and interactive sessions, the event will present technical
options, case studies and innovative ideas designed to challenge
the ways local authorities deliver their services and provide the
information necessary to take the transformation agenda
forward.
Who should attend: The event will be of interest to
all those within Local Authorities with the responsibility for
identifying, designing, building and implementing Social Media
resources in order to deliver more to citizens with less
resource.
Confirmed speakers are:
Further information
Tel: 0161 342
3445
Email: admin@nwegg.org.uk
Website: www.nwegg.org.uk
Numbers at this event are limited to 80 places, so
book soon to guarantee your place!
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