Posts Tagged ‘ Online Communities ’

Asking the Candidates: If elected will you continue to use Facebook/Twitter

October 19, 2011
By Stephen
Asking the Candidates: If elected will you continue to use Facebook/Twitter

After thinking about all the tweets and facebooking from the Irish Presidential Candidates, I decided to ask them if they would contine use Twitter/Facebook if they were elected President of the Republic of Ireland. I asked the question on Twitter initially, but then posted it also on the candidates Facebook to give them all a fair chance of responding. These are the respons in the order I have recieved them and on what medium they responded on. Mary Davis -...

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Anna Lindh Exchange Forum

June 21, 2011
By Stephen
Anna Lindh Exchange Forum

This week the Anna Lindh Exchange will take place in Tunis, Tunisia between the 23rd and 26th June. This will be a region-wide meeting of civil society players acting for democracy and freedoms with an intercultural perspective. Gathering between 150 and 200 participants from all over the Euro-Med region who work in the fields of Artistic creation, Media and Social Networks, Civil society development and Resources for Citizenship, the event will be a great opportunity for participants to learn...

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The Flower of Identity

August 14, 2009
By Stephen
The Flower of Identity

Image by cobalt123 via Flickr In Luxembourg as part of the training with the Anna Lindh Foundation we had to write a list of things that we think identify us. One suggestion was to draw a flower and on each petal write one thing. I of course am useless at drawing so decided to write a list. So how do I see myself? The first things that came to my mind was European, the next was Irish and after...

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Vote for John

January 14, 2009
By Stephen
Vote for John

Image via CrunchBaseI had a post last month asking you to nominate @mcawilliams for a Shorty Award, well he is in the final for the personal category and needs your votes! The format is the same. Tweet the following: @shortyawards I vote for @mcawilliams in the Shorty Awards Finals for #personal because…he’s very personal Also there is another Irish twitterer up for an award, @dongenland who is up for a green award. So while you are at it, tweet:...

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Some tips for new bloggers

December 19, 2008
By Stephen
Some tips for new bloggers

Image by minifig via FlickrSo I’ve been blogging now for over three years and have built up a bit of knowledge on whats makes a good blog. Of course, I don’t consider this blog any way excellent as there are loads out there which are better, but lately I have gotten the blogging bug again and I think its only right that I share some tips on how to increase page views and therefore visitors. 1. Get ListedGet your...

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