why faceless civil servant is never a good look

January 19, 2016 Darren Caveney

We've come a long way, baby, as country singer Loretta Lynn once sang. Once, the idea of using social media in the public sector was bold and revolutionary. Now it is common place. Perhaps the greatest thing about this is that it puts a human face onto civil servants who are human too.

by Christina Hammond-Aziz

When I joined the civil service nearly a decade ago, we were in the midst of MySpace, Msn and Friends Reunited (with a sprinkling of the ‘very professional’ LinkedIn). Soon after, Facebook appeared with its open API, Twitter with its own and with fantastic ease you could post or tweet about almost anything.

In campaigns + media Tags UK Govcamp, christina hammond-aziz, comms, digital, food standards agency, government, government comms, social media, ukgc16

giving up facebook - new year predications

January 9, 2014 Darren Caveney

by James Baker

Well happy new year everyone. It's nice to be back at work after a bit of a recharge and absence from everything social and digital. I did pretty much abstain for the majority of the duration bar a bit of old school YouTube streaming of Christmas classic music vids. (East 17, Macca and Wham still being untouched by Maria's sorry sorry efforts...)

This did mean however that when I did eventually click the Facebook, Twitter, Vine and Instagram apps - I was feeling like I was playing catch up and had missed out on what seemed like loads of really important info and exciting stuff in both my personal and professional worlds.

In digital + social, campaigns + media Tags comms, comms2point0, food standards agency, giving up on facebook - new year predications, james baker, pr, www.comms2point0.co.uk

social media, for social good

December 6, 2013 Darren Caveney

James Baker, the FSA’s Social Media Manager, explains how social media can help us identify norovirus outbreaks much earlier than labs confirm the cases.

by James Baker

If you're part of the digital and communication revolution currently happening all around us, you might have already seen how the FSA is embracing social and digital media to help communicate and build relationships with you, with food businesses, with other government departments and with our stakeholders.

In digital + social Tags food standards agency, james baker, norovirus, social media for social good, twitter

tips for fitting social learning into a busy day

April 8, 2013 Darren Caveney

How on earth do you cope with a crisis like horse meat on top of an already busy working week and stay on top of social media to boot?

by Jamie Baker

Busy, busy, busy..... everyone, everywhere these days are extra busy. Work, family, and life in general needs so much...well...time! And following the dawn of the digital age there is even less time these days to be across absolutely everything that's out there.

In strategy + planning, digital + social, campaigns + media Tags busy, comms2point0, food standards agency, horse meat, jamie baker, www.comms2point0.co.uk