All help given at Canton Social Media Surgery

• Jess helped Alice Roythorne to newlinkwales.org.uk - went through new links, Google analytics, mailed some resource links, looked at site from SEO perspective. Recorded on Tuesday 20 November 2012
• Joel Hughes helped Linda Evans to Cardiff Drawing Group - Looked at Wordpress.org & .com, blogroll & twitter. Showed examples of blogs & websites & embedded media such as podcasts. Recorded on Tuesday 20 November 2012
• Daniel Grosvenor helped Dominic Gilbert to Get blog content on other online platforms. Looked at twitter etiquette, tweetdeck searches, etc., FB fanpage comments, Wordpress.org & SEO Recorded on Tuesday 20 November 2012
• Rhys Gregory helped Chris Price to Useful tips on content and interaction to do with all Chwareteg.com's social media. Blog, content ideas, twitter (tweetdeck, what & who to tweets, engagement/conversation ideas). Recorded on Tuesday 20 November 2012
• Joe Conaghan helped Marian Morris to Understand how to use personal Facebook profile better and create Wordpress blog marianmaes.wordpress.com Recorded on Tuesday 20 November 2012
• Mark Heseltine helped Rob Blundell to http://www.trustpa.org: 'funding treatment to end paralysis' @charitytrustpa & @bindrivin on twitter Explored: Twitter lists and tweetdeck Facebook charity page listing Posting To website/tweetdeck/Facebook/etc. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Jess helped Steven Johnson to Social Media for Park View Cafe, Canton (cafe for charity). Went through: Post mix free tools Pushing/using non-profit status more publicly Google analytics Relevance & raising engagement Calls to action Using similar users' info Monitoring Finding retweet sources on twitter Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Ben Treharne-Foose helped Lisa Jones to Wanted to know what to do with variety of social media accounts. Discussed: Google analytics Gave advice on tracking followers & driving traffic Referred onto training on Dynamic Content Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Rhys Gregory helped Kath Hilsden to Blogging & twitter - adding twitter to blog, finding people to follow on twitter. Help & ideas given: "Great." Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Nicky Getgood helped Ben Gallivan to Create FB page with Wordpress posts feeding in with RSS Graffiti app Creating pretty twitter sidebar widget for website from twitter's resources page http://benlikesmusic.com - self hosted Wordpress.org site. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Paul Byers helped Ben Gallivan to Use variety of social media accounts more strategically & effectively (with Jo Darby) http://benlikesmusic.com - self hosted Wordpress.org site. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Jo Darby helped Ben Gallivan to Use variety of social media accounts more strategically & effectively. Learned how to use sticky post on Wordpress, reduce spam, & creating FB page with Wordpress posts feeding in with RSS Graffiti app http://benlikesmusic.com - self hosted Wordpress.org site. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Gareth Morlais helped Linda Evans to Helped Linda learn how to upload videos to YouTube & embed them into Wordpress blog post/page. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Chris @whatsthepont helped Linda Evans to Create Wordpress blog for Cardiff drawing group: http://cardiffdrawinggroup.wordpress.com Discussed twitter & FB & links to blogs. Discussion mostly about Wordpress site as main mature site, plan to integrate over time. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Chris @whatsthepont helped Bettina Bindereif to Bettina after help to familiarise self with FB, twitter & social media sites. Looked at how to link a community using Facebook. Website on Wordpress - need to ask designer how to link to Facebook and inc. stats. Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Joe Conaghan helped Jeanne Le Rendue to Create wordpress blog to promote Canton & Pontcanna WI: http://pontcannaandcantonwi.wordpress.com & alternatively named blog for group: http://sometimesitscake.wordpress.com Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Jenny helped Gerri Blundell to Get to grips with Facebook - went through all main menu's, looked at profile pages and explained what it is & how to use it. Made a list of things for her to try on FB: Respond to messages Make new friends Write on friend's walls Have a chat & maybe Skype video call Recorded on Friday 13 July 2012
• Mark Heseltine helped Louise to understandTwitter further and how it fits in with social media and communication strategy in relation to Co Housing Cymru. Set up a Twitter account and client on mobile phone for Co Housing Cymru. Talked a bit about widgets Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Juliette Llewellyn helped Miriam to understand further what is required to create a full blog post for ME Support In Glamorgan's Senedd Event - finding relevant links, sourcing an appropriate photos Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Rhys Gregory helped Hywel Wiliam to create and share an event on Facebook and also on other social media platforms: Twitter, Linked In and offline. In relation to Royal Television Society Wales Centre and Cardiff WIne Tasting Circle. Also wanted to understand what Timeline will mean for him in relation o his project pages on Facebook Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Mark Heseltine helped Marjorie Llewellyn to understand how to use Skype to contact her daughter abroad. Showed Marjorie how to make and receive calls and use SkypeOut Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Juliette Llewellyn helped Joy Lock to find appropriate avenue of support for understanding how to use her MP4 player. Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Francesca James helped Bettina Bindereif to use Twitter and Facebook for personal use. Explained hashtag use on Twitter. Also added 'share via Twitter / Facebook' buttons to Bettina's website Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Rhys Gregory helped Kate Knowles to use social media as a way to communicate and coordinate people in relation to 2 projects: Orchard Cardiff and Abundance Sheffield. Set up a Wordpress Blog, introduced to Twitter. Also helped with finding online communities via Twitter and Blogs Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Joe Conaghan helped Miriam to create a blog post on the ME Support In Glamorgans new Wordpress Blog, for the upcoming MESIG's Senedd presentation for AM's, local councillors, health professionals & the general public. Developed appropriate wording and links. Advised to obtain photo that encapsulated the event to add to the post, to help draw interest. Also to return in future for possible Twitter initiation Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Megan Price helped Jenny Bradley to look at ways to migrate Facebook users and promote Facebook page for South Wales Intercultural Arts SWICA. Also ways to use Twitter more effectively. Discussed the potential for Linked In, especially for artists Recorded on Tuesday 24 April 2012
• Megan Price helped someone new to see if any improvements could be made Cardiff Cycle Chic's existing Facebook page. Looked at how to create and move discussion / activity on their Facebook page Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Rhys Gregory helped someone new to raise social interaction of Cardiff Feminist Network. Discussed social media strategy. How to link Twitter & Facebook to their blog. (Assisted Jean Baptiste Mac Luckie) Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Jean Baptiste MAC LUCKIE helped Richard Berry to understand more about setting up a Wordpress blog for Cardiff Storytelling Circle - how to give it a more social dimension for collecting participants comments / thoughts and sharing references. Presentation of Disqus & Buddypress & Facebook group / page Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Megan Price helped Richard Berry to understand more about setting up a Wordpress blog for Cardiff Storytelling Circle - how to give it a more social dimension for collecting participants comments / thoughts and sharing references Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Joe Conaghan helped Jenny to start a blog. Set up a Wordpress blog for personal use for Jenny to experiment with how to use / run a blog. Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Megan Price helped Joy Lock to understand how to use her Mp4 Player. We will look in to assigning Joy a Surgeon to deal with this query at the next Surgery. Giving us time to study how her particular MP4 player works. Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Jean Baptiste MAC LUCKIE helped Rebecca Haves to utilise and create social media for Big Screen Vale (film showings in Cowbridge Town Hall). Helped with basic tips on Twitter / more followers and increasing 'reach' of their Twitter account. Created a Facebook page for BSV and how to use it. Discussed ho Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Megan Price helped Sara Drysdale to learn the best way of setting up a Facebook page for a group of younger people for Save the Children Cymru. Looked at security on Facebook pages / groups. Also looked at Twitter hashtags and lists. Explored the way Twitter and Facebook displays on iphone Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Joe Conaghan helped someone new to set up a wordpress blog for Nicky of Peartree Languages. The blog will be a combination of personal use and issues around Canton, Cardiff Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Megan Price helped nigel pugh to clarify lists / following other people's lists on Twitter for Canton Green Party's Twitter account Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Jean Baptiste MAC LUCKIE helped someone new to raise social interaction of Cardiff Feminist Network. Discussed social media strategy. How to link Twitter & Facebook to their blog. Recorded on Tuesday 13 December 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Charlotte Thorpe to progress further with mamigreen's social media strategy - discussed Facebook strategy & content creation. Also discussed URL syncing. Charlotte wanted advice on the best way to reach others through mamigreen's existing social media Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Jean Baptiste MAC LUCKIE helped Pat Gregory to understand the method of creating a Facebook page and how to link it to a website. Also with an understanding of using images on Facebook Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Joe Conaghan helped Linda Evans to have an understanding of social media - blogging, Twitter, Facebook etc. She wants to help others set up blogs. Discussed # and @ on Twitter in relation to 'real' accounts of Surgeons at CantonSMS. This brought Twitter to life for Linda Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Louise