Digital engagement specialist Emma Daniel, @huxley06, on why she tweets
Emma Daniel works for Public-I and leads on their work around Police & Crime Commissioners and digital democracy
Neil Lampert is the person behind the Probation Association Twitter Account, @ProbationAssoc (WIT#33)
Neil Lampert, Probation Association PR and Communications Manager, runs their corporate Twitter account Tweets by @ProbationAssoc Why I Tweet I was curious about Twitter for a couple of years before taking the plunge and opening the PA corporate account. It seemed that to even know what you were doing, let alone be effective, you […]
Mental health policing specialist @mentalhealthcop says Twitter is a dialogue (#WIT32)
Inspector Michael Brown runs a very successful blog which won the 2012 Mark Hanson Digital Media Award from @MindCharity. Tweets by @MentalHealthCop Getting started I started to tweet unofficially purely because I felt I had something to say about the role of the police service as part of our extended mental health system. I had […]
Kent Probation Chief @sbilliald says Twitter helps her leadership (#WIT31)
Sarah Billiald is Chief Executive of Kent Probation and leads on Communication for the Probation Chiefs Association. Tweets by @sbilliald Read your timeline like a magazine Like many people I am a recent convert to twitter (started January 2012) initially not understanding the appeal, which is odd because I’m a big fan of “communications” […]
Blog curator and iconoclast @Cate_a_moore on why she tweets (WIT#30)
Cate Moore is the curator of many voices blog and has been described memorably as “pragmatism and experience wrapped in a sauce of civility and dignity’”. Tweets by @cate_a_moore Why I Tweet Two years ago I thought Twitter was for people who wanted to tell total strangers what colour socks they put on that […]
Richard Garside, (@richardjgarside) the Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, on why he tweets
Richard Garside (@richardjgarside) is the Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Tweets by @RichardJGarside The Downside The other day I was accused on Twitter of being anti-semitic for expressing concern about the carnage unfolding in Gaza. My accuser went by the name of ‘Angry Citizen!’; the exclamation mark no doubt being significant. […]
Leicestershire Chief Constable Simon Cole on why he tweets (WIT#28)
In addition to heading Leicestershire Police, Simon is also the ACPO national lead on Mental Health and Disability, as well as the ACPO lead on Local Policing and Partnerships. Tweets by @CCLeicsPolice Getting started I have to confess that I first set up a Twitter account about 14 months ago because my Comms team […]
Jonathan Ledger (@jonathan_napo) General Secretary of Probation Trade Union NAPO, on why he tweets (#WIT27)
Jonathan Ledger (@jonathan_napo) General Secretary of Probation Trade Union NAPO, on why he tweets. Early Convert I was an early convert to Twitter inasmuch that I registered on it in the early days (when even Stephen Fry had just a few hundred followers) but I remained inactive, and uninterested, for some years. It was […]
Sam Chapman, Police & Crime Commissioner expert, on why he tweets (WIT#26)
Sam Chapman, @topofthecopscom, has worked as a police officer and community safety partnership manager over a long career in criminal justice. He currently runs a successful website dedicated to Police and Crime Commissioners. Tweets by @TopOfTheCopsCom Tweeps are people too I tweet because I’m a junkie – a news junkie, that is. I started with twitter […]
Barbara Hamilton Bruce (@bhamiltonbruce) in-house lawyer on why she tweets (WIT#25)
Barbara Hamilton Bruce (@bhamiltonbruce) is an in-house lawyer, who also blogs her own version of the truth. Tweets by @bhamiltonbruce Getting started Quite some time ago I was asked by Neil Rose (of Legal Futures fame) to contribute to an article in the CILEx Journal (subscription service for Chartered Legal Executives) on the subject […]
Life in a Blue Suit – police officer and hostage negotiatior @DS_Rosser on why he tweets (#WIT24)
Detective Sergeant Mark Rosser is based in Brighton he is a drug expert witness and hostage and crisis negotiator. Tweets by @DS_Rosser Why I Tweet A good friend emailed me today and asked me to contribute a guest blog, I’m not that creative and put in a stalling tactic to give me time to […]
Up your Twitter game with thinglink
Livening up your Tweets If you’re tweeting for work, it can be easy to get stuck in a groove and end up just tweeting links or re-tweeting the same people so that not just your followers, but you, yourself can get a bit bored. Of course the best way to engage with your twitter followers […]
