Paul Taylor

July 2, 2014

What Uber, Comms Hero and HouseParty tell us about the future of the conference…

(A version of this post originally appeared on 24Dash – go visit them as they’re great!) 2pm 11th June: London grinds to a halt. Cab drivers have downed tools for an hour. Uber, a smartphone app that offers an easy… Continue reading

June 19, 2014

The #PowerPlayers14 Awards at #HseParty14

POST UPDATED 25TH JUNE Winners of people choice awards at House Party: Social Media Campaign: Winner: Adrian Capon for #HousingDay. Runners up: Council Home Chat , Real Life Reform Best Blogger: Winner: Colin Wiles. Runners up: Thom Bartley, Jules Birch Rising Star: Winner:… Continue reading

June 6, 2014

The Top 50 Digital #PowerPlayers14 in #ukhousing

You want to get to the list don’t you? Hold on. It’s coming. Before you look at the Top 50 influencers please read this guest post from Shirley Ayres who kindly agreed to collaborate with me on #powerplayers14. For me…it… Continue reading

May 23, 2014

Five Things We Learned From Doing A Twitter Only Recruitment

About five or six years ago I applied for another job. It would have been a significant promotion – nearly doubling what I earned at the time. I went through the usual shenanigans that come with this type of recruitment.… Continue reading

May 9, 2014

Why the Bromford Innovation Lab is only recruiting via Twitter

Imagine a future where you don’t have a CV or resume. A future where your talent and achievements are broken down into tweetable chunks. Your professional life , and a good bit of your personal too, is available online for… Continue reading

May 6, 2014

Social conversations: time to move beyond broadcasting

Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human – Aristotle That’s the intellectual stuff out of the way. Let’s talk about Instagram and… Continue reading

May 2, 2014

Top 50 Power Players In #UKHousing 2014 – Your Vote Counts….

A year ago I published The Top 50 Power Players In Housing [Klout Edition] – featuring people working in and around the sector. The idea came to me as I was sipping rum at a beach bar in Jamaica, checking… Continue reading

March 12, 2014

Making a Deal: Unlocking Potential In Communities

There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about. Ask “What’s possible?” not “What’s wrong?” Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters. Margaret J Wheatley One of the many challenges for the public sector… Continue reading

February 28, 2014

Do We Need A Manifesto for Social Change?

A really odd thing happened to me recently. I agreed with something George Osborne was saying. OK. I was on holiday and had experienced a bit too much sun. Probably a bit too much alcohol as well. But something he… Continue reading

February 14, 2014

Digital by Design: Making the connected organisation more human

I must get at least four or five emails every day offering me help becoming digital by default. Every single one gets deleted. Not because I don’t need help , but because they talk of cost savings and efficiency rather… Continue reading

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