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Photosharing: Socitm 2008 competition

We used this section of the Socitm web 2 site to run an exercise in photosharing through Flickr. Our subject being the Socitm 2008 conference that took place 12-14 October in Newport.

Thanks to sponsorship from GOSS Interactive, we ran a photo competition at the event. Delegates were invited to take photos and upload them to our Flickr page …….

The competition was judged by a panel of from Socitm and GOSS Interactive, (Socitm President Richard Steel, Socitm Marketing Consultant Vicky Sargent, and Pete Stevens, Marketing Manager at Goss Interactive.

Winners are:

Congratulations also to the following who had pictures nominated:
Smartpoint; sdcsmith; Mr Dunks; Dave Vining; Carter web; ach; Conrad’s photos

View all the pictures………..

Anyone can view pictures from Socitm 2008 on our Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/groups/socitm2008/pool/.

Get involved……

Why not use our Forums facility on this site to comment on the competition and the photos? You will need to register with the forums if you have not done so already in order to start posting or responding.

Photosharing: Socitm 2008 competition

We’re using this section of the Socitm web 2 site to run an exercise in photosharing through Flickr. Our subject is the Socitm 2008 conference taking place 12-14 October in Newport.

Thanks to sponsorship from GOSS Interactive, we’re running a photo competition at the event. Delegates are invited to take photos and upload them to our Flickr page……. The competition will open on Monday 13 October and will stay open for a week after the event. We hope lots of you will enter!!

The competition will be judged by a panel of from Socitm and GOSS Interactive, and the best images will be awarded prizes. Winners will be announced a few days after the event closes

You’ll be able to view the prizes on offer at GOSS Interactive’s stand at Socitm 2008 (no 19)

View the pictures………..

Anyone can view pictures from Socitm 2008 once they start to be uploaded to our Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/groups/socitm2008/pool/. We’ll also be pulling through the most recent pictures onto this page as the competition progresses.

Get involved……

If you want to upload your pictures or comment on other people’s you’ll need to sign up with Flickr and join the Socitm 2008 space (its really easy). Then you just follow the instructions, please allow for a short delay before your picture is added to the site due to Flickr account moderation.



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GOSS Interactive is proud to support the socitmweb2.net photo sharing competition.

Web 2.0 content rich functionality, that can enhance citizen engagement, is provided as standard with GOSS Interactive’s Web Content Management System – iCM.



About Flickr - from the Web 2 report:

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Flickr is a very powerful social networking site as it uses photos and videos to link people together.

People with social or cultural links, interest in the same hobbies or geography, or who employ similar photographic techniques, can network through Flickr groups. These can be public, by invitation only, or private. Each group has a shared photo and video pool, and a discussion board. Public sector organisations could use these groups for a number of purposes. They can encourage people to support the community and local services by posting pictures to:

  • stimulate and aid tourism in the local area by getting residents with pictures of local scenes, historic buildings or important facilities
  • support activities that will help the community, eg with pictures and videos of approaches to recycling
  • control the street scene with records of graffiti
  • build campaigns to raise awareness or change attitudes, eg with pictures of littering and its control, or residents using a park-and-ride facility.