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Impact of Social Media on how
Whitehall works



@Puffles2010
What these slides cover



- Social Networks – what they are and an example of how they can
  work
- Who holds the knowledge?
- How social media dissects traditional “media management”
  approaches
- Communications case studies
- Policy case study
- User analysis
- How can Whitehall respond?
- The need for more evidence




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Social Networks
How I (as a new user) formed my networks


After setting up an account on a given platform – e.g. Facebook or Twitter, I then
used the search tools to find people with similar interests to me. For example:

  -   Career
  -   Sport
  -   Science
  -   Academia
  -   Music
  -   Campaigns

For each interest, I was able to build up a small “virtual” network that looks
something like the diagram below



                                     Everyone within this
                                     network of interest is
                                     connected to each other

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How I (as a new user) formed my networks


This gave a picture that looked something like this:




  Represented by the large yellow circle, I have links into a number of different virtual
  networks as represented by the small yellow circles:
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How I (as a new user) formed my networks


As people have multiple interests, some of those interests are shared:




  Accordingly, they may already have links to the same communities of interests that I
  have – represented by the green lines                                                6
How I (as a new user) formed my networks


Through the use of social networks, other people start linking up too - denoted by the blue lines,




  There now is a very complex virtual web of people linked by mutual interests. The
  stronger each of those individual links is, the stronger the web is.

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How these networks can be used by people



Having a virtual web such as this can serve three key purposes:
2) For “support”
3) For the search for greater knowledge
4) To challenge those in authority.




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Who holds the knowledge?
Who holds the knowledge? - 1


In the old way of working – especially in the pre-internet age, people who had access to wide
amounts of knowledge and information were few and far between outside of central
government. (The issue is accessibility, not educational ability).

Government departments and large organisations were the only ones who could afford to
maintain large systems to enable easy access to that knowledge and information.


                                Department of State
                                          Policy team

     Trade Union                                                          Media organisation

  Research institute                        Minister                           University

  Professional body                      Media outlet                   Large campaign group


                                    Pre-internet society
This gave us a world that looked something like the diagram above.                              10
Who holds the knowledge? - 2


This system illustrates that unless individuals were part of large organisations, feeding into the
policy-making processes was very difficult for the individual person. The rise of the internet
and advanced communications tools meant that more existing knowledge could be published
more easily (static), and the access to that knowledge led to further advances over a much
shorter time period (dynamic) than without these tools


                                Department of State
                                           Policy team

    Trade Union                                                             Media organisation

 Research institute                           Minister                            University

 Professional body                        Media outlet                    Large campaign group


                          Society takes up new communications tools

The internet substantially increased access to that knowledge that was previously
only available to large organisations – especially as they made it more available. 11
Who holds the knowledge? - 3


   The developments of social media has meant that each individual with access to
   the internet also had the opportunity to use social media for much more efficient
   discussions and deliberations than was possible through email and old newsgroups


                         Society takes up new communications tools

  This meant that each online individual had the potential to move from being a
  “passive” internet user to an “active” internet user – i.e. one who engages in
  discussion and debate through social media, rather than just a passive “reader”.


  Therefore,
  online user                    into…
evolves from…

                                              …an active networked user


   …and through those networks, knowledge moves from being the preserve of
   Government and large organisations…                                                 12
Who holds the knowledge? - 4


    Knowledge and information is now no longer the monopoly of Government and
    large organisations. Knowledge and information is “out there” – with people using
    commenting, adding, developing and innovating with it.

Instead of “knowledge” being here…                Department of State

…it is now out there




    This creates significant challenges for Central Government (as well as large organisations)

    The next set of slides look at the impact of what happens if Government decides to behave in
    a manner reminiscent of the pre-internet & pre-social media era


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Communications’ Case Studies
Communications case study: the conference


The current model is that a minister will receive briefing from a policy team before
attending a conference. The minister will clear a speech prepared by a
speechwriter with policy input. The minister may take questions and answers
before moving onto another engagement elsewhere. Prior to the rapid growth of
social media, the “model” of engagement was as set out below.


                              Department of State

                Policy team
                                                       Minister

                                    Conference delegates
The minister has the close support of the policy team and press office, with the
wider department supporting if needs be. The audience is normally a fairly
specialist/self-selecting one – especially where conferences are not advertised
widely and/or are charging. Therefore the number of people who will attend – and
their professional interests, will be limited.
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Communications case study: the conference


The challenge is that more and more delegates are turning up to conferences with
web-enabled handheld devices, electronic notebooks and laptops.


                             Department of State

               Policy team
                                                    Minister

                                  Conference delegates

…and these delegates have already started using social media to provide live
updates from conferences. Competition in conferencing has led to the growth of
“guest wifi” access. Conferences organisers have also started setting up temporary
websites to facilitate discussion, and organise Twitter hashtags for people outside
of the conference to follow – and contribute.


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Communications case study: the conference


  This means that the audience a minister is speaking “live” to is potentially far greater than the
  people in the room. This is especially the case where conferences are streamed live over the
  web.

  Suddenly the policy team and department numerically are proportionately much smaller
  compared to the audience.
                                             Department of State

                      Policy team
                                                              Minister
      Conference delegates with web access
      who are part of informed networks



Virtual networks
following from
outside the event




   This means that ANY claim/assertion made by a minister will be fact-checked, dissected and
   disembowelled in realtime.                                                                 17
Communications case study: the conference


 Mainstream media also feed into these networks. Where something is “newsworthy” it may be
 streamed onto websites and news channels with very limited input from press officers
                                      Department of State

                     Policy team
                                                        Minister

      Conference delegates with web access
      who are part of informed networks



Virtual networks
following from
outside the event




                                             Mainstream media
  Due to the 24/7 demand from mainstream news channels, unless departmental
  communications’ units are feeding into the debate, they can find themselves bypassed 18
Communications case study : The widely-trailed
                                                                                      speech

      The Prime Minister in Early Feb 2011 was scheduled to make a speech in Munich,
      Germany at an international security conference. The theme of his speech was
      around the issues of multi-culturalism within the context of globalised security
      issues. The speech was released under an embargo to the mainstream media for
      release at midnight on the day of the conference.

