Here are the winners announced at last night's ceremony: Best new Liberal Democrat blog: The People’s Republic of MortimerBest use of blogging or social networking by a Liberal Democrat: Baroness Ros Scott’s campaign for party presidentThe Tim Garden Award (for the best blog by a Liberal Democrat holding public office): Peter Black AMBest non-Liberal Democrat politics blog (LDV re...

Here we go again. Lib Dem Voice announces this year's Awards.You have until the end of the month to nominate your favourite blogs in the following categories:Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st August 2007)Best blog from a Liberal Democrat holding public officeBest use of blogging or social networking by a Liberal DemocratBest posting on a Liberal Democrat blog (since 1st Septem...

I reported a week ago that the Welsh Assembly Government are putting together a social network and blogging policy for its employees to reflect the UK Civil Service guidelines entitled 'principles for participation on-line'. I now have more information. In an answer to a written question Rhodri Morgan tells me that 'the Social Networking and Blogging Policy is currently under develo...

Partidual Social Democrat is a leading political party in Romania. Its website provides information in Romanian about the aims, history and current activities of the party. It includes press releases, politcal manifestos, links to blogs and social networking websites run by party supporters . There is strong coverage of Roman politics and participation in recent Romanian elections.

Predicting which companies and software are going to prosper and which are going to fizzle and disappear is a notoriously unreliable business, but it certainly looks at the moment as if Facebook, Myspace and Bebo are pretty well entrenched as the major social networking sites not only in the UK but also in many other

Viviane Reding, member of the European Commission for Information Society and Media, has given a speech on Social Networking. It will be the first public statement of the Commissioner on this subject.

A group of party activists has launched the Social Liberal Forum to help set out a bold Liberal Democrat vision to tackle inequality in Britain. The SLF is a new progressive voice in the party that will focus on how the mainstream social liberal traditions of the party should be applied to the huge challenges

The last article I wrote conjoured up a utopian vision of Liberal Democrat e-campaigning. However, it might not be a realistic aim for individuals or groups who lack social media expertise, or time, to develop a fully fledged social media presence. How, then, should Liberal Democrats prioritise the different elements of social media? The first

I can easily see this happening! Click on the image for a full-sized view of this projected version of all that will remain of social networking sites after Jacqui "Jackboots" Smith and her comrades have done their worst…The comments at Old Holborn's site are also worth a look.

This is the speech made by Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media about "Social Networking in Europe: success and challenges", at the Safer Internet Forum in Luxembourg, on 26th September 2008.