My last substantive post was around May 9, 2007. On May 11, an event occurred that shocked a lot of people in the Las Vegas legal community. It was the sort of day that illustrates why government agencies must prepare for any communication crisis and demonstrates why disclosure is important, even [...]

I’m still pondering about how to make the Social Media News Release work for governmental and public affairs. It seems many of the journalists I meet still don’t get how to use an aggregator or don’t know much about IM. They understand media portals and really appreciate the links to relevant information. [...]

Government use of social media to reach out to consitutents appears to be very limited. So I’m encouraged that I might able to break some new ground as I look for examples of social networking in government. I’m looking for good examples of governments using blogs, podcasts and other social media to allow [...]

I’m in Phoenix this week at the 15th Conference of Court Public Information Officers to discuss trends in court communications. We are looking at the hottest trends in communications and discussing social media, public relations, public information and strategies for communicating the message of trial, appeals and supreme courts. Representatives have arrived from [...]