                                        Embargoed press release

                                           Mainstream media


“Social Media Virtual World”




       In the 12-15 hours between the lifting of the embargo and the delivery of the speech, the
       “social media virtual world” had the opportunity to dissect and comment on the speech19
Communications case study : The widely-trailed
                                                                                                speech

            Parts of the “Social media world saw things differently to what was in the press releases.
            Topics that trended in one part of the social media focused on:
      -     The Government’s definition/understanding of “multiculturalism” as a term
      -     The choice of venue to make a speech that they saw was on “race” – the city where the
            National Socialist Party in Germany made its first attempt to seize power in the early 1920s
      -     The choice of date given the above, which coincided with a controversial march by the
            English Defence League.

                                                    10 Downing St
Questions to Government from…
                                                 Mainstream media
   Feedback/trending topics

“Social Media Virtual World”




          Rather than “setting the agenda”, Downing Street found itself having to respond to
          issues that were otherwise outside of the scope of the conference itself.                        20
Communications case study - The TV/Radio
                                                          Appearance

Ministers regularly appear in the media. Important speeches in the House are also
featured on major news bulletins. The difference between this type of event and a
conference is the size of the potential audience is significantly greater. This is due
to the wide existing following through television and radio and the publicity that they
sometimes give to such appearances in advance of broadcast.

                                      Dept of state
                 Policy team
                                                       Minister

                           Media Broadcaster/TV/Radio Show




In the traditional model you have lots of people watching “passively”. While they more
than likely will have an opinion, it is unlikely that they have cascaded it instantaneously 21
to wide numbers of people. They may discuss it “offline” with others at a later point
Communications case study - The TV/Radio
                                                       Appearance

The growing use of, and the promotion of social media by people and broadcasters
alike means that more viewers are able to use social media to discuss what’s going
on while watching television at the same time. A typical example might be watching
television while using a handheld web-enabled device. Another might be having a
split-screen on a PC or a live radio feed while online.

                                    Dept of state
                Policy team
                                                    Minister

                         Media Broadcaster/TV/Radio Show




This means that, depending on the type of show concerned, a greater or lesser
proportion of the audience will have access to social media, some of whom will be    22
using the tools available to discuss what’s being broadcast.
Communications case study - The TV/Radio
                                                          Appearance

This then gives us a scenario where social media users are able to discuss the content through
their networks. As journalists now have social media accounts as a matter of course, trending
content can move rapidly from the social to corporate media

                                       Dept of state
  Corp Media      Policy team                                                   Corp Media
                                                         Minister

                           Media Broadcaster/TV/Radio Show



                                          Social Media
                                             users




This is what can create a media firestorm if the issue concerned is particularly
controversial and if the reaction of lots of numbers of people to a specific issue catches
both central government and the corporate media off guard. The recent scrapping of the
proposed sale of woodlands is one example of this.                                        23
What does all this mean for Ministers?


•     The decentralised nature of these networks means that the “command and control” system
      of “managing the media” is now obsolete
•     As Paul Mason of the BBC reported: “Propaganda is flammable”
•     Informed people are increasingly likely to see through bland press releases and will
      comment accordingly
•     There will be increasing pressure to provide facts and sound evidence to justify policies
•     There will be further pressure on ministers to be well-briefed across a wider range of issues
      – in particular consistency with other departments’ policies
•     Ministers and departments will find it hard to operate in a manner that ignores social media
•     Governments & media corporations no longer hold the monopoly on knowledge or media
      management. Knowledge is not the exclusive preserve of policy teams. It’s “out there” in the
      wider networked world.




    The challenge is how to move from an “adversarial” model of engagement with people
    through the media to one where policy teams are embedded in such networks.         24
Policy Case Studies
Policy case study – Welfare Reform Bill



The Welfare Reform Bill suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords in early
January 2012 when peers voted in favour of amendments against the wishes of
ministers.

Social media was key to mobilising support for those opposing the Bill – a
campaign that led to the specific amendments that ministers opposed. In particular,
social media has enabled disabled people – more often than not marginalised, to
make their voices heard. Social media allowed campaigners to communicate easily
with each other and to share expertise.

It was social media that enabled Sue Marsh and colleagues to write the
“Responsible Reform” report (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/responsiblereformDLA )
that contested a number of assertions made by ministers. They were also able to
use social media (in particular Twitter under the hashtag #SpartacusReport) to
publicise the report and its key messages).



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Policy case study – Welfare Reform Bill


Campaigners and activists were able to use social media to lobby Parliament – in
particular members of the House of Lords who would be voting on the
amendments.

Social media was a key enabler here.
•It allowed thousands of people who might otherwise feel or be disenfranchised by
the political system to become knowledgeable about an issue that will impact them
or those close to them.
•It allowed people to ask members of the House of Lords to take a specific series of
actions.
•It allowed people to substantiate what they were asking peers to do with both hard
evidence as well as personal testimonies of how the Bill that the latter were going
to be voting on was going to impact directly on them.
•It forced ministers to engage with campaigners on terms that they did not seem
entirely comfortable with. They had to respond to a number of very specific and
informed claims being made by campaigners – in very public forums such as
Newsnight. Further reading on how the defeat was inflicted can be found at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/17/disability-spartacus-welfare-cuts-campaign-v
239 by Patrick Butler                                                              27
User analysis
User analysis - Segmentation


Whitehall needs to acknowledge that the use of social media is in addition to other
methods of community engagement and outreach, not a replacement for them. This is in
part about “audience segmentation”




   Disconnected but engaged                   Connected and engaged



   Disconnected and disengaged                Connected but disengaged




The risk of polarisation of society along lines of political engagement and use of social
media, if manifested could have impacts on public service delivery due to the importance
of feedback. If only the connected and engaged make policy, it runs the risk of not
accounting for the needs and wishes of those who are ‘offline and disengaged’
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Connectivity vs awareness of politics



Continual          Very busy              People who        Social media         Paid
connection         professionals to       follow new        users in             activists
on the move        high web users         media sites       politics field
                   following particular                                          Regular
(iPhone/                                  but choose not
                   people/ celebrities                      People who           bloggers who
laptop)                                   to interact
                                                            respond              engage with
Continual                                                   frequently in        their audience
access at          Affluent but                             interactive sites
home & work        disinterested
                                          People who        People who           Student
Daily but not                             read about        respond              activists
continual                                 issues in         infrequently on
                                                                                 Infrequent
access e.g.     “Entertainment            mainstream        established
                                                                                 bloggers/
work/college    media watchers”           websites          media sites
                                                                                 article writers
Infrequent                                People who        People who write
access                                    read about        (not email) into     Local activists
                “Victor                   issues “old”      newspapers           who are not
Switched off    Meldrew”                  media             regularly            online
                Disengaged     Unaware      Aware          Engaged      Active   Advocates

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User analysis - Segmentation



Networked and engaged

These people are the “pioneers” of social media – whether making use of existing
social media to engage in the political processes or whether exploring how social
media can be improved to make it more user-friendly and available to more people.