to o create a unique URL as regards Facebook Page for Co-Housing Cymru. Sarah from Co Housing Cymru also sat in on session Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Linda Rigby to create a unique URL as regards Facebook Page for Co-Housing Cymru Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Megan Price helped Kristos Palmer to understand & use Twitter for mental health support group My Tears Are Real. Explained how Twitter feed works & useful search tools to find interesting content Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Jean Baptiste MAC LUCKIE helped Hywel Wiliam to sort out his Linked In account: merged 2 accounts - exporting & importing contacts & closing first account. Hywel also had question relating to Facebook & basic Twitter tuition for another time Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Joe Conaghan helped Darren Avery to find a focus, more of a direction with blogging. Shown Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Wordpress. Discussed smartphone apps Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Dominic Rai to find appropriate social media visibility for Men Talking (a small arts organisation - stories concerning mens health) for launch next year. Sketched out basic social media strategy. Dominic will return when entire social media concept established Recorded on Thursday 10 November 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Louise to to understand Facebook pages in relation to Co-Housing Community & Land Developments. To help grow their communities and use social media more effectively. Both Louise & Sarah were assisted with this Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Juliette Llewellyn helped Jenny Howell to to submit a question to the Surgeons as regards saving a Google Map for Riverside Community Garden Project & Orchard Cardiff - to be answered via email as Jenny came late on Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Megan Price helped Miss Christalla Davies to start to activate the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ME (Chronic Fatigue CFS) Support In Glamorgan Facebook event page - with a view to continuing once past details of page are obtained by Surgeon Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Geoff helped Miss Christalla Davies to produce a blog post & tweak the 'Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ME (Chronic Fatigue CFS) Support In Glamorgan - MESIG' Wordpress.com site Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Althea Collymore to understand Hootsuite basics for the Welsh Refugee Council Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Elio Assuncao helped Abigail Charles to to use social media in relation to developing a Welsh presence of the Federation of City Farm's & Community Gardens. Talked through Facebook pages and admin. Elio assisted Megan Price Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Megan Price helped Abigail Charles to use social media in relation to developing a Welsh presence of the Federation of City Farm's & Community Gardens. Talked through Facebook pages and admin Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Geoff helped Althea Collymore to to understand basic Twitter 'Tips & Tricks' & You Tube in relation to the Welsh Refugee Council's social media. Design Tips. Using search to find relevant users. Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Allan Blair Beaton helped Hywel Wiliam to develop Facebook pages for The Royal Television Society & Cardiff Wine Tasting. Discussed content creation, how to build community & fans. Also discussed 'liking' other pages. Took brief look at using Twitter to best advantage too Recorded on Tuesday 11 October 2011
• Amelia Forsbrook helped Jenny Howell to save a map & import data with Google Maps and find most efficient way of uploading photos from Windows 7 to various Social Media for Riverside Community Garden Project / Orchard Cardiff Recorded on Tuesday 20 September 2011
• Sarah Mia helped Hywel Wiliam to create an Event for the Royal Television Society (RTS) Wales Facebook Page. Also to upload a picture, find followers and mention people on Twitter Recorded on Sunday 11 September 2011
• Geoff helped Robert Curtis to make local community group Cycle Cardiff website to be found more easily. Suggested Twitter / Facebook use. Gave basic SEO tips. Recorded on Sunday 11 September 2011
• Nicky Getgood helped Marjorie Llewellyn to set up an email account to enable her to access Social Media to connect with family members. Helped Marjorie with how to read her emails in the inbox & send her 1st email. Signed Marjorie up to www.go-on.com a short free course to help with getting online Recorded on Sunday 11 September 2011
• Elio Assuncao helped Gary Oldacre to create a Wordpress.com blog for raising awareness for a number of local charitable organisations, including Alzheimer's Society. Gave a detailed insight to Wordpress.com settings Recorded on Sunday 11 September 2011
• Steve Dimmick helped Samantha MacNamara to add a link to Governors Wales Facebook Page. Also demo'd Bitly for link usage and Posterous usage. Recorded on Sunday 11 September 2011
• Geoff helped Katie Cooke to understand Twitter (hashtags etc), Tumblr (branding, blogging tips). Introduced Google Analytics, Offline Marketing (email signatures etc). In relation to Novas Scarman (Switched On Project) Recorded on Sunday 11 September 2011
