BostinCamp 4

Bostincamp returned to Dudley last night. 14 people from all sorts of different organisations got together to drink tea, eat cake, be inspired and learn from each other. All of the tweets from the session are archived on Storify. Below are some of the the things people shared, which give a flavour of the session.

Joye Boyes, Nick Booth and Alison Sayer at BostinCamp

First up we heard from Alison Sayer, the Chief Executive of Halas Homes. Based in Halesowen, the charity provides services and accomodation for people with learning disabilities. Alison has learned by doing when it comes to social media, and developed some really engaging and effective tactics in her use of twitter and a blog.

Listening to a charity chief exec be refreshingly honest about dipping her first toe in the social water #bostincamp

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

There was a black book where they'd write their tweets, she recalled. That's history now #bostincamp

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

But staff feel more empowered and engaged using social media. So does she. They're celebrating more #bostincamp

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

Like most charities they don't have a #pr team or fundraisers. A blog done by office staff helps raise their profile #bostincamp

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

So amazing to hear from Alison, CEO on @HalasHomes journey in social media #bostincamp

— Anna Gillespie (@annagillespie74) October 14, 2015

"..what’s good with twitter is you can make things happen" Alison from @HalasHomes #bostincamp

— Nick Booth (@podnosh) October 14, 2015

A small charity in Dudley @HalasHomes has a louder voice and has connected more through the social web #bostincamp

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

Then we heard from Joy Boyes, who works for the Office of Public Health in Dudley Council and has experience of numerous public health campaigns and social marketing projects in the borough. The numbers of officers and projects in Public Health using social media is on the increase, thanks to Joy’s hard work over the years and also some Lunch and Learn sessions on twitter that she has run – what a brilliant idea!

#bostincamp how do we increase social media use whilst keeping vulnerable adults safe #dilemma

— Dudley Advocacy (@DudleyAdvocacy1) October 14, 2015

People in Dudley value tweets from @dudleycouncil's chief exec @SarahNormanCX. 'Shows she's not stuck in an office.' #bostincamp.

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

Joy from @DudleyPH evidencing how social media campaigns can target behaviour change #bostincamp

— Anna Gillespie (@annagillespie74) October 14, 2015

This > 'It's not what I think looks nice, it's what works with people out there.' Digital design 101 from #BostinCamp cc @comms2point0

— Dan Slee (@danslee) October 14, 2015

@DudleyPH a very useful talk by joy from Dudleyp.h about different social media tools #bostincamp

— Dudley CIL (@dudleycil) October 14, 2015

We even inspired Jane Clarke to gather the courage to post a tweet!

Inspired by friends at #bostincamp taking courage in both hands, here goes!

— CHADD (@CHADD1979) October 14, 2015