Knope of the Week winner Patrick Rollens is back for another installment of his “Broken Social Scene” column. This time he explains how to deal with the negative comments that citizens might post on your Facebook page. These sometimes snarky posts can pose real issues for local governments and Patrick has a plan for how … Continued
ELGL Contributor Patrick Rollens is back again to share another tip for local governments delving into social media or tying to expand and improve their social media impact. For a background check on Patrick read, 50 Nifty Patrick Rollens; take a look at the recap of his webinar, Social Media for Local Government; and read his last article, Buying … Continued
Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we hope … Continued
In order to make sure everyone who’s speaking is getting as much exposure as possible and so that ELGL members can reference conference speakers as they review them we’ve put together this handy list of twitter accounts or hastags to use tomorrow: Breakfast: Trending Topics in Local Government Law Jeremy James, Associate, Cosgrave Vergeer Kester: … Continued
Webinar: Managing Your Online Persona: Insights From Vizify Co-Founder/CEO Todd Silverstein Thursday, August 1 Noon Webinar – please register online Please join us for a webinar featuring Todd Silverstein, the co-founder and CEO of Vizify. Vizify is an interactive infographic site that summarizes and highlights “the best of you” online. Learn more about managing your online persona, … Continued
Twitter and Vizify recently partnered up to create a feature that Twitter is calling #FollowMe. Essentially Vizify takes the information from your Twitter account and makes a video showing your top tweets, some of the pictures you’ve posted, and the other Twitter accounts that you interact with the most. The feature is used to promote … Continued
I Vizify Myself So after hearing about the Portland based start-up company Vizify, I set out to do some investigating in order to inform our ELGL readers about this new social media option and digital resume platform. First, a little explanation about Vizify. Vizify stands for Visualizing, Realizing, and Clarifying. The goal of the organization is to … Continued
ELGL has recently been turned on to Vizify.com a Portland, Oregon based start up company that has created a platform where you can sync all your social media accounts and transform them into a digital resume. Here’s what they have to say about their program: “A visual representation of you. Present yourself to people Googling … Continued
Socialnomics 2012 – The importance of Social Media! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jhe657AoLs&w=560&h=315]
By Adam Silverman, USA TODAY BURLINGTON, Vt. – A resolution that the City Council in Burlington considered in April at first appeared to follow the traditional format of government measures. “WHEREAS,” the document begins in all capital letters. What came next offered a hint that this wasn’t a run-of-the-mill document — even though it was … Continued
