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Comment on Cybher: The Round-Up by ClaireArchie

ClaireArchie — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:17:48 +0000

I didn;t know Palmers did that stuff either. Bonus!
Half the Sky is a brilliant book. It will change you.

Claire @ Cybher

Comment on Cybher: The Round-Up by Cybher: Attendee and Speaker Blog URLs | The Freelance Lifestyle Blog - Emma Cossey

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:03:15 +0000

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Comment on Community moderation: when trolls cannot be ignored by Cybher: The Round-Up | Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

Cybher: The Round-Up | Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:16:55 +0000

[...] for dealing with trolls when ‘not feeding’ doesn’t work (and I always think ignoring it is somehow pretty unfair [...]

Comment on Reflections on Ramona: 19 months by Zara

Zara — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:57:16 +0000

Aww, aww and triple awww.

Comment on Content Planning: How do you do it? by alexandragoldstein

alexandragoldstein — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:18:00 +0000

Sorry I hadn’t had a chance to reply to this yet!

I think allowing time for the ‘ad hoc, unplanned or last minute requests of others’ is the key, isn’t it? You can’t lose your flexibility, and you can’t become the stern Gatekeeper of the Internet (both counterproductive and a losing battle), but you do need some sense of momentum and knowing what’s coming up around the bend.

Thanks very much for commenting – everyone I speak to that seems to be facing the same issues makes me feel like we all must be on the right track!

Comment on Content Planning: How do you do it? by Joe Dix (@dixign)

Joe Dix (@dixign) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:19:00 +0000

This is such a great question – one I think many organisations face.

I’ve been trying to experiment with something similar recently also… a (possibly-less-that-perfect) solution that’s working for now is to have a loose plan for that covers the months ahead (with regular team brainstorming sessions that help bulk this out). This then becomes more solidifed a week or so before things become live – as release dates are drawn forward or delayed.

This allows stories and posts to move around to accomodate for the % of our news and blogs that are reactive. It also allows time for the ad hoc, unplanned or last minute requests of others.

Comment on Content Planning: How do you do it? by sajarina

sajarina — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:16:53 +0000

http://www.womankind.org.uk) so I do publications, media, brand etc as well as digital and lack of time is a constant problem. Our content for Twitter and Facebook is posted in an ad hoc way although I have got lists and alerts set up so I’ve got a pool of relevant external content to fish from. We’re too busy to produce all content ourselves but we have gained a good following through gathering and sharing international women’s rights news, particularly from news sites in the global South.

My current challenge is planning posts for our blog. Luckily my colleagues seem happy to write interesting things for me, but juggling their project visits, current int dev news, our DM schedule and various UN ‘days’ can be a bit of a mission, and I feel we don’t always get to make the most of what we’ve got.

The way we do our blog content planning at the moment is monthly planning meetings with a web working group including a rep from each team, a shared Outlook calendar with key dates and events in and a spreadsheet tasklist where I note down our ideas for posts and assign a deadline and an author. Then I add the post to the shared calendar and send the author an invite.

When I have time to maintain it it works well, but when it slips because I’m busy there’s a bit of a bottleneck, so that’s what I’m trying to find a solution for at the moment.

Would love to hear what others are doing!

Comment on On Pinterest and Pasta by Josie

Josie — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:26:19 +0000

Excellent point about pinterest – classic thing of any 50/50 male/female group will always be judged as female dominated.

On a separate note, i would go for always go for peas or savoy cabbage with garlic, lemon and chilli (depending on laziness) over broccoli with my mac and cheese…

Comment on On Pinterest and Pasta by alexandragoldstein

alexandragoldstein — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:24:22 +0000

It wasn’t half bad – needs a bit less time cooking next time, though.

Comment on On Pinterest and Pasta by alexandragoldstein

alexandragoldstein — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:24:03 +0000

Thank you!