Departments and organisations should be able to harness the input of people within
this cohort without needing to invest significant resources. This is due to the cheap
and accessible nature of social media and this cohort’s familiarity with both the
technology and the issues that they want to discuss.

People within this cohort are also potentially “advocates” who can encourage others
to use social media to engage with the political processes. This is because people
are much more likely to trust a personal recommendation from someone who they
are familiar with – for example through a mutual “virtual community of interest” than
through a traditional advert.



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User analysis - Segmentation



Networked but disengaged

This cohort of people are familiar with the technology but may not be interested in,
or aware how they can use it to influence policy on issues that they care about.

These people may already use social media for such things as:
    - Interaction with television/radio shows
    - Using social media to review/research a holiday
    - Using social media to source a recommended service or product

The message to these people could be:
            “You already use this technology for X, Y or Z; have you thought about
using it for A, B or C?”

All groups will have their sub-segments. Young people at college might fall into this
category just as much as a small business owner. The approaches that are used
won’t necessarily be the same.


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User analysis - Segmentation



Disconnected but engaged

Social media isn’t the only medium that people use to engage with the policy
making process. There are a cohort of people who, for whatever reason may not
have considered using social media as a means of engagement.

These people may engage in the policy making process through:
    - Phoning into television/radio shows
    - Being a member of a pressure group
    - Writing into newspapers or other publications
    - Writing to departments or politicians directly

The message to these people could be:
          “You are already aware of the issues; have you thought about joining the
conversation at X, Y or Z?”




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User analysis - Segmentation



Disconnected and disengaged

Possibly the most challenging group/cohort to approach, and one that goes beyond
a simple “social media” approach alone.

There will inevitably be sub-segments of this and other groups. For example some
may be affluent and have no incentive or desire either to get connected and/or
engaged. Others may take a cynical view of politics and policy making while viewing
social media as being “for other people” or “too complicated”.

All groups will have their sub-segments. Again, the approaches that are used won’t
necessarily be the same.




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How can Whitehall respond?
How can Whitehall respond? - Policy


The historical nature of policy making is that policies are inevitably agreed on the basis of imperfect
knowledge. The more imperfect the evidence base, the more problems there may be in delivery and
the more chance that something may go wrong.

Social networks through social media allow people to make more informed challenges to policies. In
such an environment, is an adversarial model of media management and policy making sustainable? I
would argue that it is not.


                                        Department of State
                                                                               Minister
   Policy team

 “The networked
 world”




  Therefore, policy teams may find themselves having to take the plunge and engaging
  with informed social networks through social media. The risks that are associated with
  this is that constructive criticism by officials of existing practices are picked up in the
  mainstream media and are spun accordingly. But what is the alternative?
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How can Whitehall respond? - Structure


One of the features of all Whitehall departments is the “silo” structure. Matrix
management and project/programme boards have been introduced across a
number of different departments to try and bring in a wider level of input across
policy teams. While this allows input from a wider base and is suitable for
accounting for “big” decisions, it’s less suitable for smaller steers.

                               Permanent Secretary

    Directors General          Directors General          Directors General

    Directors                  Directors                  Directors

    Deputy Directors           Deputy Directors           Deputy Directors


    Team Leaders/G7s           Team Leaders/G7s           Team Leaders/G7s


    Policy advisers            Policy advisers            Policy advisers

    Admin/support staff        Admin/support staff        Admin/support staff

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How can Whitehall respond? – Project boards



Blockages in the system

Quite often it is the lack of smaller steers that cause blockages in the system – for
example needing short comments on a given document, consent before something
goes up to a minister or a request for information on a given issue.

Boards themselves cannot be too big lest they become unwieldy. Yet at the same
time this can limit the input other interested parties can have in the development
and delivery of policy.

These delays can cause considerable angst for project managers – in particular
those managing project timelines. My own experience with managing projects is
that the delays tend to be around trying to get clearance on relatively minor points
from a variety of different sources rather than in more important issues such as
agreement on core principles of a project or carrying out in-depth analysis on an
evidence base that underpins or has a significant impact on the project.

If, as with departmental correspondence, the delays are in the “messaging” rather
than in the content, to what extent can social media smooth out these delays?
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How can Whitehall respond? – Project boards



Problems with the board structure

Having project and programme boards is an essential part of ensuring that civil
servants are accountable to ministers – especially where projects and programmes
cut across policy and departmental lines.

Therefore, the next few slides will look at how Social Media can be used to
complement rather than replace board structures.

There are two specific issues that I have looked at:
- Project and programme boards are too inflexible to deal with smaller issues,
   which can often cause delays in the development and delivery of policy
- Project and programme boards need to be limited in size lest they become
   unwieldy; however this can mean those with only a small but perhaps essential
   part to play can sometimes be excluded.




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How can Whitehall respond? – Project boards



Limitations of “project boards”

While the principle of project and programme boards is essential for the
accountability of decisions, the inflexible nature of them – in particular the “grade-
driven” nature of them can sometimes mean that the best people for the job, or
those most likely to have solutions to given problems, are not always included.

As boards need to be limited in size (and scope) in order to be effective, further
barriers to input are raised. The challenge then as now, is how to ensure the
highest quality input for the minimum of resources – especially as Whitehall
downsizes over the next few years.

There is also the residual “culture” of “command and control” within the civil service
in general. The impact of social media in the outside world, and the pressures it is
already generating, means that command and control structures and systems are
no longer suitable to meet those pressures. This inevitably means that project and
programme boards will have to become more flexible.



