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Customer Service, Waste and the GE2015

Hello Weekly Blog Club fans, it’s Kate Bentham here again, for what we think is week 17, but whose keeping note. We’ve had a good selection of blogs this week, and not all in the written form. We’ve had two

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Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, customer service, digital technology, film/video, health, health services, local government, national government, photography, social media, tourism, visual arts

Togetherness for greatness

YES! That’s what I’m talking about! We had 13 blogs submitted for week 7. Thank you very much. You’re all fabulous. It’s been a pleasure to read them all. There are blogs (and a vlog!) about art, carbon footprint, libraries, tourism,

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Welcome back!

View over Newcastle 6th January 2015

And it’s our 3rd anniversary! (see last post for the stats on how many authors, views of posts etc). Thank you very much to all of you who responded to my questions about whether we keep going and evolve or

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Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, exercise, family, health services, holiday, humanity, local government, mental health, newspapers, open data, patient care, photography, public relations, social media, tourism, unconferences, visual arts, 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

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Christmassy outings East Midlands style

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the East Midlands. There’s everything to get you in the festive spirit, from big Christmas trees, to mulled wines, wonderful walks and pamper time, it seems as if Lindsay Narey can

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Namibia: Part 1

Simon Harrington writes about a trip to Namibia during which not everything went to plan from the moment he sat on the plane. This post contains a photo of Simon in Y-fronts but, thankfully, not a photo of the bovine

Posted in aeroplanes, cooking, food, tourism, travel and exploration

A mo, a splash, Houdini – and more

I must admit that I wished for a story that featured a crowd (or accumulating wealth) and one with a mat in it so I could have titled this post “A mo, a mass, a mat” because the start of

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using a social campaign to back-up a tv show

Ross Wigham has been watching ITV for possibly the first time, all in the line of duty. His job has involved using social media to help promote a television series in which Robson Green wanders around Northumberland and shows how

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Caring about carers, communicating & November customs

A quiet week for posts – but that means you have time to read a greater percentage of them! Samuel-James was still enjoying life in Australia in this week’s post – Brisbane to Melbourne and a little Grand Designs – but keen

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Brisbane to Melbourne and a little Grand Designs

Another episode in the story of Samuel-James Wilson’s adventures in Australia, with some sunny pictures for those back in storm-tossed Britain to appreciate. This episode includes getting into a talk about Grand Designs by Kevin McCloud. I’m sure everyone who

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