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		<title>The Signs, Read the Signs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another week I'll be on vacation and the week after that I'll be starting a new job. I am moving away from the limelight and the weekly news interviews into a position with fewer demands for media exposure and more needs for customer service, outreach and providing help to individuals struggling with Nevada's foreclosure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random Thoughts: The I Just Got Back From Reno, Again, Version</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: steakpinball I just returned from a day trip to northern Nevada to teach media relations to judges at the National Judicial College.  The participants are judges from various states taking college-level courses on ethics, courtroom procedures, and in my case, transparency and accountability. I joined up with Judge Steve Smith of Bryan, Texas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Proper Use of Social Media By Governments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heals of the Court PIO Conference in St. Paul, I was asked to help a number of courts explore the proper strategy for government use of social media channels. Of course, the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools depends on the strategy. An organization wishing to develop a relationship and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick, Make Your Vacation Plans!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little 'ol me has been tapped as a social media expert to sing the praises of using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and my other tools as a way for courts to reach out to audiences. I'll be in St. Paul, Minn the first week of August at the Conference of Court Public Information Officers meeting. I've [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Think I Learned More Than They Did: Media Issues for Ukrainian Press Secretaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from two days of intensive training at the National Judicial College in Reno where I served as the facilitator and instructor for a course on media relations, education and outreach for a group of court administrators, judges and press secretaries from Ukraine. I was actually working in the capacity as a faculty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CourtCamp: Social Media Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This presentation introduced social media tools to court public information officers this morning. I highlighted the use of certain tools, discussed the communication advantages some of the tools offer, encouraged the audience to think about strategy before implementing a tool and talked about specific tactics. The discussion eventually explored the use of Twitter and Facebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rose Colored Kool-Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned form a conference in Reno at the National Judicial College sponsored by The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media titled, "FYI, LOL or OMG? Technology's Impact on the Courts and Media."  The first day was sort of an overview of how courts are embracing technology and how that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologizing for Bad Behavior</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As media took their seats for last Wednesday's hearing for Mr. Simpson, a number of them brought in cell phone cameras and were snapping pictures inside the courtroom. A few also were using the phones to text out updates to their producers and editors. Cell phones in Nevada courts are not allowed during the court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Have a Media Judge?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of using a judicial officer to explain procedure and policy in the Clark County Courts has its roots in the Jeremy Strohmeyer murder case that culminated seven years ago. The cold-blooded nature of the crime, combined with the high profile appearance of defense attorney Leslie Abramson, who had just defended the Menendez brothers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Simpson&#8217;s Day In Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday morning I was late, at least later than the past two days and arrived right at 7 a.m. Already a line of journalists was forming on the steps leading into the south entrance of the Regional Justice Center. As soon as I arrived, Howard Stier a producer at Entertainment Tonight approached me with a [...]]]></description>
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