1515vcs: July 2012

10 July 2012

#1515vcs...june 2012...week 4 and a bit

View the story "#1515vcs...june 2012...week 4 and a bit" on Storify#1515vcs...june 2012...week 4 and a bitOur tweets 22-30 JuneStorified by · Tue, Jul 10 2012 14:55:3622 June
#1515vcs Reflecting on good progress this week on #btr11 #RSAelections #webmgrs and very happy for new work with @T_I_H_R @Leadership2020Roxanne Persaud#1515vcs (oops) handover of keeping-an-eye-on the temperature of the server room while Linda on hols nxt wk. excitingstephanie cole25 June
#1515vcs - bored waiting for parcel farce to arrive to make a collection in a convenient 2 hour slotJohn Wilson#1515vcs Excited by developing a new product with @louisebrown earlier. now back @lselibrary writing #btr11 evaluation paper for @3sectorrcRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs debating with @NottinghamCVS and @FundingFairy what to call our State of the Sector report. Think we've got it!Ferg Slade#1515vcs putting finishing touches to a 'Social Media & Web Tools' workshop for Community Lincs & @floewerby in Sleaford tomorrow #item3Paul Webster#1515vcs X= no. of meetings where people want an update on Y, where Y= list of things haven't been able to do due to X. Thus X+Y= headache.Mike Wild@eseesea have a great time! #1515vcs pics will be worth seeing. :)Jo Dean#1515vcs meeting group wanting to set up members saving scheme for body repatriration to Africa...they need to do more research!!stephanie cole26 June
About to go into a meeting but at #1515vcs I will probably be thinking of @yaspproject malteser cakes. Genius indeed.Mike Wild#1515vcs sharing CV building tips and tools with volunteers who are looking for work (actually managed it at 1515 today!)Emma Corrigan#1515vcs Looking at the positive side of #oversharing. Some think it feels like sex! http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/over-sharing-on-social-media-is-just-like-sex-experts-say/ via @DigitalTrendsRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs Just completing newsletter - it's jam-packed! Got great article on Friends of Northumberland Square @FriendsofNS Deadline looms!North Tyneside VODA#1515vcs trying to make mailchimp connect to an RSS feed properly #fail also waiting for parcel farce AGAIN!John WilsonGreat time at #item3 #tlilincs workshop. #1515vcs was talking Eventbrite (I think!) lots of happy people @BriteUKPaul Webster#1515vcs preparing resources for networking session tomorrow with @_CDX_ - around 30 folk from Dudley and Sandwell expectedLorna Prescotthooray! :) RT @watfordgap: Great time at #item3 #tlilincs workshop. #1515vcs was talking Eventbrite (I think!) lots of happy people @BriteUKEventbrite UK#1515vcs packing up after June community group surgery session...very quiet :-( but at least me & Louise got some planning time in :-)stephanie cole#1515VCS was delayed today due to school Governor duties: it has therefor been shifted to 2115 when children are in bedrichard caulfield27 June
#1515vcs "working not talking" fundraising meeting for @leadership2020 http://pic.twitter.com/HcbZppuNRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs sending ranty email to CC about pub ben guidance consultation format: on screen only - no reading on bus or making notes, stupidstephanie cole#1515vcs recovering from a 3 hour tele conferanceJohn Wilson#1515vcs chopping and changing existing web content to make it punchier and - hopefully - more useful for people, we'll seeLouise BrownToday #1515vcs. Talking about Twitter with @gedlingcvs and why @Ferg_slade and @ncvsjo are good to follow! #item3Paul Webster#1515vcs was catch up w fantastic @T3SC development manager @naomibsampson . Glad she is back in Tameside full time from next week!Tony Okotie28 June
#1515vcs Talking to @CommonPurpose abt venture w/ Chinese leaders to collaborate, innovate & tackle sustainable cities http://ow.ly/bSXMiRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs chatting to one of vols about his role & changing his day (feels like another life after our deluge this afternoon)stephanie cole29 June
#1515vcs At #media2012wm learning about making simple apps. (Not actually working today, but obviously will take my learning back to work)Lorna Prescott@dosticen When you know how to build an app, pls pass it on! Is this yr #1515vcs tweet fr 2day?RAWM@_rawm Yes to it being my #1515vcs tweet for today :)Lorna Prescott#1515vcs juggling between Mailchimp and Survey Monkey for some #tlilincs follow upPaul Webster#1515vcs Catchup with folks from City Council's Third Sector Team. Already making use of Value of Infrastructure training I did yesterday.Mike Wild#1515vcs booked a place at an unconference in Doncaster next week. Thanks @keneastwood for the heads up!Carolyn Ellis