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Applying social media to project boards


    A typical project board

    A deputy-director-led project board typically looks like the diagram below – where
    team leaders from other divisions or directorates will be invited to take part, but the
    core work is done within the division. This model/set up means that there is limited
    scope and input into problem solving. A non-networked board looks can be illustrated
    as below:


Deputy Directors       Deputy Directors        Deputy Directors        Deputy Directors




Team Leaders/G7s       Team Leaders/G7s        Team Leaders/G7s        Team Leaders/G7s

Policy advisers                                Policy advisers         Policy advisers
                       Policy advisers
Admin/support staff                            Admin/support staff     Admin/support staff

                       Admin/support staff
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Applying social media to project boards


A “networked” (or connected) project board

A “networked” or connected project board, taking advantage of the features offered by social
media is more likely to take advantage of those extra links. For example staff in admin and support
roles (Icon A) may have links to people far outside and beyond the knowledge of project
managers. Such people may have an interest or be able to provide a one-off input which could be
valuable.




                                 A                                                           42
Applying social media to project boards


Sharing documents

In the private sector there are already a number of firms that allow multiple remote users to
access confidential documents over secure connections. The former Government Office
Network experimented with the use of saving core documents. However, little came of it.

The rise of social media and networking means that there is an opportunity for documents to
be held on secure servers through which only colleagues with access to the .gsi.gov.uk
network can have access to. Rather than cascading and re-cascading documents (and thus
clogging up systems), a Whitehall-wide Twitter system would help others access those
documents. Administrators – as in the GO-Network system would be able to restrict the rights
of access depending on the nature of the documents deposited.




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Using social media for consultation


  The “discrete” method of consultation is one where responses are invited against a
  “fixed” document – e.g. a green paper or a white paper. The limitations of this method
  of communication is that entrenches 2-way conversation – where it is the Government
  trying to have a conversation with “everyone else”.

  A criticism of this sort of set up is that it is “adversarial” and that it does not allow either
  side to respond flexibly to constructive responses that are put forward. It also limits
  discussions between disagreeing parties to only those Whitehall decides are “key
  stakeholders.
                           Policy team
                                                Department of State

                                                                                      Consultation
                                                                                       publication
                                                                                       Consultation
                                                                                        responses
“Key Stakeholders”

                                                  “Everyone Else                               44
Using social media for consultation



 The flexibility of social media means that citizens may want to engage in a
 conversation about policy making, rather than having a situation where they are only
 able to make one submission. It also means that citizens may want to have
 conversations with other people and organisations about the content of such
 consultations




                                   Department of State




There is an opportunity for the Government to “open up” the lobbying and submissions
from “key stakeholders” to scrutiny from the general public too. This could increase the
transparency of decision-making and help hold “powerful interests” to account – particularly
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if the state “mandates” such organisations to respond to questions from the public
Using Social Media to “crowd source”



 There is also the opportunity for Whitehall departments to “crowd source” solutions
 from the outside world by allowing policy teams to place themselves in the middle of
 “the debate” around a given issue.

                                      Department of State

  Policy team

“The networked
world”




 This approach is not without its risks – especially as this sort of action is “informal” by
 its nature. For this sort of activity to work and to mitigate the risks. I think that the Civil
 Service Code needs to be updated to ensure that expectations are managed in areas
 where the line between professional and personal becomes increasingly blurred.

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A problem with relying on social media


While the scenario below may indicate a more inclusive method of policy making and
problem solving, the use of social media brings its own problems. A key problem is a
symptom of the “digital divide” – i.e. not everyone will have access to, or the skills or
desire to use social media tools.
                                     Department of State
                                                                     Minister
  Policy team                                                                    “Digitally excluded”
                                                                                 people who are
                                                                                 outside of the policy
“The networked                                                                   conversation within
world”                                                                           the networked world




   Social media users as a cohort may have particular features that do not necessarily
   reflect non-social media users and/or wider society as a whole. Therefore, to rely on
   social media as a panacea/magic bullet to solve problems may not need to equitable/fair
   policy outcomes if steps are not taken to include digitally-excluded groups in such
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   processes.
The Civil Service Code and social media



One of the strengths of social media is the ability of users to personalise the tools. As
far as policy and politics-related social media is concerned, I have observed that the
more highly-regarded users (i.e. not just a “numbers” game) are the ones who:
  • Are able to publicise/cascade interesting nuggets of information, articles or
       analyses that are otherwise missed by the mainstream media
  • Interact with followers regularly
  • Interact with followers politely
  • Makes constructive comments or suggestions
  • Has a unique insight into specific issues – e.g. through professional expertise
       such as law, accountancy, civil service, campaigning, academia
  • Occasionally comments on wider interests beyond the main subject area of
       content – e.g. an accountant who supports a random football team
  • Enable their unique personalities (or personas) through the tools
  • Were able to form strong virtual networks of interest
  • Did not treat social media as just another outlet for press releases or
       sloganeering. (“Social” implies a conversation, not a lecture!)
  • Were able to use different social media platforms in a manner that complemented
       (and as a result amplified) the issues being discussed.

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The Civil Service Code and social media


  Does the Civil Service Code provide enough guidance and safeguards for civil servants
  using social media? This is what it says:

• Be credible
        Be accurate, fair, thorough and transparent.
• Be consistent
        Encourage constructive criticism and deliberation. Be cordial, honest and
        professional at all times.
• Be responsive
        When you gain insight, share it where appropriate.
• Be integrated
        Wherever possible, align online participation with other offline communications.
• Be a civil servant
        Remember that you are an ambassador for your organisation. Wherever
        possible, disclose your position as a representative of your department or
        agency.

  What there is no guidance on is the use of social media in a capacity
  that blurs the line between the professional and personal.
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The need for more evidence
The need for more evidence



What information do we need/want to know?

- Formation of “virtual networks of interest” and how they function
- Take up/use of twitter hash tags and live blogging (both active and passive) to
  cover/follow ministerial speeches over a given period of time
- Take up/use of social media tools by “decision makers” over a given period of
  time (thinking both setting up of accounts and intensity/frequency of use)
- Take up/use of social media tools by the public sector in an exclusively
  professional context
- Take up/use of social media tools by public sector employees in a “semi-
  professional/semi-personal” context (esp given lack of firm guidance)
- Analysis of what “time of day/night” social media users are likely to use such
  tools to discuss politics and policy making
- Interviews with “decision makers” on to what extent social media has been able
  to: 1) make them account for their decisions, and 2) influence/change what they
  originally were going to do
- A detailed SWOT analysis (poss crowd sourced?)
- A detailed audience segmentation exercise/analysis (poss crowd sourced?)

