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When the FDA won the Internet (also, cicadas)

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actual engagement and sidebar conversations among commenters including, of course, the obligatory social media smart-a**es waiting to trip up any/everyone they possibly can. TONS of legit media coverage. What did you think of this social media play? having to warn people not to ingest disinfectant.

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PR and Social Media Measurement: A Bright Outlook

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Moving back to the industry’s desire to link business objectives to PR metrics brings us to social media evaluation. As the industry has started to embrace more credible and meaningful metrics, social media has presented many more challenges.

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How the Regina Police Service Uses Social Media

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Just one of the many interesting factoids our group was given when the Regina Police Service (RPS) sent its social media officer, Kaeli Madill, to talk to us about all things Twitter and Facebook. To keep the conversation going RPS hosts #WhatstheFineWednesday. How the Regina Police Service Uses Social Media.

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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

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Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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Extend the Life of Your Event with Post-Event Planning

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Hosting an event is just the beginning of its life-cycle. Tip: If you’re hosting a speaker, film their session and edit it down to quick, digestible takeaways post-event. If you’re hosting a meet-up, ask attendees to answer questions on-camera, and edit the montage together for distribution.

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How To Translate Your Company Purpose Into Slick Visual Branding

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Optimal customization comes with a custom self-hosted website, but creating (or commissioning) and maintaining a custom website is typically something for enterprise businesses with unique requirements. Using a hosted solution is much easier, far more common and often cheaper, but places limitations on what you can do with your design.

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Got Kred? When Andrew Grill Visited #measurePR

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guest hosts #measurePR? Some nuggets: Andrew gave us a quick overview of Kred Story, “a visual history of your social media influence” – and I will say, though I haven’t played with this very much, it does seem quite impressive. 2, 12-1 pm ET, when your favorite guest host, Jen will be back in action!

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