{"id":89,"date":"2012-04-24T20:11:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T19:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_sponsor&#038;p=89"},"modified":"2012-07-06T23:16:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T22:16:40","slug":"helpful-technology","status":"publish","type":"wcb_sponsor","link":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/sponsor\/helpful-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpfultechnology.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"HT Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.helpfultechnology.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/helpful\/images\/ht_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpfultechnology.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Helpful Technology<\/a> is a niche digital engagement agency, helping clients \u2013 often in central and local government \u2013 to use digital tools and techniques to work more effectively and save money.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s led by Steph Gray, former Head of Digital Communications at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, working with trusted associates from a range of niche PR and social media agencies. Steph has been working in digital and e-government for a decade, including roles at Ipsos MORI, top-ten digital agency Reading Room and client-side in central government at DIUS, BIS and COI.<\/p>\n<p>Helpful Technology offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>no-nonsense advice and strategies<\/strong>, based on a solid understanding of clients\u2019 goals and the context they work in<\/li>\n<li><strong>build and ongoing support for engagement-driven websites<\/strong>, with an eye on the user experience and an aim to work in sustainable ways with audiences and clients<\/li>\n<li><strong>training, coaching and mentoring<\/strong>\u00a0to people interested in doing this for themselves, helping to develop skills and confidence<\/li>\n<li><strong>our own\u00a0ready-to-go\u00a0platforms<\/strong>, designed to enable rapid digital innovation at modest cost \u2013 including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialsimulator.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Social Simulator<\/a>, a social media skills training environment; and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readandcomment.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read+Comment<\/a>, a hosted platform to gather comments on consultations and documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helpful Technology is a niche digital engagement agency, helping clients \u2013 often in central and local government \u2013 to use digital tools and techniques to work more effectively and save money. It\u2019s led by Steph Gray, former Head of Digital &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/sponsor\/helpful-technology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Helpful Technology<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_wcpt_sponsor_website":"","footnotes":""},"sponsor_level":[4035],"class_list":["post-89","wcb_sponsor","type-wcb_sponsor","status-publish","hentry","wcb_sponsor_level-bronze"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pheXfn-1r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_sponsor"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors\/89\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_sponsor_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edinburgh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor_level?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}