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The need for more evidence



What information do we need/want to know?

- Running of piloted “open source” policy-making within a small policy area –
  putting a policy team at the centre of “networked society” to develop policy in a
  discrete/small area
    - Covering the engagement/scrutiny of key stakeholders by members of the
        public; thinking in particular “vested interests” who will be expected to
        justify their positions on given issues to members of the public taking part
    - That policy team being networked to engage with people who are
        following any speeches and/or media appearances given by ministers or
        officials, and engagement in any conferences being hosted covering that
        policy area that the policy team is not attending
- A scoping project looking at how a civil service version of Twitter could work,
  what the potential benefits are and what issues it would face (e.g. FoI & DPA
  issues)
- Crowd sourcing to find out what information other people think we need to know
  – and what information other people would want. (In particular what questions it
  would want asked).

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120112 socmed-whitehall-for-blog-slides

  • 1. Impact of Social Media on how Whitehall works @Puffles2010
  • 2. What these slides cover - Social Networks – what they are and an example of how they can work - Who holds the knowledge? - How social media dissects traditional “media management” approaches - Communications case studies - Policy case study - User analysis - How can Whitehall respond? - The need for more evidence 2
  • 4. How I (as a new user) formed my networks After setting up an account on a given platform – e.g. Facebook or Twitter, I then used the search tools to find people with similar interests to me. For example: - Career - Sport - Science - Academia - Music - Campaigns For each interest, I was able to build up a small “virtual” network that looks something like the diagram below Everyone within this network of interest is connected to each other 4
  • 5. How I (as a new user) formed my networks This gave a picture that looked something like this: Represented by the large yellow circle, I have links into a number of different virtual networks as represented by the small yellow circles: 5
  • 6. How I (as a new user) formed my networks As people have multiple interests, some of those interests are shared: Accordingly, they may already have links to the same communities of interests that I have – represented by the green lines 6
  • 7. How I (as a new user) formed my networks Through the use of social networks, other people start linking up too - denoted by the blue lines, There now is a very complex virtual web of people linked by mutual interests. The stronger each of those individual links is, the stronger the web is. 7
  • 8. How these networks can be used by people Having a virtual web such as this can serve three key purposes: 2) For “support” 3) For the search for greater knowledge 4) To challenge those in authority. 8
  • 9. Who holds the knowledge?
  • 10. Who holds the knowledge? - 1 In the old way of working – especially in the pre-internet age, people who had access to wide amounts of knowledge and information were few and far between outside of central government. (The issue is accessibility, not educational ability). Government departments and large organisations were the only ones who could afford to maintain large systems to enable easy access to that knowledge and information. Department of State Policy team Trade Union Media organisation Research institute Minister University Professional body Media outlet Large campaign group Pre-internet society This gave us a world that looked something like the diagram above. 10
  • 11. Who holds the knowledge? - 2 This system illustrates that unless individuals were part of large organisations, feeding into the policy-making processes was very difficult for the individual person. The rise of the internet and advanced communications tools meant that more existing knowledge could be published more easily (static), and the access to that knowledge led to further advances over a much shorter time period (dynamic) than without these tools Department of State Policy team Trade Union Media organisation Research institute Minister University Professional body Media outlet Large campaign group Society takes up new communications tools The internet substantially increased access to that knowledge that was previously only available to large organisations – especially as they made it more available. 11
  • 12. Who holds the knowledge? - 3 The developments of social media has meant that each individual with access to the internet also had the opportunity to use social media for much more efficient discussions and deliberations than was possible through email and old newsgroups Society takes up new communications tools This meant that each online individual had the potential to move from being a “passive” internet user to an “active” internet user – i.e. one who engages in discussion and debate through social media, rather than just a passive “reader”. Therefore, online user into… evolves from… …an active networked user …and through those networks, knowledge moves from being the preserve of Government and large organisations… 12
  • 13. Who holds the knowledge? - 4 Knowledge and information is now no longer the monopoly of Government and large organisations. Knowledge and information is “out there” – with people using commenting, adding, developing and innovating with it. Instead of “knowledge” being here… Department of State …it is now out there This creates significant challenges for Central Government (as well as large organisations) The next set of slides look at the impact of what happens if Government decides to behave in a manner reminiscent of the pre-internet & pre-social media era 13
  • 15. Communications case study: the conference The current model is that a minister will receive briefing from a policy team before attending a conference. The minister will clear a speech prepared by a speechwriter with policy input. The minister may take questions and answers before moving onto another engagement elsewhere. Prior to the rapid growth of social media, the “model” of engagement was as set out below. Department of State Policy team Minister Conference delegates The minister has the close support of the policy team and press office, with the wider department supporting if needs be. The audience is normally a fairly specialist/self-selecting one – especially where conferences are not advertised widely and/or are charging. Therefore the number of people who will attend – and their professional interests, will be limited. 15
  • 16. Communications case study: the conference The challenge is that more and more delegates are turning up to conferences with web-enabled handheld devices, electronic notebooks and laptops. Department of State Policy team Minister Conference delegates …and these delegates have already started using social media to provide live updates from conferences. Competition in conferencing has led to the growth of “guest wifi” access. Conferences organisers have also started setting up temporary websites to facilitate discussion, and organise Twitter hashtags for people outside of the conference to follow – and contribute. 16
  • 17. Communications case study: the conference This means that the audience a minister is speaking “live” to is potentially far greater than the people in the room. This is especially the case where conferences are streamed live over the web. Suddenly the policy team and department numerically are proportionately much smaller compared to the audience. Department of State Policy team Minister Conference delegates with web access who are part of informed networks Virtual networks following from outside the event This means that ANY claim/assertion made by a minister will be fact-checked, dissected and disembowelled in realtime. 17
  • 18. Communications case study: the conference Mainstream media also feed into these networks. Where something is “newsworthy” it may be streamed onto websites and news channels with very limited input from press officers Department of State Policy team Minister Conference delegates with web access who are part of informed networks Virtual networks following from outside the event Mainstream media Due to the 24/7 demand from mainstream news channels, unless departmental communications’ units are feeding into the debate, they can find themselves bypassed 18
