Few people recognized how a simple ❤️ being sent via pager in the early 90s could take ? ? ? communication like??????. But that is exactly what happen when Docomo, a pager company that was hugely popular with kids in Japan, invented a small 12×12 pixel icon that could be sent to any of its devices. Sending … Continued
Liz Aberg, Business Support Specialist for the State of Oregon, has tips for managing your social media and increasing your engagement. Along with a full-time job, Liz is a graduate student at Quinnipiac University, Master of Science (M.S.). She has prior experience as a writer for the Federal Mirror Way and Roseville Press Tribune. Why highly regulated industries should embrace social … Continued
In our continuing partnership with Governing, Bridget Doyle, City of Sterling Heights, MI, contributes a column on building a relationship between local government and the media. How Local Government Can Navigate a Disrupted Media Landscape One of the most important challenges for local governments is to find ways to effectively share and communicate news and … Continued
Kim Newcomer highlights the debate on whether to outsource your communications department. She has experience on both sides from her time at the City of Fort Collins, CO and from Slate Communications. We don’t have the resources to hire staff. Council doesn’t support increasing man power. To demonstrate we’re fiscally responsible, our budget does not include … Continued
Kim Ervin, LinkedIn and Twitter, is a Senior Social Media Strategist for Pyramid Communications.
Chris Floore (LinkedIn and Twitter) serves as Assistant to the County Manager for the consolidated Macon-Bibb County local government.
Kim Newcomer, Slate Communications, provides substance to the trendy, but often hollow, suggestion that local government needs to tell a better story. Friends, I have some bad news. Ninety-eight percent* of the world thinks our work is boring. Snooze-worthy. The equivalent of a warm glass of milk before bedtime. I’m sorry to be the one to … Continued
How ELGL unknowingly hosted a civic social media conference on Friday. KCMO Social Media Manager Mark Van Baale lit up the Twitter Bat Signal Friday when he shared a pet peeve that many of us who work, play and lurk online see far too often.
Kim Ervin, Pyramid Communications Senior Social Media Strategist, provides a monthly column on digital storytelling. Live Streaming Local Government
Kim Newcomer, Slate Communications, provides substance to the trendy, but often hollow, suggestion that local government needs to tell a better story.
