Stourbridge Social Media Surgery

Next date Tuesday 4 June 2013
10:00AM - 11:30AM 9 people signed up 6 places remaining

The Talbot Hotel

High Street Stourbridge

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Social Media Surgeries are completely free advice sessions for community and voluntary groups, clubs and societies.

Would you like to know how to use blogs, video clips, photo sharing sites, Facebook, Twitter or other free web tools to help your group? Do you want to use the web to communicate, campaign or collaborate online? We can help you do it easily and for free.

Come and meet people who understand all about social media and how you can get the most out of it. You might have specific questions that you’d like to ask, or you might just like a general introduction to what’s available. You don’t need any previous knowledge to take part, and there won’t be any lectures. We’ll talk to you one-to-one, listen to what you need and explain things clearly.

Free web tools can help you to organise activities, promote events, raise funds, collect feedback from your participants and keep a record of everything you do.

All of our helpers are volunteers or staff from local organisations who know enough about using social media tools to help someone else. Perhaps when you have learnt something new you can come back and return the favour.

Social Media Surgeries take place monthly at different locations around Dudley borough. Every three months we are welcomed by the team at the Talbot Hotel in Stourbridge town centre. They have welcomed us freely, so please take the opportunity to buy a hot or cold drink in their bar to say thank you!

People signed up to attend on Tue 4 Jun

Melissa Guest Offering help
Organisation Dudley Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) Website http://www.dudleycvs.org.uk Twitter @dudleycvs
David Alliston
Organisation Citizens Advice
Karen Garry
Odilia Mabrouk Offering help
Organisation The Hub Stourbridge
Lynette Freeth
Organisation Moseley Cultural Arts
Lorna Prescott Offering help
Organisation Dudley CVS Website http://www.about.me/lornaprescott Twitter @dosticen
Simon Howes Offering help
Organisation N/A Website http://www.audioguy.co.uk Twitter @simonhowes
Kirsty McGarvey
Organisation WRVS Good Neighbours Service
Su Roxburgh
Organisation SideBySide Theatre Group

Recent Tweets with hashtag #stourbridgesms

Mark Rushton Fri 13 Jul 2012 4:16PM

#ff @UKPAaccelerate @imaz007 @NeighboursN really interesting people volunteering to help others. I met them via @DudleyCVS #stourbridgesms
Melissa Guest Wed 11 Jul 2012 11:26AM

RT @imaz007: @ADIRushtonWMP was great working together with you, odilia and @piratesprite at #stourbridgesms
Imran P Tue 10 Jul 2012 9:20PM

@ADIRushtonWMP was great working together with you, odilia and @piratesprite at #stourbridgesms
DudleyCVS Tue 10 Jul 2012 11:41AM

RT @dosticen: Sounds like #stourbridgesms was fun today, sorry to have missed it. @NeighboursN @northdudleynhw @piratesprite
DudleyCVS Tue 10 Jul 2012 11:41AM

RT @hubstourbridge: @socmediasurgery thanks for creating Social Media Surgeries, nice that the concept was born in brum! #stourbridgesms
DudleyCVS Tue 10 Jul 2012 11:39AM

@UKPAaccelerate Great stuff thanks for the update Thanks again @ADIRushtonWMP for being such an expert social media surgeon! #stourbridgesms
Melissa Guest Mon 9 Jul 2012 11:11PM

@imaz007 Welcome to Twitterland Imran, it was lovely to meet you at #stourbridgesms today - cheers for signing up for Dudley! :o)
Mark Rushton Mon 9 Jul 2012 7:05PM

RT @hubstourbridge: Great to meet @sdash66 and @ADIRushtonWMP at the #stourbridgesms this morning. The next Social Media Surgery in Stourbridge will be in Sept.
Mark Rushton Mon 9 Jul 2012 7:04PM

@SDAsh66 @DudleyCVS I think you'll be guiding us at the next #stourbridgesms - Thanks for the tea Stuart :-)
Stuart Ashmore Mon 9 Jul 2012 5:58PM

@DudleyCVS - here's the new Twitter feed I promised in follow-up to today's Social Media Surgery in Stourbridge #stourbridgesms

