Thanks very much to the lovely Kate Bentham for her great summary of the week 7 posts – I always enjoy reading her summaries (and think they’re better than mine). Amongst the excellent posts for week 8, two caught my eye immediately.…
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Blue stars, seagull-proofing, waste and change
I’m very grateful to Kate Bentham for looking after Weekly Blog Club for Week 5. She clearly did a brilliant job since the number of posts has tripled this week (even though I didn’t get round to doing one myself)! This week’s posts…
Tagged with: a-n, Ayrshire Health, dementia, Dumfries and Galloway Health blog, gulls, Let's Talk About Dementia, National Health Service, NHS Scotland, NHSS, procrastination, standards, Tayside Health, Wales Audit Office, waste
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Birds, communicating, digital technology, finance, fine art, health, health services, humanity, humour, journalism, management, media, mental health, patient care, public relations, public sector, research, social care, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Birds, communicating, digital technology, finance, fine art, health, health services, humanity, humour, journalism, management, media, mental health, patient care, public relations, public sector, research, social care, working practices
Considering collections, communicating, clutter
I can’t resist a little alliteration. This week’s title comes from Louise Atkinson’s post about considering her work for her PhD and describing her practice as an artist collector; Kevin McGinley’s contribution to the new Taysidehealth blog on communication between members…
Tagged with: Ayrshire Health Blog, books, foxes, good practice exchange, libraries, Ministry of Justice, NHS Scotland, TaysideHealth
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, animals, charitable trusts, communicating, digital technology, family, fine art, health, health services, libraries, literature, patient care, photography, public sector, research, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, animals, charitable trusts, communicating, digital technology, family, fine art, health, health services, libraries, literature, patient care, photography, public sector, research, working practices
Getting personal, explaining dementia, and paper in art
We had 11 contributions for Week 5, with three themes emerging during the week: health issues, using social media in the public sector, and art. Gina Alexander returned to the @dghealth (Dumfries and Galloway Health) blog with Take a deep breath. I was…
Tagged with: #300seconds, #localgov, #NHSHD, artist books, Ayrshire Health Blog, comms, dementia, Dumfries and Galloway Health blog, local authorities, NHS, NHSS, paper, Patient Opinion Scotland
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, communicating, conferences, customer service, digital technology, exercise, fine art, floods, health, health services, leadership, literature, local government, management, medical practice, mental health, natural environment, painting drawing, patient care, PhD, printmaking, public sector, research, setting goals, social media, society, Third sector, tourism, travel and exploration, walking, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, communicating, conferences, customer service, digital technology, exercise, fine art, floods, health, health services, leadership, literature, local government, management, medical practice, mental health, natural environment, painting drawing, patient care, PhD, printmaking, public sector, research, setting goals, social media, society, Third sector, tourism, travel and exploration, walking, working practices
Paintings and a drawing from the 1990s
For week 3 Janet Davis shares with us images of some paintings and a drawing she has rediscovered. Janet painted these in the early 1990s and they include landscapes and portraits. They really show how wonderfully talented Janet is. Paintings…
Tagged with: art, drawings, landscapes, life drawing, oil, paintings, portraits, still life
Posted in culture, fine art, painting drawing, visual arts
Posted in culture, fine art, painting drawing, visual arts
Highlights, hopes, growing places & 2013 in review
This is the #WeeklyBlogClub Week 52 summary. That means that we’ve been going for two whole years – which is not bad since I thought that the blog would trail off and end by March 2012. We have had over…
Tagged with: #localgov, #WeeklyBlogClub, art, Ayrshire Health Blog, blogging, Christmas, collaboration, Dumfries and Galloway Health blog, local authorities, National Health Service, NHS Scotland, NHSS, photography, social media, writing
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, childcare, communicating, communities, education, family, fine art, health, health services, leadership, learning, literature, local government, management, photography, public sector, setting goals, social media, society, storm, Third sector, training, working practices, workplace
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, childcare, communicating, communities, education, family, fine art, health, health services, leadership, learning, literature, local government, management, photography, public sector, setting goals, social media, society, storm, Third sector, training, working practices, workplace
Fighting talk, scrutiny, Spinal Tap, and the odd zombie
The themes that emerged in Week 50 included the importance of being local (heritage and networks), scrutiny, communicating in better ways, and how to do things. Mark Braggins started the week by looking at some of the images of his…
Tagged with: apocalypse, good practice exchange, governance, Health, National Health Service, NHS Scotland, NHSS, scrutiny, zombie
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, democracy, digital technology, fine art, galleries, health, health services, ideas/innovation, leadership, learning, local government, medical practice, national government, patient care, public relations, public sector, public spaces, schools, setting goals, social media, society, teaching, training, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, democracy, digital technology, fine art, galleries, health, health services, ideas/innovation, leadership, learning, local government, medical practice, national government, patient care, public relations, public sector, public spaces, schools, setting goals, social media, society, teaching, training, working practices
A Bedlington Terrier, how to tell tales, and ethical issues
Thank you to all who contributed to the wonderful variety of posts in Week 49 of Weekly Blog Club. It was lovely to see the return of some people whom we hadn’t seen for a while. Over in Australia, Samuel-James…
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, construction industry, democracy, digital technology, dogs puppies, fine art, health, health services, hierarchy, history, ideas/innovation, journalism, leadership, learning, local government, management, media, painting drawing, politics, sculpture, setting goals, social media, sports, storytelling, television, Third sector, training, visual arts, working practices
Trojan horses, writing ghosts, and aiming for the Moon
The posts in Week 46 were as varied as ever but with a strong emphasis on healthcare and training, with some ghosts of writing (but no ghost writing), the odd Trojan horse and bovine brain, and some sport thrown in.…
Tagged with: AFC Bournemouth, Allied Health Professionals, Ayrshire Health Blog, dementia, Dumfries and Galloway Health blog, Hatton Gallery, Learning and development, Namibia, National Health Service, NHSS, occupational therapists, Scotland, Trojan horses, Trojan mice, UK
Posted in blogging, budget cuts, Business, fine art, football, galleries, health, health services, humanity, leadership, learning, literature, local government, management, mathematics, medical practice, mental health, painting drawing, patient care, public sector, rugby, schools, setting goals, teaching, therapy, training, travel and exploration, Uncategorized, working practices, workplace
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