south of scotland

Why Social Media Surgeries Work… @UWSDigital #uwsltas

Social Media Surgeries in Melrose on Flickr Last week we completed the final set of social media surgeries, the first half of the project that I’ve been part of  in the south of Scotland. So far I’ve made 6 round trips (and about to make the 7th) to Scotland in 6 weeks (a new record even for me), equating to over 4000 miles on the project alone (not including the ad-hoc trips to London and Manchester in between). Of course, part of this is my doing, living in Loughborough and working in Birmingham one day a week – it could …

Update on @UWSDigital & Social Media for the South of Scotland Surgeries

We are at the half-way point of the first part of the research project I’ve been assisting with, providing social media support to communities in the south of Scotland. In the last 2 weeks, I’ve visited two locations, as part of the UWSDigital team in Dumfries and Galloway (Aston Hotel, Dumfries and The CatStrand (a community arts venue in New Galloway)) to provide one-to-one dedicated support to over 30 businesses in 4 days. We have two more sessions to run in The Town House Hotel, Melrose, situated in the Scottish Borders, at the end of November – but so far, we have …

What I’ve been working on: #dgsocialmedia explained

Realised that I’ve been *really* busy on a couple of things but I haven’t blogged about anything in a while (the problem when you only seem to write up things that you’ve completed or attended) – I’m going to try and write some more “what I am working on” posts rather than simply waiting until the final product.  At the end of July I began a new role as a research assistant at the university where I am registered for my PhD (UWS). I will be ‘in post’ until Summer 2012. Already, this has been my most ‘virtual’ of research contracts, …