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Are twitter chats really effective?

Posted by: clairerhodes, Posted on: 3 October 2013 - Categories: Engagement

When you’re limited to 140 characters, can a twitter chat truly be an effective policy engagement tool? Based on my recent experience of a twitter chat with @wenurses, as part of our engagement around the proposed Vulnerable Older People’s Plan, …

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Checklist for an ideal digital policy engagement campaign

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 2 September 2013 - Categories: Engagement

A few weeks ago, I sat down with some of the DH digital team, to talk about digital policy engagement, and how we would like to do it in an ideal world. Over a couple of hours, powered by a …

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Digital policy engagement session at Sprint 13

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 8 February 2013 - Categories: Engagement, Policymaking
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The Department of Health digital team were very pleased to be asked to lead the digital policy engagement session at Sprint 13, the recent showcase for the best in digital across government. You can watch the video of the full session …

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