Help given at Stourbridge Social Media Surgery

Odilia Mabrouk helped Amanda Adams to To find out how Linked In could be a really useful tool Recorded on Tuesday 19 March 2013
Carol Wootton helped Amanda Adams to Amanda said, "We have been discussing different Facebook features such as linking to twitter and it has been really useful". Recorded on Tuesday 19 March 2013
Amanda Adams helped Carol Wootton to Carol said "It was so useful to talk to someone who is already using Twitter so that they could share their experiences with me" Recorded on Tuesday 19 March 2013
Odilia Mabrouk helped Carol Wootton to find out how to use Twitter. "I had never used Twitter before and now feel quite confident thanks to Odilia's help" Recorded on Tuesday 19 March 2013
Melissa Guest helped Karen Phillips to Karen said, "I love the fact that Social Media Surgeries can be one to one rather than listening to a seminar. This is more helpful to my particular area of need, so rather than receiving general information I have received tips on how my individual charity can be supported". Recorded on Tuesday 19 March 2013
Melissa Guest helped Karen Phillips to Improve knowledge about use of Twitter and Facebook and how to grow an audience Recorded on Tuesday 19 March 2013
Lianne Bould helped Ruth Whaling to "By learning with someone else it enhanced the experience for both of us. It certainly gave me more confidence and it felt good to offer what I already knew about using social meida. It felt easy to learn and chip in my knowledge in such a friendly environment". Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Edward Davies helped Elena Thomas to "It has helped me to think about Twitter in a fresh way by being able to help someone start from scratch" Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Elena Thomas helped Edward Davies to have conversations using twitter, how to use hashtags, what @ means and how to search for people. "I have been helped 100%, I have gone from having no understanding to being able to use twitter in a practical and sensible way". Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Elena Thomas helped Edward Davies to Set up a new twitter account to help with local campaigns around social issues Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
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All help given at Stourbridge Social Media Surgery

Lorna Prescott helped Lianne Bould to feel a little bit more confident with twitter, for example lists - I didn't know there was such a thing, and etiquette. I feel I know more than I thought I did, through a conversation with a complete beginner. Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Lorna Prescott helped Ruth Whaling to everything to do with twitter, my head is full! I am going to look at our website to see if there are news updates and see if a twitter feed can be added to that. Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Valerie Woodhouse to how to intergrate Twitter, Facebook and blogs Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Valerie Woodhouse to to learn how twitter operates and how to get back into her page that was set up some time ago to help spread the word about Bethel Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Valerie Woodhouse to Set up a test facebook page to find out how it can help Bethel to communicate Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Melissa Guest helped Louise Rees to post links from the media into facebook timeline to promte their news Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Melissa Guest helped Louise Rees to How to add banners / covers and change profile pictures in Facebook Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Melissa Guest helped Louise Rees to learn about chat and private messaging in Facebook Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Melissa Guest helped Louise Rees to Create the facebook.com/sidebysidetc url to guide new users to the site Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Melissa Guest helped Louise Rees to re access her facebook page that was set up in 2011 but was not used due to the introduction of Facebook Timeline. Recorded on Tuesday 4 December 2012
Vicki Rowles helped Maggie Skinner to To consider how Linked In can be used to help with fundraising for organisations Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Lorna Prescott helped A TEE to To get her new Fundraising page to show in her wordpress blog menu "We can now amend our website & blog which is great!" Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Melissa Guest helped A TEE to to create a new wordpress page for fundraising Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Melissa Guest helped A TEE to think about the difference between static web pages and more interactive blogs Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Melissa Guest helped A TEE to Insert a location map into her wordpress blog for Hand Fibromyalgia group Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Elisabeth Cox helped Jayne Weaver to to think about how to use Facebook to promote and communicate for Kids Orchard Jayne was worried about privacy and Elisabeth explaned how to update settings. Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Lorna Prescott helped Elisabeth Cox to to think about how to use Twitter to promote Jigsaw Youth Theatre and also Dormston Sports & Arts Centre Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Lorna Prescott helped Jayne Weaver to "break down barriers and become more confidence with using social media." Will look at setting up a blog page and integrate more with the National page with a view to setting up a local page, will also make better use of Twitter to feed back from events and to promote fundraising. Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Lorna Prescott helped Tom Keys to become more enlightened about online communication. "I'm going to go home and have another look at Facebook, I was a computer dinosaur, I could email but now I have more confidence and awareness of using social media" Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Lorna Prescott helped dave watts to increase his confidence with using social media to promote charity Teso Development Trust (releif & development in Northern Uganda) Next phase on fundraising strategy will be to implement Twitter & possibly Facebook. "Great location, relaxed atmosphere & a very informative morning" Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Amanda Adams helped winifred whitehouse to Set up a new Facebook page to promote fundraising activities. Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped winifred whitehouse to Set up a twitter account, @winifredwhiteho to promote fundraising for FairTrade, Independent Age, Boys Brigade, etc etc etc "It's been very very useful!" Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Stuart Scott to to explore twitter and to think how to use his twitter accout to promote the St John's community garden, SScott116 Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Amanda Adams helped Odilia Mabrouk to think about how Facebook pages can be used to publicise events and activities Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Toni Jones to think about how Twitter can be used in Aquarius, how to set up a profile, follow & RT. Tony is going to get permission to set up a new site, is also really pleased that she now knows what a hashtag is. Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
A TEE helped Vicki Rowles to to know about the network of smaller organisations that are operating locally Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Melissa Guest helped Sally Insley to think about how blogs can be used to communicate Recorded on Monday 17 September 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Amanda Adams to how to set up a group page on Facebook Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Amanda Adams to upload photographs onto Twitter Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Amanda Adams to retweet useful information Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Melissa Guest helped Odilia Mabrouk to to use Twitpic to post photographs on Twitter Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Amanda Adams to set up a twitter account for Neighbours News Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Melissa Guest helped Mark Rushton to to access www.visibletweets.com and to understand how it can be used in a conference / workshop environment. Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Imran Pervez helped Mark Rushton to with information about local soup kitchens & prayer groups in the local area and how to connect with them. Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Mark Rushton helped Imran Pervez to realise the potential of Twitter to find out useful information in the local community & nationally too. There is so much information out there Twitter will help to msnage what is useful and relevant. Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Mark Rushton helped Stuart Ashmore to understand how having a specific twitter name can help you to target the right people to follow your profile, this can help to quickly build a good network of relevant connections. Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Mark Rushton helped Stuart Ashmore to understand the funcionality of the Twitter site Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Mark Rushton helped Stuart Ashmore to understand the benefits of how Twitter can help local groups and charities. Can see how it can help to make good connections. Recorded on Monday 9 July 2012
Zyllah Moranne-Brown helped Lisa Richards to to set up a new twitter accout @lisarich8 Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Richards helped Guy Sheppard to to see how twitpic can be used to share photographs Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Slee helped Guy Sheppard to think about the work information / personal conversation balance of messages shared using twitter Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Lorna Prescott helped sarah goudie to Set up a private wordpress blog so that she can experiment. A theme was chosen and a page created. Sarah said "I feel really encouraged to go off and carry on setting up my blog to promote my breadmaking initiative". Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Chris Williams helped Pam Cartwright to To think about using hootsuite.com to schedule tweets Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped mandy cervi to to think about the potential of using Facebook and Linkedin Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Julie Duffy to to link up with Transition Stourbridge via the contact form at www.transitionstourbridge.co.uk so that they can come together to manage the What Centre Garden. Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped neale pilkington to to think about using Wordpress as an alternative to their current website which they are having problems with. Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Slee helped Guy Sheppard to To follow new people using his newly found @dudleyfoe Twitter account Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Slee helped Guy Sheppard to recover the Friends of the Earth twitter account Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Melissa Guest helped Guy Sheppard to Think about how to measure the impact of social media Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Zyllah Moranne-Brown helped Lisa Richards to think about the potential of using twitter to communicate with Barnardos volunteers Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Slee helped Guy Sheppard to appreciate the potential of Social Media for local scouts and for Dudley and District Friends of the Earth Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Slee helped Paul Davies-Hale to To learn how to shedule tweets using hootsuite.com Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Slee helped Paul Davies-Hale to think about how to use social media to complement traditional media to reach a more mature audience. Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Julie Duffy to Update twitter email preferences Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped neale pilkington to to revive the What Centre twitter account and to tweet Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped mandy cervi to to rediscover the What Centre twitter account @thewhatcentre Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Odilia Mabrouk helped Julie Duffy to Locate the internet on her phone Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Chris Williams helped Pam Cartwright to to think if QR codes would be useful for her organisation Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Chris Williams helped Pam Cartwright to think about how she can create a social media calendar with other members of her team to record upcoming events. Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Dan Richards helped Pam Cartwright to learn how to use Facebook. Pam has been thinking about her audience and how she needs to commit time to make it work. Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012
Lorna Prescott helped sarah goudie to set up a twitter account @bread2share Sarah has sent her first tweet. Sarah is hoping to use social media to share the work that she is doing locally with an international audience. Recorded on Monday 21 May 2012

