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Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Staying social onlineUK Museums on the Web 2009
Denise Drake Tower Hamlets Summer University
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
•Who I work for•What I do•Working with young people• Facing the future•Who I turn to
What I’ll cover
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Founded in 199526 staffBased in East End of London
Free summer courses for 11- 25 year olds127 courses2,205 course places
Year-round projectsJob ReadyMusic SpaceNang! magazineWhat We Want! (www!)
Volunteer opportunitiesPeer MotivatorsYouth Ambassadors
Tower Hamlets Summer University
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Summer Uni London
• Summer Uni in all32 London boroughs
• Summer 2009– 2,846 courses– 49, 593 course
places• SUL Coordinator
employed by each borough– Organises courses,
tutors, venues, enrolments
Spotlight 2009
Commissioned in April 2006
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
2 websites
NEW! tumblr – blogs for students
Encourage and support Coordinators in using SNS
What I do
13 active social network sites
Facebook 2 groups, 3 pages
Flickr 2 accounts, 1 group
MySpace 2 accounts
Twitter 1 account
YouTube 2 accounts
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
‘All because of these three weeks I have changed totally the way I think. I have found something I am good at, something I enjoy. As a result I want more’
Pani, 23
It works!
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Good days
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Bad days
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Do• be courteous, friendly, positive and upbeat• respond to questions/comments within 24 hours• ensure content is relevant and timely• expect the unexpected
Don’t• forget who your audience is• remove negative comments• appear online out of office hours
Ground rules
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Working with Young People online
Child protection issues• Don’t add under 18s as a
‘friend’• Be careful using images• Ensure online privacy
Online behaviour• Young people love being
online and seeing themselves online
• Uninhibited, digital natives
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Being a magpie!Other sectors:
• Charities• Central government• Local government• Youth work
ResourcesAssociation of online community professionals Blogs, developers’ pages on social network sitesWebsite, Facebook, twitter, iPhone apptwitter
Keeping up to date
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Summary (January 2009) Totals
Summer Uni with SNS 2
Reasons for not using LA does not allow access 15
LA does not engage with SNS 7
Lack of resources (staff/time) 11
Concerned about online safety 3
SU Coordinators Own SNS presence 24 accounts
No interest in SNS 2
Concerned about online safety 4
London boroughs using social media
delicious, Facebook, flickr, Friendfeed, Leader Listens, Twitter, WhereIlive, YouTube;Authority leader’s blog, wiki
10
Working with Local Authorities
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
New brand and new name 2010
The future
Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityGround Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE
www.summeruni.orgCompany no. 2017713 | Charity no. 1048822
Denise [email protected]
LinkedIn: Denise DrakeTwitter: niecieden
SummerUni
Thank you!