It’s been a hectic few weeks for the New Media team at CCHQ – the most obvious things keeping us busy being the launch of MyConservatives and the webcasting of Conference 2009 (…and if you missed any of the action, the replays are all available here). But we’ve been adding lots of new features to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Flickr’
18 Jun
Twitter delivers the other side of the story in Iran
We’ve heard a lot of talk about social media having various “breakout” moments over the past few months – but the way it has been used to cover the protests that have followed Iran’s disputed election result is surely the first time we’ve seen it not just complement mainstream news coverage, but supplant it completely. [...]
27 May
A new politics, inspired by the internet revolution
David Cameron’s speech at the Open Unversity yesterday certainly turned a few heads in the online community. It contained pledges to publish Parliamentary information in a properly accessible format and end the ban on footage from the Commons being uploaded to YouTube. All good news – and this will offer encouragement to groups like MySociety [...]
6 Mar
Journeys with George
An early start today, but it’s going to be worth it. I’m accompanying George Osborne on a busy visit to the West Midlands, using various social media tools to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what happens on tour days like this, which members of the Shadow Cabinet undertake on a regular basis. George has [...]
2 Mar
The “siteless” approach to online
I think it’s fairly safe to say that Skittles haven’t been discussed on Conservatives.com before, but the really interesting approach that they have taken with their new website is worth flagging up. In essence, they’ve handed their entire website over to social media – mirroring the approach taken by US-based advertising agency Modernista. Visiting www.skittles.com [...]
