Social Media Strategery

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How a New Communications Graduate Can Stand Out

Social Media Strategery

Rather than taking five bullets to tell me that you wrote press releases, managed social media sites, created media guides, and pitched media, tell me a story. How many press releases did you write? Get on Twitter and share your thoughts on the latest PR crisis. Follow them on Twitter. Can you link to them?

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More Than Words: How to Really Redefine the Term “Public Relations”

Social Media Strategery

Their current definition of PR – “ public relations helps an organization and its publics adapt mutually to each other ” was last updated in 1982, before Twitter, before Facebook, hell, even before you had a computer at your desk. Technology has changed a lot over the last 30 years.

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The “New Media Director” Position is Just a Means to an End

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Job Summary: Oversee the development and implementation of a new media strategy; respond to public information inquires via new media outlets; serve as an agency liaison for new media relations; electronically manage the marketing of agency press releases; responds to various important agency and departmental priorities and events; coordinate video (..)

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Social Media Done Right Means No More “Social Media” Experts

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Seeing as I’m part of a 500+ person team of strategic communications professionals here, my goal was not to create one smaller team of geeks who blog and Tweet all day, but to get all 500+ people on the team to know, understand, and use social media just as they know, understand, and use press releases, email pitches, and town hall meetings.

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

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is about more than wikis, open data , Twitter , Web 2.0, Sure, social media can help facilitate this transformation, but starting a blog or Twitter account is by no means a prerequisite. And big snaps on encouraging folks to move away from unnecessary PDFs (like press releases that folks want to remain “pretty.&#

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What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall?

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" Or Facebook…or Twitter – you name it. Despite the newsletter articles, blog posts, press releases, and conference presentations, many "communities" are nothing more than a new version of the same old Intranet, only with shinier tools.

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Social Media Isn't Always the Answer

Social Media Strategery

I love logging into Twitter and seeing so many different conversations centered around Government 2.0. Folks tend to think that everyone has to have a Facebook or a Twitter page to exist and that federal agencies are competing to be the first to be the ones who did something. Our mission is complex and oft misunderstood.

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