Social media in [railway] campaigning

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Social media in [railway] campaigning - notes for a talk

« on: October 27, 2019, 13:04:10 »

From yesterday -- here -- the notes that accompanied the talk I gave up in Birmingham. Aimed at the RailFuture audience, but shared here as it may contain some elements of interest to Coffee Shop and the readers.

Fascinating reminder of how risky it is to use live social media resources during a presentation, when my Twitter feed came up with some fruity words which perhaps I just gloss over on social media, but sure as heck surprised the audience.


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