by Tim

Sarah Lay, Paul Cole and I took part in LocalGovCamp held in Birmingham a few weeks back. It was a great opportunity to meet with other people from all sectors to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented for our organisations in using social media.

As a direct result of attending that event, Sarah, Paul and I discussed the possibility of creating something similar in the East Midlands; Derby and Derbyshire in particular. This site and the Social Media Café event are the first fruits of those ideas.

Sarah initially set up a Facebook group and a site on Ning. Unfortunately, some people in the public sector (and other sectors too) do not have access to social media sites from work. We decided to create our own website in an attempt to overcome this.

I hope you’ll be able to join us at Derby Quad on 1st October. In the meantime, why not leave us a comment?