July 24, 2013
Right then, time to get this Social Media Surgery looking like a holiday activity club.

We’re meeting in August at the Black Country Arms on Wednesday 14th, at about half six. We’re not running a traditional surgery, although advice and help will be on tap as usual, but we will be chilling out, sampling the fine range of ales and other beverages available, and having a bit of a relax. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andrew Clayton
July 19, 2013
Just a quick note really, to remind anyone who fancies it to pop along from half nine tomorrow and join in with Walsall Social Media Surgery. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andrew Clayton
June 24, 2013
Wednesday night is the next Walsall Social Media Surgery. Please consider coming along, or if you can’t come but know someone who should, share the link, or this post, or just download and print off the poster linked below and stick it to their forehead.

We’ll be in The White Lion, and everybody’s welcome.
Walsall SMS June 2013 poster
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Posted by Andrew Clayton
May 28, 2013
With the recent Social Media Surgery at the Black Country Arms, we met more people, drank beer, talked tech and generally assisted people who want to improve their skills and knowledge. I’m very grateful to fellow surgeons Dan Slee and Jimm Rennie for their sterling work.
It’s no great secret I love this activity – helping other people more or less to help themselves to the social media tools they need for their voluntary org, non profit, or their personal online activity.
So, coming up: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andrew Clayton
May 19, 2013
Surprisingly, this isn’t a post about jobs or even employment in the wider sense. It’s about volunteering and managing events. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andrew Clayton
April 12, 2013
At a couple of the events I’ve been to where Dan Slee has been allowed to have the floor for even a minute, he’s deployed and espoused a philosophy of “Sharing the Sweets” which I think is astounding in its simplicity.
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Posted by Andrew Clayton
September 30, 2012
A number of rather good things are in the offing. I am quite excited about many of them, and thought rather than write individual posts to be published over the next few days I’d share them all in brief and save the detail for later. Read the rest of this entry »
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