So President Obama doesn’t Twitter? Does that come as a big surprise? He made the announcement to a group of Chinese students this week in Shanghai that he never used Twitter. This sent the Twitter Trends on a rampage and people were upset, shocked and in disbelief: @meredithwrogers “Obama probably shouldn’t have let it be [...]
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Shocked, I Tell You! Shocked!
Posted on Nov 19 , 2009 in Communication & Government Social Media & Reputation & Social Media & Spin This! & Transparency
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Random Thoughts: The I Just Got Back From Reno, Again, Version
Posted on Oct 09 , 2009 in Communication & Courts & Government Social Media & Law & Social Media & Speaker
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, [...]
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The Proper Use of Social Media By Governments
Posted on Aug 20 , 2009 in Courts & Government Social Media & PR Education
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 [...]