Do you experience “Twitter mania” or have withdrawal symptoms when you’re not tweeting? So many social media users appear to be as addicted to Twitter as to their daily dose of java. However, do you know Twitter best practices? Have any of your followers “flown the coop”? What are your best practices on Twitter andRead… Read more »
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Ask GSA Your Question: GSA and GovLoop Hosting Twitter Townhall with Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini
On Friday, April 5, at 10:30am ET, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini (@DanGSA) will participate in a Twitter Townhall (#GSALive) in partnership with GovLoop, the knowledge network for government. He will answer questions about his first year at GSA and where the agency is going in the future. Dan alsoRead… Read more »
Through the Grapevine or Twitter?: The Selection of Pope Francis and the Age of Social Media
I bought a newspaper today. I can’t remember the last time I did since I acquire all of my news on the internet. If I had a smartphone, I’m sure I’d be even more up to date, being constantly attached to a plethora of information. But today I picked up a copy of the NewRead… Read more »
Google + and Facebook and Twitter–Oh My! How to Use Social Media in a Disaster
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Do you know the best ways to integrate social media into your disaster recovery communications plan? In today’s world of growing reliance on social media, communicators can’t afford not to. Join Sandy Levine, president of Advice Unlimited, for a session that will teach you what you needRead… Read more »
Special Canberra Gov 2.0 lunchtime event with Twitter next Tuesday
Several of Twitter’s US staff are in Australia next week and Pia has managed to lasso them into providing a special presentation to Canberra’s Gov 2.0 community. If you’re in Canberra on Tuesday 12 March, I strongly recommend that you head along to this special Gov 2.0 lunchtime event – just make sure you RSVPRead… Read more »
Apple has been Hacked, Twitter Goes Public Secretly, HTC One vs. HD, and more…
By Marcus Williams Today’s Cyber News We Are Tracking: Apple has become one of the top Fortune 500 companies in the US to be hacked. Twitter is thinking about going public secretly. Smartphone and tablet maker HTC has introduced their newest phone called HTC One. Another Fortune 500 Company has been Hacked Apple has becomeRead… Read more »
Infographic: The top government Twitter accounts in Australia
In January 2013 I found that the total tweets by all government agencies and councils in Australia I track had exceeded one million. As a reflection of that achievement I’ve worked through the data I have on the use of Twitter by government agencies and councils in Australia to produce the following infographic (scroll forRead… Read more »
Government, Take Notice: Google+ Overtakes Twitter as 2nd Most Used Social Media
Google+ has gotten a reputation for being a barren wasteland devoid of active users, but according to a new GlobalWebIndex report, Google+ has overtaken Twitter as the 2nd most used social media platform in the world after Facebook. This was a big shock to me, so I did some exploring. When you look into theRead… Read more »
USA Networks on Twitter is a Case Study in How Big Organizations Should Engage Average Stakeholders
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Over the weekend, I watched a USA Networks made-for-TV movie called Over/Under. It was terrible. Don’t get me wrong, I love the programming on USA. My two favorites right now are probably Suits and White Collar, but I have watched most of what they’ve put on the air in theRead… Read more »
Key IT Standards Organizations on Twitter
By BobGourley “The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from” teaches Andrew S. Tanebaum in his classic text on Computer Networks. Technologists have a love-hate relationship with IT standards. Without them we get no interoperability, no real meaningful teamwork or collaboration, no communication and just about no enterprise-grade technologyRead… Read more »