A presentation given at Local by Social Midlands to show how Flickr works and how it can be harnessed for civic good.

1. Case study:
Flickr meet at Walsall Council House
Dan Slee
Walsall Council
If a picture tells 1,000 words use
Flickr to give yourself a voice...
Dan Slee, Walsall Council.
Local by Social, Coventry, November 2010.

2. What is Flickr?

3. What is Flickr?
It’s social

4. What is Flickr?
It’s social
It has 4 billion
images

5. What is Flickr NOT?

6. What is Flickr NOT?
A place for
camera snobs

7. What is Flickr NOT?
A place for
camera snobs
(Although there MAY be a group
for them somewhere.)

8. You don’t have to be a photographer
to enjoy pictures

9. They’re just good..

10. How does Flickr work?

12. (That’s my profile, that is.)

13. How does Flickr work?

14. How does Flickr work?

15. How does Flickr work?

17. Case study 1:
Walsall Town Hall Flickr meet

19. We invited the Walsall Flickr group...

20. Stained glass
window by Lee
Jordan

21. Stained glass
window by Lee
Jordan
They took some great pictures...

22. Council chamber Steph Jennings

24. 8 photographers
99 images 1,000 views
Walsall people taking pictures of
Walsall places…
Spin off ideas…

25. Case study 2:
Flickr header

26. What is Flickr?

27. Case study 2:
Flickr header

28. We asked people to add the tag
‘walsallweb’
We go 430 tags in two days

29. Case study 2:
Flickr header

30. Case study 2:
Flickr header
This was one of the Flickr headers...

31. Case study 3:
Caldmore Village Festival

32. Case study 3:
Caldmore Village Festival
We suggested the Walsall Flickr
group become accredited
photographers

33. Case study 3:
Caldmore Village Festival
Caldmore Village
Festival by
Stuart Williams

34. Case study 3:
Caldmore Village Festival
Police officer by Swissrolli

35. Case study 3:
Caldmore Village Festival

36. Case study 4:
Newman Brothers Coffinworks

38. AWM cut funding
Birmingham City
Council £150,000

39. What is Flickr? Flickr
•Social
•Anyone can take
part
•Free
•Helps paint a
picture

40. What would
yours look like?
What would yours
look like?

41. What would
yours look like?
What would yours
look like?
Invite your local Flickr group along...

42. What would
yours look like?
What would yours
look like?
Invite your local Flickr group along...
Take some
pictures
yourself!

43. What would
yours look like?
What would yours
look like?
Invite your local Flickr group along...
Take some
pictures
yourself!
Stage your own
photo competition

44. What would
yours look like?
What would yours
look like?
Invite your local Flickr group along...
Take some
pictures
yourself!
Stage your own
photo competition
Put on your own
exhibition!

45. What would
yours look like?
What would yours
look like?
Invite your local Flickr group along...
Take some
pictures
yourself!
Stage your own
photo competition
Put on your own
exhibition!
Send the best to the local paper...

46. Contact:
Email: sleed@walsall.gov.uk
Twitter: @danslee
Blog: www.danslee.wordpress.com

47. Picture credits:
Deckchairs CC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danieldslee/5009933622/in/set-
72157622063600853/
Social CC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isayx3/3748835100/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Autumn CC:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fourseasonsgarden/sets/72157607885506404/
?page=2
Stained glass window (c) Lee Jordan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leejordan/4023318530/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Council chamber (c) Steph Jennings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/essitam/4019279677/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Police officer (C) Swissrolli
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swissrolli/4673534659/in/pool-caldmorefestival