#1515vcs...june 2012...week 3

View the story "#1515vcs...june 2012...week 3" on Storify#1515vcs...june 2012...week 3Our tweets 15-21 JuneStorified by · Tue, Jul 10 2012 14:46:0015 June
#1515vcs editing and planning more community journalism films as part of @DerbyEye work #citizenseyederbySimon Hancox#1515vcs seriously sorting out @FailureConsult products with @network2012Roxanne PersaudTea and blueberry muffin whilst tracking and saving all the press coverage @treetopshospice has had this week. #1515vcs http://pic.twitter.com/RzG8s3DjLizzie Banks#1515vcs Not at work today, in coffee shop catching up on reading blogs, feeling v happy that @VCSLearning has offered to help at #dudleysmsLorna Prescott#1515vcs emailing a member about registering as a charity and arranging to meet up (and waiting for #Olympictorch to run under our office!)stephanie cole#1515vcs following-up numerous opportunities for social media support, new and ongoing, voluntary and public sectors. Good times.VCSLearningSolutions#1515vcs Excellent meeting just now with @westbrompaul - bodes well for future joint working with @sandwellcouncil - plenty to chew over!Nick Drew#1515vcs into my third consecutive hour of Friday afternoon meetings (Meetings are nattering with added note-taking)Jo Dean#1515vcs trying to gather together thoughts on networking, community, tribes and where it is all going. I may need to write something.Emma Lees#1515vcs talking about hashtags like umm #1515vcs with @ComActMK tenants groupsPaul Webster#1515vcs watching some great sessions delivered by our current CTLLS group including @HACVSFundDev and @TcaInfoJohn Wilson18 June
#1515vcs Counting the number of old, young, in between, male, female etc people we've talked to for our East Coseley #biglocal visionsCDX#1515vcs uploading events onto our websiteCarolyn Ellis#1515vcs Counting the number of older people, young people, in between, men, women etc involved in East Coseley #biglocal activity to dateLorna Prescott#1515vcs still trying to reduce the size of my inbox #fail I really don't care that the copier is broken! etc etcJohn Wilson#1515vcs is all about being honest ... so today its watching a Youtube clip of a "Dog on a Skateboard"! Its for a vol sec workshop! :)Paul Webster#1515vcs working on state of sector survey. Someone said they're playing the 'funding hokey cokey' at times. That could end up the titleFerg Slade@watfordgap re your #1515vcs - a likely story :-)VA Barnsley#1515vcs oh dear, some of these supervision notes are months overdue. #behindonthepaperworkagainJo DeanSat with a designer, going over the final (?) changes to an information pack about Treetops Hospice. #1515vcsLizzie Banks#1515vcs finishing a meeting with a investment advisor.....a new one for me, but an interesting meeting?Tony Okotie#1515vcs discussing points about culture change from the workshop at #CORE2012 with Macc Management Team. Blimey, I cascaded some learning!Mike Wild19 June
#1515vcs Taking a break from scheduling tweets, supporting #FRSA to get digital & thinking about impact evaluation for community organisersRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs reading someone else's publicity that gets the organisation's own name wrong repeatedly. Two different ways of wrong #whatsinaname?Jo Dean#1515VCS chairing NW European Cooperation Group: wish I understood more: but conclude JEREMY is a disaster!richard caulfield#1515vcs - once again killing a few trees ready for tomorrows PQASSO courseJohn Wilson#1515vcs talking to a group about incorporation...the third one today...what's going on?!stephanie cole#1515vcs talking to @snvb_snorthants about use of QR codes on flyers to promote volunteeringPaul Webster#1515vcs meeting with branding agency http://countryscape.org/ who are helping us with branding and positioning for CVAT and @tameside4goodTony Okotie#1515vcs I'm fairly sure I was talking @_CDX_ stuff with @SuzieG24 - musing about our starfish meetings and online networkingLorna Prescott20 June
#1515vcs Discussing the use of social media in programme evaluation, social research and dissemination with the good folk @T_I_H_RRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs getting ready to visit to Durham tomorrow for another @_cdx_ #starfish event.Emma Lees#1515vcs on a train writing a piece on govt policy and local voluntary action. Likely to be controversial.Bernard Collier#1515vcs chairing a telephone conference call...with 10 people on the line. It started at 2...and won't finish until 4. Long agenda!Tony Okotie#1515vcs took a personal 5 minutes join team #Nottingham on @kiva. Thanks to @johnwithbeard for sharing the link http://www.kiva.org/team/nottinghamshire/membersJo Dean#1515vcs At Coseley Intergenerational Cafe organised by amazing PCSOs Cheryl and Chris. Talking #biglocal £1million http://pic.twitter.com/gqzq4DH2Lorna Prescott21 June
#1515vcs listening to Stacey talking about volunteering role at @nottscreditunio http://www.nottinghamcu.co.uk/content.asp?ContentId=681Jo Dean#1515vcs Talking MASH (Managing Assets and Services Holistically), whole systems, appreciative interviews and trying to plan an event.Lorna Prescott#1515vcs in a vain attempt to keep everything on track I am trying out a desktop todo list http://www.dextronet.com/to-do-desklist (Just playing really)John Wilson#1515vcs engaged in some lively debate on CD at the @_CDX_ starfish event in Durham.Emma Lees#1515vcs chatting to Carrie at @NTynesideVODA about working together on a few things…really positive meeting!stephanie cole