  • 19. Communications case study : The widely-trailed speech The Prime Minister in Early Feb 2011 was scheduled to make a speech in Munich, Germany at an international security conference. The theme of his speech was around the issues of multi-culturalism within the context of globalised security issues. The speech was released under an embargo to the mainstream media for release at midnight on the day of the conference. Embargoed press release Mainstream media “Social Media Virtual World” In the 12-15 hours between the lifting of the embargo and the delivery of the speech, the “social media virtual world” had the opportunity to dissect and comment on the speech19
  • 20. Communications case study : The widely-trailed speech Parts of the “Social media world saw things differently to what was in the press releases. Topics that trended in one part of the social media focused on: - The Government’s definition/understanding of “multiculturalism” as a term - The choice of venue to make a speech that they saw was on “race” – the city where the National Socialist Party in Germany made its first attempt to seize power in the early 1920s - The choice of date given the above, which coincided with a controversial march by the English Defence League. 10 Downing St Questions to Government from… Mainstream media Feedback/trending topics “Social Media Virtual World” Rather than “setting the agenda”, Downing Street found itself having to respond to issues that were otherwise outside of the scope of the conference itself. 20
  • 21. Communications case study - The TV/Radio Appearance Ministers regularly appear in the media. Important speeches in the House are also featured on major news bulletins. The difference between this type of event and a conference is the size of the potential audience is significantly greater. This is due to the wide existing following through television and radio and the publicity that they sometimes give to such appearances in advance of broadcast. Dept of state Policy team Minister Media Broadcaster/TV/Radio Show In the traditional model you have lots of people watching “passively”. While they more than likely will have an opinion, it is unlikely that they have cascaded it instantaneously 21 to wide numbers of people. They may discuss it “offline” with others at a later point
  • 22. Communications case study - The TV/Radio Appearance The growing use of, and the promotion of social media by people and broadcasters alike means that more viewers are able to use social media to discuss what’s going on while watching television at the same time. A typical example might be watching television while using a handheld web-enabled device. Another might be having a split-screen on a PC or a live radio feed while online. Dept of state Policy team Minister Media Broadcaster/TV/Radio Show This means that, depending on the type of show concerned, a greater or lesser proportion of the audience will have access to social media, some of whom will be 22 using the tools available to discuss what’s being broadcast.
  • 23. Communications case study - The TV/Radio Appearance This then gives us a scenario where social media users are able to discuss the content through their networks. As journalists now have social media accounts as a matter of course, trending content can move rapidly from the social to corporate media Dept of state Corp Media Policy team Corp Media Minister Media Broadcaster/TV/Radio Show Social Media users This is what can create a media firestorm if the issue concerned is particularly controversial and if the reaction of lots of numbers of people to a specific issue catches both central government and the corporate media off guard. The recent scrapping of the proposed sale of woodlands is one example of this. 23
  • 24. What does all this mean for Ministers? • The decentralised nature of these networks means that the “command and control” system of “managing the media” is now obsolete • As Paul Mason of the BBC reported: “Propaganda is flammable” • Informed people are increasingly likely to see through bland press releases and will comment accordingly • There will be increasing pressure to provide facts and sound evidence to justify policies • There will be further pressure on ministers to be well-briefed across a wider range of issues – in particular consistency with other departments’ policies • Ministers and departments will find it hard to operate in a manner that ignores social media • Governments & media corporations no longer hold the monopoly on knowledge or media management. Knowledge is not the exclusive preserve of policy teams. It’s “out there” in the wider networked world. The challenge is how to move from an “adversarial” model of engagement with people through the media to one where policy teams are embedded in such networks. 24
  • 26. Policy case study – Welfare Reform Bill The Welfare Reform Bill suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords in early January 2012 when peers voted in favour of amendments against the wishes of ministers. Social media was key to mobilising support for those opposing the Bill – a campaign that led to the specific amendments that ministers opposed. In particular, social media has enabled disabled people – more often than not marginalised, to make their voices heard. Social media allowed campaigners to communicate easily with each other and to share expertise. It was social media that enabled Sue Marsh and colleagues to write the “Responsible Reform” report (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/responsiblereformDLA ) that contested a number of assertions made by ministers. They were also able to use social media (in particular Twitter under the hashtag #SpartacusReport) to publicise the report and its key messages). 26
  • 27. Policy case study – Welfare Reform Bill Campaigners and activists were able to use social media to lobby Parliament – in particular members of the House of Lords who would be voting on the amendments. Social media was a key enabler here. •It allowed thousands of people who might otherwise feel or be disenfranchised by the political system to become knowledgeable about an issue that will impact them or those close to them. •It allowed people to ask members of the House of Lords to take a specific series of actions. •It allowed people to substantiate what they were asking peers to do with both hard evidence as well as personal testimonies of how the Bill that the latter were going to be voting on was going to impact directly on them. •It forced ministers to engage with campaigners on terms that they did not seem entirely comfortable with. They had to respond to a number of very specific and informed claims being made by campaigners – in very public forums such as Newsnight. Further reading on how the defeat was inflicted can be found at http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/17/disability-spartacus-welfare-cuts-campaign-v 239 by Patrick Butler 27
  • 29. User analysis - Segmentation Whitehall needs to acknowledge that the use of social media is in addition to other methods of community engagement and outreach, not a replacement for them. This is in part about “audience segmentation” Disconnected but engaged Connected and engaged Disconnected and disengaged Connected but disengaged The risk of polarisation of society along lines of political engagement and use of social media, if manifested could have impacts on public service delivery due to the importance of feedback. If only the connected and engaged make policy, it runs the risk of not accounting for the needs and wishes of those who are ‘offline and disengaged’ 29
  • 30. Connectivity vs awareness of politics Continual Very busy People who Social media Paid connection professionals to follow new users in activists on the move high web users media sites politics field following particular Regular (iPhone/ but choose not people/ celebrities People who bloggers who laptop) to interact respond engage with Continual frequently in their audience access at Affluent but interactive sites home & work disinterested People who People who Student Daily but not read about respond activists continual issues in infrequently on Infrequent access e.g. “Entertainment mainstream established bloggers/ work/college media watchers” websites media sites article writers Infrequent People who People who write access read about (not email) into Local activists “Victor issues “old” newspapers who are not Switched off Meldrew” media regularly online Disengaged Unaware Aware Engaged Active Advocates 30
