Head of Knowledge Media at IRISS. Particularly interested in social media and how we can get better access to it in the workplace.
According to Scotland’s Digital Strategy: People need to be creative in their use of technology, innovative in developing services and applications and comfortable using the… Read More »Social reporting, personal learning networks. It’s beginning to happen …
On 16 November SCVO hosted an evening of talk and discussion on digital participation. Chris Yiu, SCVO’s Director of Digital, introduced the evening by asking where we go… Read More »Celebrating digital scotland
This is a summary of a presentation I gave at an Open University seminar on Social Media and Research in Ageing on 30 October 2015. The emergence of social media during… Read More »Research Unbound: Finch, open access and social media
I’m not sure how many people would agree that personal branding is important for social workers, not just entrepreneurs and Hollywood stars. Kristin Battista-Frazee argues… Read More »Exploring your social work brand
It’s nearly ten years since Changing Lives (Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review ) made the case for evidence informed practice and a… Read More »Embedding knowledge in practice and digital participation
I started this bog some three and a half years ago to encourage the use of social media and campaign for better access to the… Read More »It’s all about digital participation
Social care may be the poor relation of healthcare with regard to research funding, but it’s something of a myth that it is not evidence-based,… Read More »Social care evidence base
On 29 April I gave a presentation at Holyrood’s annual Telehealth and Telecare Conference.This year’s theme was engagement – both staff engagement and public engagement… Read More »It’s not OK not to understand the internet
Our first serious attempt at social reporting (see earlier post) at Small Changes, Big Differences on 26 February was a great success with a large number of people… Read More »Social reporting in practice
Scribbling on flipcharts or sticking ideas on Post-it notes are well established ways of capturing and organising thoughts and ideas in group discussions, conferences and workshops. It’s effective… Read More »Social reporting – sharing the learning