#1515vcs...june 2012...week 2

View the story "#1515vcs...june 2012...week 2" on Storify#1515vcs...june 2012...week 2Our tweets 8-14 JuneStorified by · Tue, Jul 10 2012 14:32:538 June
#1515vcs Reflecting on chat with @straytweets about past, present and future of Web management & sending warm vibes to @mariairurita :-)Roxanne Persaud#1515vcs Looking at the task list from our last Managers' Meeting, and crying a little bit. It's gonna be a busy month :-)Nick Drew#1515vcs helping a local group to design an invitation for their photographic exhibitionCarolyn Ellis#1515vcs working on the idiot sheet for how to use http://www.wytrainingshop.org.ukJohn Wilson#1515vcs is it nearly bedtime yet?Jo Dean9-10 June
11 June
#1515vcs still working in attempt to find a football free zoneJohn Wilson#1515vcs Involved in 'gangs & youth violence' agenda at the mo. Seems to be an assumption that it stops the day after your 25th birthday...Mike Wild#1515vcs Was finishing up/following up from a meeting of @NHSDudleyPH Alcohol Small Grants panel - I'm a new member, great projects fundedLorna Prescott#1515vcs talking to @inclusionlondon about social media planning @lasaictPaul Webster12 June
#1515vcs Doing investigations for @amyburnage into #btr11 site traffic for an evaluation of @3sectorrc's recent social media initiativeRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs Putting finishing touches to a presentation as part of a ILM Leadership in Action course in Penrith tomorrowVCSLearningSolutions#1515vcs Compiling newsletter; writing about the launch of our new project linking community groups with local businesses. Good stuff!North Tyneside VODA#1515vcs wandering around East Coseley #biglocal area letting local traders know about the £1million http://pic.twitter.com/UeYYO3phLorna Prescott#1515vcs redoing all the work I did at the weekend after the death of a server at our hosting company. The joy of delivering E LearningJohn Wilson#1515vcs Putting information together to promote our big event on 10 AugustCarolyn Ellis#1515vcs Thinking the definition of manager is the abilty to taek other peoples ideas and make them your own. Or not...!Pamela Ball #1515vcs will be working late tonight, so I've snuck out for an emergency haircut. flexible working a huge bonus of my job. works both ways.Jo Dean#1515vcs writing the monthly management report (worked with 63 orgs in May; email bulletin circ 1,713; training down). Back from hols toostephanie cole@NTynesideVODA welcome to #1515vcs! The tweets are storified weekly (ish!) & added to the #1515vcs blog at http://bit.ly/GYBvgvstephanie cole#1515vcs Updating the marathon page on our website: http://www.treetopshospice.org.uk/fundraising/run-for-treetops-hospice/Lizzie Banks13 June