  • 31. User analysis - Segmentation Networked and engaged These people are the “pioneers” of social media – whether making use of existing social media to engage in the political processes or whether exploring how social media can be improved to make it more user-friendly and available to more people. Departments and organisations should be able to harness the input of people within this cohort without needing to invest significant resources. This is due to the cheap and accessible nature of social media and this cohort’s familiarity with both the technology and the issues that they want to discuss. People within this cohort are also potentially “advocates” who can encourage others to use social media to engage with the political processes. This is because people are much more likely to trust a personal recommendation from someone who they are familiar with – for example through a mutual “virtual community of interest” than through a traditional advert. 31
  • 32. User analysis - Segmentation Networked but disengaged This cohort of people are familiar with the technology but may not be interested in, or aware how they can use it to influence policy on issues that they care about. These people may already use social media for such things as: - Interaction with television/radio shows - Using social media to review/research a holiday - Using social media to source a recommended service or product The message to these people could be: “You already use this technology for X, Y or Z; have you thought about using it for A, B or C?” All groups will have their sub-segments. Young people at college might fall into this category just as much as a small business owner. The approaches that are used won’t necessarily be the same. 32
  • 33. User analysis - Segmentation Disconnected but engaged Social media isn’t the only medium that people use to engage with the policy making process. There are a cohort of people who, for whatever reason may not have considered using social media as a means of engagement. These people may engage in the policy making process through: - Phoning into television/radio shows - Being a member of a pressure group - Writing into newspapers or other publications - Writing to departments or politicians directly The message to these people could be: “You are already aware of the issues; have you thought about joining the conversation at X, Y or Z?” 33
  • 34. User analysis - Segmentation Disconnected and disengaged Possibly the most challenging group/cohort to approach, and one that goes beyond a simple “social media” approach alone. There will inevitably be sub-segments of this and other groups. For example some may be affluent and have no incentive or desire either to get connected and/or engaged. Others may take a cynical view of politics and policy making while viewing social media as being “for other people” or “too complicated”. All groups will have their sub-segments. Again, the approaches that are used won’t necessarily be the same. 34
  • 35. How can Whitehall respond?
  • 36. How can Whitehall respond? - Policy The historical nature of policy making is that policies are inevitably agreed on the basis of imperfect knowledge. The more imperfect the evidence base, the more problems there may be in delivery and the more chance that something may go wrong. Social networks through social media allow people to make more informed challenges to policies. In such an environment, is an adversarial model of media management and policy making sustainable? I would argue that it is not. Department of State Minister Policy team “The networked world” Therefore, policy teams may find themselves having to take the plunge and engaging with informed social networks through social media. The risks that are associated with this is that constructive criticism by officials of existing practices are picked up in the mainstream media and are spun accordingly. But what is the alternative? 36
  • 37. How can Whitehall respond? - Structure One of the features of all Whitehall departments is the “silo” structure. Matrix management and project/programme boards have been introduced across a number of different departments to try and bring in a wider level of input across policy teams. While this allows input from a wider base and is suitable for accounting for “big” decisions, it’s less suitable for smaller steers. Permanent Secretary Directors General Directors General Directors General Directors Directors Directors Deputy Directors Deputy Directors Deputy Directors Team Leaders/G7s Team Leaders/G7s Team Leaders/G7s Policy advisers Policy advisers Policy advisers Admin/support staff Admin/support staff Admin/support staff 37
  • 38. How can Whitehall respond? – Project boards Blockages in the system Quite often it is the lack of smaller steers that cause blockages in the system – for example needing short comments on a given document, consent before something goes up to a minister or a request for information on a given issue. Boards themselves cannot be too big lest they become unwieldy. Yet at the same time this can limit the input other interested parties can have in the development and delivery of policy. These delays can cause considerable angst for project managers – in particular those managing project timelines. My own experience with managing projects is that the delays tend to be around trying to get clearance on relatively minor points from a variety of different sources rather than in more important issues such as agreement on core principles of a project or carrying out in-depth analysis on an evidence base that underpins or has a significant impact on the project. If, as with departmental correspondence, the delays are in the “messaging” rather than in the content, to what extent can social media smooth out these delays? 38
  • 39. How can Whitehall respond? – Project boards Problems with the board structure Having project and programme boards is an essential part of ensuring that civil servants are accountable to ministers – especially where projects and programmes cut across policy and departmental lines. Therefore, the next few slides will look at how Social Media can be used to complement rather than replace board structures. There are two specific issues that I have looked at: - Project and programme boards are too inflexible to deal with smaller issues, which can often cause delays in the development and delivery of policy - Project and programme boards need to be limited in size lest they become unwieldy; however this can mean those with only a small but perhaps essential part to play can sometimes be excluded. 39
  • 40. How can Whitehall respond? – Project boards Limitations of “project boards” While the principle of project and programme boards is essential for the accountability of decisions, the inflexible nature of them – in particular the “grade- driven” nature of them can sometimes mean that the best people for the job, or those most likely to have solutions to given problems, are not always included. As boards need to be limited in size (and scope) in order to be effective, further barriers to input are raised. The challenge then as now, is how to ensure the highest quality input for the minimum of resources – especially as Whitehall downsizes over the next few years. There is also the residual “culture” of “command and control” within the civil service in general. The impact of social media in the outside world, and the pressures it is already generating, means that command and control structures and systems are no longer suitable to meet those pressures. This inevitably means that project and programme boards will have to become more flexible. 40
  • 41. Applying social media to project boards A typical project board A deputy-director-led project board typically looks like the diagram below – where team leaders from other divisions or directorates will be invited to take part, but the core work is done within the division. This model/set up means that there is limited scope and input into problem solving. A non-networked board looks can be illustrated as below: Deputy Directors Deputy Directors Deputy Directors Deputy Directors Team Leaders/G7s Team Leaders/G7s Team Leaders/G7s Team Leaders/G7s Policy advisers Policy advisers Policy advisers Policy advisers Admin/support staff Admin/support staff Admin/support staff Admin/support staff 41
