Examples

Business Secretary’s speech to #EEF2016

Ministerial speeches are pretty dry, and the presentation on GOV.UK isn’t the most engaging. Here’s a nice example of using … Read more » – Business Secretary’s speech to #EEF2016

Which? Conversation: Is switching painful or painless for you?

Nice example of digital outreach: a little post ‘by the minister’, on a third party side, written in clear language, … Read more » – Which? Conversation: Is switching painful or painless for you?

Future of cities

A lovely use of a blog format for a team to share images and thinking around an interesting policy issue: … Read more » – Future of cities

Digital Fortnight 2014: unlock your digital potential

What does skills and awareness raising about social media and digital look like? Here’s a neat use of a Pinterest … Read more » – Digital Fortnight 2014: unlock your digital potential

Sharing Economy Review

Nice use of a free blogging platform, WordPress.com, to host an independent review supported by government: This is the home … Read more » – Sharing Economy Review

We are #BuildingBritain

Nice use of Tumblr, a flexible blogging platform, to showcase teams and businesses around the UK who are physically ‘building … Read more » – We are #BuildingBritain

The Consumer Rights Bill | Improving Consumer Law

This is a fantastic example of online consultation around a policy with wide public interest – the rights of consumers … Read more » – The Consumer Rights Bill | Improving Consumer Law

Science, research and innovation news | Scoop.it

A neat use of the social curation tool Scoop.it by a press office team: the BIS Science & Innovation desk … Read more » – Science, research and innovation news | Scoop.it

Growth news – BIS

BIS has been using lightweight social tools including Storify and Tripline to create engaging round-ups of its work in the … Read more » – Growth news – BIS

Comment on our draft Vision & Objectives – Science & Society

A multi-phase exercise, the team at BIS working on public engagement with science have put up their new vision and … Read more » – Comment on our draft Vision & Objectives – Science & Society

Consultation on the supply of goods, services and digital content: BIS

BIS has developed a consultation on reforms to consumer rights which takes the full document and creates more accessible, shorter … Read more » – Consultation on the supply of goods, services and digital content: BIS

BIS Digital Day

The Digital Communications team at the Department for Business ran a ‘digital day’ within the organisation to help raise the … Read more » – BIS Digital Day

New investment for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port: BIS

The Department for Business took a ‘live news blog’ approach to a major industrial announcement, combining text with video interviews, … Read more » – New investment for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port: BIS

Trade visit to Turkey on Storify: BIS

A nice use of the curation tool Storify to record a minister’s trade visit to Turkey, in tweets, images and … Read more » – Trade visit to Turkey on Storify: BIS

Audioboo: Francis Maude on procurement

The Department for Business recorded an Audioboo podcast with Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude on the event he had just … Read more » – Audioboo: Francis Maude on procurement

Focus on Enforcement

The Better Regulation Executive (part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), created a site for people to report … Read more » – Focus on Enforcement

Ask Lord Browne – The Student Room

When he launched his review of student finance in England, Lord Browne took part in a live Q&A on The … Read more » – Ask Lord Browne – The Student Room

Credit and store card consultation (BIS)

The credit and store card consultation [archived] was about raising awareness as well as seeking new ideas from stakeholders and … Read more » – Credit and store card consultation (BIS)