Busy Busy

I’ve had a pretty busy week as I had to do an extra day and a half at Propeller this week, in addition to my normal three days. It was all in a good cause though as we seem to be on a bit of a roll in terms of attracting new business. Hopefully, this week’s pitches and meetings will prove as successful as other recent ones although of course the extra hours take time away from working on the dissertation. It looks like next week will be similarly busy so I can assume a load of fun evenings playing catch up are on the horizon.

Anyway, I did get some marks back from the optional modules I took in semester two, at last. No complaints overall and I’m still on track for a distinction, provided I do a good job on this research. Speaking of which, a couple of completed questionnaires have landed on the doormat. I’ve also been to see Sean Saunders who heads the Methodist Circuit in Hackney. He’s getting his Ministers and some young people to take part. Gary Francis at HCVS should also have some questionnaires for me by Tuesday.

I’ve also had a call from Chris Kennedy, who’s a Councillor. He should be sending his completed questionnaire some time this week. And finally, Sally Scott from the Hackney Gazette has also sent me a completed questionnaire. Wow! A journalist has answered.

I’m kind of hoping that the weather will be as bad tomorrow as it has been today. That will give me a good excuse to start looking through the data I’ve collected so far as well as finalising a product outline for a new online PR service that I’m working on for Propeller. I’m sure Clare will love me for it.

The Tenth Politician

A quick visit to Hackney Town Hall this morning to pick up the questionnaires left by Councillor Desmond. Luckily there was no repeat of the saga with Coucillor Siddiqui’s questionnaire of a few weeks ago so today’s collection was problem free. I’ve now got ten questionnaires filled in by Councillors which means I’m still short of my 25 per cent target but I think I will just have to work with what I’ve got (plus the answers coming from Speaker Khan)

I’ve also forwarded the youth questionnaire to Gary Francis at HCVS so we’ll see how that all goes.

The rather exciting period of sorting through all the data and adding up the results is approaching. That’s when all this will actually start to get interesting as the information I’ve collected starts to throw up some patterns of thought (or maybe not) on different stakeholders perceptions on the potential of new media as an effective channel for political communications.

HCVS Help

I forgot to mention the other day that Linda Smith did not ignore my correspondence but actually sent back some very useful comments which pretty much answered all of my questions regarding her thoughts on the potential of new media in political communication. I’ve also had a couple more questionnaires back from Team Hackney members and an offer of some extra help from the Hackney Council for Voluntary Service who might be able to get me in touch with more people to speak to. Obviously I’ve told them that all help is welcome so we’ll see where that leads.