  • 42. Applying social media to project boards A “networked” (or connected) project board A “networked” or connected project board, taking advantage of the features offered by social media is more likely to take advantage of those extra links. For example staff in admin and support roles (Icon A) may have links to people far outside and beyond the knowledge of project managers. Such people may have an interest or be able to provide a one-off input which could be valuable. A 42
  • 43. Applying social media to project boards Sharing documents In the private sector there are already a number of firms that allow multiple remote users to access confidential documents over secure connections. The former Government Office Network experimented with the use of saving core documents. However, little came of it. The rise of social media and networking means that there is an opportunity for documents to be held on secure servers through which only colleagues with access to the .gsi.gov.uk network can have access to. Rather than cascading and re-cascading documents (and thus clogging up systems), a Whitehall-wide Twitter system would help others access those documents. Administrators – as in the GO-Network system would be able to restrict the rights of access depending on the nature of the documents deposited. 43
  • 44. Using social media for consultation The “discrete” method of consultation is one where responses are invited against a “fixed” document – e.g. a green paper or a white paper. The limitations of this method of communication is that entrenches 2-way conversation – where it is the Government trying to have a conversation with “everyone else”. A criticism of this sort of set up is that it is “adversarial” and that it does not allow either side to respond flexibly to constructive responses that are put forward. It also limits discussions between disagreeing parties to only those Whitehall decides are “key stakeholders. Policy team Department of State Consultation publication Consultation responses “Key Stakeholders” “Everyone Else 44
  • 45. Using social media for consultation The flexibility of social media means that citizens may want to engage in a conversation about policy making, rather than having a situation where they are only able to make one submission. It also means that citizens may want to have conversations with other people and organisations about the content of such consultations Department of State There is an opportunity for the Government to “open up” the lobbying and submissions from “key stakeholders” to scrutiny from the general public too. This could increase the transparency of decision-making and help hold “powerful interests” to account – particularly 45 if the state “mandates” such organisations to respond to questions from the public
  • 46. Using Social Media to “crowd source” There is also the opportunity for Whitehall departments to “crowd source” solutions from the outside world by allowing policy teams to place themselves in the middle of “the debate” around a given issue. Department of State Policy team “The networked world” This approach is not without its risks – especially as this sort of action is “informal” by its nature. For this sort of activity to work and to mitigate the risks. I think that the Civil Service Code needs to be updated to ensure that expectations are managed in areas where the line between professional and personal becomes increasingly blurred. 46
  • 47. A problem with relying on social media While the scenario below may indicate a more inclusive method of policy making and problem solving, the use of social media brings its own problems. A key problem is a symptom of the “digital divide” – i.e. not everyone will have access to, or the skills or desire to use social media tools. Department of State Minister Policy team “Digitally excluded” people who are outside of the policy “The networked conversation within world” the networked world Social media users as a cohort may have particular features that do not necessarily reflect non-social media users and/or wider society as a whole. Therefore, to rely on social media as a panacea/magic bullet to solve problems may not need to equitable/fair policy outcomes if steps are not taken to include digitally-excluded groups in such 47 processes.
  • 48. The Civil Service Code and social media One of the strengths of social media is the ability of users to personalise the tools. As far as policy and politics-related social media is concerned, I have observed that the more highly-regarded users (i.e. not just a “numbers” game) are the ones who: • Are able to publicise/cascade interesting nuggets of information, articles or analyses that are otherwise missed by the mainstream media • Interact with followers regularly • Interact with followers politely • Makes constructive comments or suggestions • Has a unique insight into specific issues – e.g. through professional expertise such as law, accountancy, civil service, campaigning, academia • Occasionally comments on wider interests beyond the main subject area of content – e.g. an accountant who supports a random football team • Enable their unique personalities (or personas) through the tools • Were able to form strong virtual networks of interest • Did not treat social media as just another outlet for press releases or sloganeering. (“Social” implies a conversation, not a lecture!) • Were able to use different social media platforms in a manner that complemented (and as a result amplified) the issues being discussed. 48
  • 49. The Civil Service Code and social media Does the Civil Service Code provide enough guidance and safeguards for civil servants using social media? This is what it says: • Be credible Be accurate, fair, thorough and transparent. • Be consistent Encourage constructive criticism and deliberation. Be cordial, honest and professional at all times. • Be responsive When you gain insight, share it where appropriate. • Be integrated Wherever possible, align online participation with other offline communications. • Be a civil servant Remember that you are an ambassador for your organisation. Wherever possible, disclose your position as a representative of your department or agency. What there is no guidance on is the use of social media in a capacity that blurs the line between the professional and personal. 49
  • 50. The need for more evidence
  • 51. The need for more evidence What information do we need/want to know? - Formation of “virtual networks of interest” and how they function - Take up/use of twitter hash tags and live blogging (both active and passive) to cover/follow ministerial speeches over a given period of time - Take up/use of social media tools by “decision makers” over a given period of time (thinking both setting up of accounts and intensity/frequency of use) - Take up/use of social media tools by the public sector in an exclusively professional context - Take up/use of social media tools by public sector employees in a “semi- professional/semi-personal” context (esp given lack of firm guidance) - Analysis of what “time of day/night” social media users are likely to use such tools to discuss politics and policy making - Interviews with “decision makers” on to what extent social media has been able to: 1) make them account for their decisions, and 2) influence/change what they originally were going to do - A detailed SWOT analysis (poss crowd sourced?) - A detailed audience segmentation exercise/analysis (poss crowd sourced?) 51
  • 52. The need for more evidence What information do we need/want to know? - Running of piloted “open source” policy-making within a small policy area – putting a policy team at the centre of “networked society” to develop policy in a discrete/small area - Covering the engagement/scrutiny of key stakeholders by members of the public; thinking in particular “vested interests” who will be expected to justify their positions on given issues to members of the public taking part - That policy team being networked to engage with people who are following any speeches and/or media appearances given by ministers or officials, and engagement in any conferences being hosted covering that policy area that the policy team is not attending - A scoping project looking at how a civil service version of Twitter could work, what the potential benefits are and what issues it would face (e.g. FoI & DPA issues) - Crowd sourcing to find out what information other people think we need to know – and what information other people would want. (In particular what questions it would want asked). 52

Notas do Editor

  1. http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/resources/participation-online.aspx
  2. http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/resources/participation-online.aspx