Links created or updated at Stourbridge Social Media Surgery

http://@neighboursn Added on Mon 9 Jul 2012
http://www.facebook.com/sidebysidetc Added on Tue 4 Dec 2012

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Previously

Tue 19 Mar 2013 at The Talbot Hotel
Tue 4 Dec 2012 at The Talbot Hotel
Mon 17 Sep 2012 at The Talbot Hotel
Mon 9 Jul 2012 at The Talbot Hotel
Mon 21 May 2012 at The Talbot Hotel
Mon 19 Mar 2012 at The Talbot Hotel

Stourbridge Social Media Surgery

Next date Tuesday 4 June 2013 10:00AM - 11:30AM 9 people signed up 6 places remaining

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People signed up to attend on Tue 4 Jun

Recent Tweets with hashtag #stourbridgesms

Mark Rushton Fri 13 Jul 2012 4:16PM

Melissa Guest Wed 11 Jul 2012 11:26AM

Imran P Tue 10 Jul 2012 9:20PM

DudleyCVS Tue 10 Jul 2012 11:41AM

DudleyCVS Tue 10 Jul 2012 11:41AM

DudleyCVS Tue 10 Jul 2012 11:39AM

Melissa Guest Mon 9 Jul 2012 11:11PM

Mark Rushton Mon 9 Jul 2012 7:05PM

Mark Rushton Mon 9 Jul 2012 7:04PM

Stuart Ashmore Mon 9 Jul 2012 5:58PM