#1515vcs queuing for entrance to Parliament... Just in front of a dozen guide dog owners, wonder if they're going to #APPGCS tooRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs looking up and reading @_cdx_ past mags/documents ready for sorting out this years AGM (date and time TBC later).Emma Lees#1515vcs trying to find the leads to charge the flip cameras for Friday training - unlike last time oops #failJohn Wilson#1515vcs Planning a research project with Steve Iafrati from @wlv_uni looking at @TessyBritton's work http://edgeryders.ppa.coe.int/reactivating-democratic-institutions/mission_case/creative-collaborative-paradigm cc @davidwilcoxLorna Prescott#1515vcs looking at graphic design quotes in order to refresh and revamp our stock leafletsCarolyn Ellis@dosticen I applied @TessyBritton creative/collaborative paradigm analysis to @theRSAorg http://bit.ly/L2r5x1 #1515vcsDavid Wilcox#1515vcs hot footing it to a meeting about supporting community buildings at @iloveouseburn (inc excellent chat about hip hop)stephanie cole14 June
#1515vcs In Cafe Grande, storifying Dudley CCG's public event tweets and pics before I dash off to observe an appreciative interview :)Lorna Prescott#1515vcs Just returned from Digital Switchover event letting groups and organisations know how to help people retune http://www.voda.org.uk/cms/digital-outreachNorth Tyneside VODA#1515vcs seeing twitter through @joturton's eyesRoxanne Persaud#1515vcs in future proof course (3 of 5) on measuring impact and demonstrating performance. It was very good, got me thinkingstephanie cole#1515vcs still working on the website http://www.wytrainnigshop.ork.uk. next job write some destructions for training providers using it 8-)John Wilson#1515vcs (delayed) setting up a new twitter account for a local community radio DJ at #mediacitysmsPaul Webster

#1515vcs...june 2012...week 1

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what's #1515vcs all about?

#1515vcs is a way for people working in the voluntary and community sector to share the amazing work we do.

what #1515vcs means

At around 3.15pm on working days, people in the voluntary and community sector who use twitter send a tweet which includes the #1515vcs hashtag. The tweet simply shares what the person is (or was) doing at 3.15pm (no matter how mundane). It offers a snapshot of work in our sector.

A few early adopters are also cake lovers, so you'll also see references to #1515cake occasionally!

how to join #1515vcs

Simply send a tweet around or soon after 3.15pm saying what you're up to and include #1515vcs in the tweet. @dosticen relies on calendar reminders, use whatever works for you. If you follow the hashtag or check out the Storified collections on this site you might find some great new contacts to connect with on twitter and beyond.

how #1515vcs started

In November 2011, @eseesea (Stephanie Cole), @watfordgap (Paul Webster), @NCVSJo (Jo Dean), @lizzie_banks (Lizzie Banks) and @dosticen (Lorna Prescott) started using #1515vcs to talk about our work. And it grew from there with more and more voluntary and community sector people using #1515vcs every day.

It was stolen from @loulouk (Louise Kidney) who had the wonderful idea of #1515gov, which is basically the same but for people working in local government. If you want to learn a bit more about the inspiration for #1515vcs, read Louise's blog.