• Francesca James helped Aled Jones to link in a Twitter account with overall strategy of not for profit organisation Ystafell Athrawon (Staff Room) for Welsh language teachers. Twitter - using hashtags, following, shortening links. Published Facebook page. Hootsuite for multiple accounts Recorded on Thursday 11 August 2011
• Megan Price helped Mairi Coyle to develop a Social Media presence for an Early Music Choir. Looked at Facebook pages / Eventbrite as an alternative to a full website Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Sarah Mia helped Daniel Phillips to increase social engagement and networking for Cardiff Water Aid - how to find followers on Twitter and to channel people to Cardiff Water Aid's blog. Discussed Eventbrite and Feedreaders Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Peter D Cox helped Maria Macarthy to increase her connections through networking via Social Media. Also an understanding of how to link status updates between Social Media accounts Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Megan Price helped Gwion Thorpe to Deepen his knowledge of blogging on his Inspiring Cardiff Blog - went through embedding, linking. Also to look at creating a Facebook presence for The People's Supermarket project. Also how to maximise coverage for both projects - hashtags, promotion Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Geoff helped Elizabeth smith to initiate her ideas for a community based idea through Social Media. Recommended a blog and forum software, showed Liz how to set up a Wordpress.com account from scratch Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Sarah Mia helped Helen to create a Facebook page to link in with the new Social Media policy for Cardiff Community Housing Association. Also looked at a brief overview of Klout and Googleanalytics Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Francesca James helped Joy Lock to find a way in to using Social Media - how to download Radio 4 Podcasts for her MP4 player, how to search for lifestyle blogs of interest to Joy, helping her understand what blogs are Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Geoff helped Lorraine Gray to create a new Blogger post & add a comment. To enable Lorraine to participate in Incandescent's private blog - listing poems read at Incandescent's sharing published poetry meeting in Cardiff Central Library Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Megan Price helped Stephen James to understand Twitter, Wordpress basics especially blogging / commenting Recorded on Monday 8 August 2011
• Jen Thornton helped nigel pugh to understand Twitter better & join in Twitter based discussions. Demo'd Linked In as a way to finding other industry colleagues Recorded on Saturday 9 July 2011
• Jen Thornton helped Victor Phezulu to understand how Facebook pages & Twitter work to drive website traffic. Took a brief look at Wordpress blogging as regards a social enterprise idea Recorded on Saturday 9 July 2011
• Jen Thornton helped Louise Weinzweig to set up tabs on Facebook as regards community group involvement Recorded on Saturday 9 July 2011
• Louise Weinzweig helped Ken Bailey to ascertain which social media would be best to use as regards collating information from local church's for community based research. Also gave a basic introduction to Twitter & helped Ken set up a Twitter account for this purpose Recorded on Saturday 9 July 2011
• Jen Thornton helped Amy H to look at the aesthetics of her blog via Wordpress Design & advised on the use of images in blogging Recorded on Saturday 9 July 2011
• Louise Weinzweig helped Jain Boon to to understand Twitter better & advised incorporating Social Media channels (Flickr, Vimeo, Facebook etc) in to a website for Gwent Young Peoples Theatre Recorded on Saturday 9 July 2011
• Megan Price helped Bethan Samuel to evaluate Community Housing Cymru existing social media activity and look at ways forward for growth & analysis Recorded on Thursday 2 June 2011
• Megan Price helped Edwina OHart to evaluate Community Housing Cymru existing social media activity and look at ways forward for growth & analysis Recorded on Thursday 2 June 2011
• Francesca helped Sarah Rogers to have a more in-depth understanding of social media for Earthfall. Assisted Peter D Cox Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Francesca helped beki price to have a more in-depth understanding of social media for Earthfall. Assisted Peter D Cox Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Peter D Cox helped Sarah Rogers to have a more in depth understanding of social media, with particular interest - Earthfall connecting with young people & amalgamating various social media Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Peter D Cox helped beki price to have a more in depth understanding of social media, with particular interest - Earthfall connecting with young people & amalgamating various social media Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Jen Thornton helped Francesca to understand further the role of social media surgeon Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Megan Price helped michelle davis to understand further the role of social media surgeon Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Jen Thornton helped Richard Jackson to have further knowledge of Wordpress blog for Albatross Archive Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011
• Jen Thornton helped Joy Lock to understand the basics of Facebook for personal use & what blogs are Recorded on Wednesday 1 June 2011