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Joseph Skues replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism
Orsan Senalp replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion June 30 strike site blocked by Facebook in the group Social Network Unionism"great news! I believe J30 will be a historic day for all of us!
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Kirsten Forkert replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion June 30 strike site blocked by Facebook in the group Social Network Unionism"As fun as this all sounds it's now unnecessary because FB has unblocked the site;)
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Orsan Senalp replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion June 30 strike site blocked by Facebook in the group Social Network Unionism"involvement of wikileaks and anonymous would attract the manstream media as well as fbook users, twitters!"
Orsan Senalp replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion June 30 strike site blocked by Facebook in the group Social Network Unionism"Thanks for opening this discussion Kirsten! We need to do something about it!
I would like to encourage you guys there to link up with Yes Man, or Yes Lab, in order to organise a media action against the Facebook [or do it yourself]. It would be…"
Kirsten Forkert added a discussion to the group Social Network Unionism
June 30 strike site blocked by Facebook
Have people in the UK noticed that http://www.j30strike.org/ has been blocked by Facebook?Apparently the link was flagged up as "spammy or abusive". I tried filing a bug report/complaint but FB said it "might take some time"... Does this mean they'll wait until after 30 June to unblock it? See More
Kirsten Forkert replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism"Yes we're on Twitter, but use it for a lot more than branch communications - we post a lot of news, links to blog posts, stuff from other unions and activists etc. (because Twitter is about so much more than one-way communications!). We have…"
Walton Pantland replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism"Thanks for the props, Orsan.
Kirsten, I know a few people who use twitter for branch communications. I am not sure where you are, but in some countries tweets can be sent to phones as text messages, so essentially members can…"
Orsan Senalp replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism"http://cyberunions.org/2011/06/07/using-facebook-for-union-organising-and-campaigns/
Walton and MV have recently started a postcasting experiment on the new comm technologies and union organising/campaigning, great stuff, highly advised!"
Orsan Senalp replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism"Hi all, below is a recent post on Walton's blog on fb & union organising , very relevant to the discussion:
Using Facebook for union organising and campaigns
by WALTON PANTLAND on JUNE 7, 2011 · 2…"
Tim Dymond replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism"I agree with Peter: purpose, lifespan and facilitation are keys to success with any social media platform be it Facebook or whatever.
Since Facebook is the most popular by a long way it is the most useful for union organising in the sense of…"
Peter HJ replied to Kirsten Forkert's discussion experiences with Facebook and alternatives in the group Social Network Unionism"Hi Kirsten
There has been a lot of research into groups/forums over the years, and I guess it comes down to two things. In order to be successful, they need a very clear and concrete purpose AND an active, skilled facilitator. The latter needs to…"
Kirsten Forkert added a discussion to the group Social Network Unionismexperiences with Facebook and alternatives
Apologies if this has already been discussed to death. It's a pretty banal topic.So I've set up a Facebook group for our union branch - the reason being that loads of people are already on FB and, and I've had some bad experiences elsewhere with alternative platforms (specifically Crabgrass), where a lot of people don't like to go through the extra step of joining the network THEN joining the group.However, only about 10% of our membership have joined our group and it's only a few people (who…See More
Max Watson left a comment for Kirsten Forkert"when? I'll let you know as soon as it's out there. 'watch this space'... cheers"
Kirsten Forkert posted an eventPublic meeting to support the 30 June strikes at Goldsmiths Students' Union
June 20, 2011 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
On 30th June thousands of trade union members will be on strike to protest about cuts in services, pensions, pay and jobs. Come along to our meeting and see what you can do to help.Speakers: Chris Baugh, PCS Assistant General Secretary + Martin Powell-Davies, NUT National Executive memberThis will be a practical organising meeting for those who want to support the strike on 30 June. We will discuss the location of picket lines, the Central London march etc.See More
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- At 20:57 on June 13, 2011, Max Watson said…
- when? I'll let you know as soon as it's out there. 'watch this space'... cheers
- At 20:32 on June 13, 2011, Max Watson said…
hiya! good to see you here too - hope we can get enough newcomers to keep union book alive and viable... See you in the streets too, no doubt :)
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