The Rock Blog

Richard Jackson is a CF member from Herefordshire & runs the website for the University College London Conservative Society.

Do you know a CF member who does not use the internet? More than one person who is not on Facebook? In most cases the answers to these questions will be no. We are in the technology age and the main Party has risen to the challenge with a superb website, WebCameron and Facebook applications, plus many other tools.

The UCL Conservative Society has had a functioning website (www.uclconservatives.co.uk) now for over 5 years. Before Facebook 95% of society communication was done through the website – with a Facebook group this is now probably down at around 50%. A website is vital for us to share event information, provide contact details, and to recruit members. Every CF branch should have a website – I do wonder sometimes why they don’t!

When Michael started working with CFBranch to help branches setup websites it was an important first step to radically improving communication capabilities for branches.

Just over a year ago we launched a new website with a blog – I had hoped that it could be a ‘forum’ for the discussion of political issues in, or outside, of UCL. Alas this did not work out completely and now it has, more or less, reverted back to an information source. There is still debate and it does give us a channel through to attack the left wing groups at the University.

The website has been a great tool for us and, if you run a branch make sure you get one setup. It is an amazing way to communicate ideas and news cheaply and easily!

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