Over the years, I volunteered with political action committees, public interest research groups, and state election campaigns. Women marching in London in 1911. MORE

The social network announced a collaboration with the International Olympic Committee , the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, more than 20 official broadcasters and the national Olympic committees of several countries, under which more videos and other interactive content will appear on Facebook and Instagram. The IOC, Rio 2016 and several national Olympic committees are sharing interactive content celebrating the Games. MORE

Earlier this month, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee revealed the matchups for its semifinal games New Year’s Eve, and those teams shared their reactions on Twitter. CFBPlayoff Selection Day: Playoff Bracket pic.twitter.com/cmCyye63vk. — CFBPlayoff (@CFBPlayoff) December 4, 2016. David Herman , who works on sports partnerships for Twitter, shared the tweets below from the four teams that will compete in the semifinals–No. 1 University of Alabama versus No. MORE

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In advance of a joint meeting of the city council’s Neighborhoods and City Services Committee and the Public Safety Committee to deliberate on communication #7 from the May 10 agenda , the Newburyport Energy Advisory Committee shares the following summary with background and criteria: Over the past year the EAC has developed the first phase of what we expect will be a multi phase effort to reduce energy consumption by the city’s street lights, and to reduce the cost of this service. MORE

Facebook defines ads that contain political content as any ad that: Is made by, on behalf of, or about a current or former candidate for public office, a political party, a political action committee, or advocates for the outcome of an election to public office; or. MORE

Of note, there are a number of mayoral board appointments to be confirmed and two ordinances to be referred to committees. As you can see from scrolling below, the agenda is fairly uneventful compared to prior agendas. A public comment period starts at 7:30 for anyone who would like to speak about items in the agenda. Newburyport City Council: Meeting Agenda, May 24, 2010. Newburyport City Council Meeting Agenda for May 24 is Up is a blog post from: City Councilor Ari Herzog. MORE

One executive director and the board of a nonprofit that helps urban kids develop strong academic and business skills scrapped the traditional function-based committee structure (e.g., MORE

Hot the heels of having been compelled to answer questions from a Senate committee hearing on Russian interference in the US election, Twitter and Facebook have both introduced new ‘transparency’ policies, features and functions. MORE

The budget workshops are in full swing, with the budget and finance committee (Councilors Cameron, Cronin, and me) listening to department heads overview their fiscal 2010 accomplishments, fiscal 2011 goals, and share why they are asking for so much per line item. While everything will ultimately be brought out of committee and before the full council, these public comment periods are when you can say what’s on your mind based on the subject matter heard each night. MORE

you say that you need to power your network as a leader but management by committee doesn''t lead you forward". Great question and prompted this post as powering a network is not the same as management by committee. In a recent workshop on leading in the social age, one person asked. MORE

On Monday night, the budget and finance committee met with the general government committee and discussed the issues. You can read a summary via the Daily News of the committee meeting, as well as their earlier story. Councilor Ives had chaired the Licenses and Permits Committee last year; and I’ve come to trust her thoughts on these matters. Four issues circling around the city are worth elaboration here. MORE

However, the success of the Olympic Committee’s ban is doubtful. Twitter London2012 Rule 40 Social Media Summer Games The Olympic Committee MORE

It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic. We’re excited to announce that we have recently started working with Team USA—specifically U.S. Synchronized Swimming. MORE

Let’s not forget potential items removed from committees. Perusing Monday’s agenda (and unsure why the below embed appears to miss every other page, when it uploaded as it should be), there are 9 transfers, 6 communications, and 3 appointments in the consent agenda; followed by 10 appointments, 17 orders, and 4 ordinances in the regular agenda. There’s also an executive session scheduled at the mayor’s request. MORE

The Tour de France committee announces that Froome retains the yellow jersey (worn by the race’s overall leader) at the end of stage 12. The 2016 Tour de France was the topic of more than 3.7 million tweets during the course of the race, July 2 through 24, seen on Twitter some 4.1 billion times. MORE

For example, let’s say you weighed committee participation heavily, giving it 35 of the 100 available CES points. Think about how useful it might be to calculate a CES for companies and groups (such as a committee), as well. MORE

We talked about the danger of combining strategy and planning, the need for innovation, the possibility of getting rid of committees, the dysfunctions of our boards, and challenges associations face in areas like certification, professional development, and technology. MORE

The Newburyport City Council’s budget and finance committee — comprised of me, Councilor Ed Cameron, and Councilor Bob Cronin — has scheduled its fiscal 2011 budget hearings with department heads to occur May 18, May 19, May 27, June 2, and June 3. Tags: Committees finance MORE

The most impartial social media move from camp Clinton is promoting the site IWillVote.com sponsored by the Democratic National Committee encouraging people to vote – just vote. “In FOLLOW, TWEET, SNAP ‘TIL NOVEMBER. Anyone can tell you, this election has been unlike any other. MORE

The post Breaking Down the Buying Committee: How to Communicate with CEOs appeared first on Koka Sexton. Every business organization has final decision makers in place within every team. A project given a green light from the. MORE

Expo held here in Washington, DC and I was honored to be a member of the Program Committee for this event as well as last year’s Expo Showcase and Summit. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 MORE

Olympic Committee YouTube Channel shared behind the scenes video with more than 6.75 YouTube users across the U.S. MORE

a member of PRSA’s Diversity Committee and assistant professor of communication at Georgia State University, “Students don’t see others who look like them in the places where they wish to work.”. Ed: Did you do a double take? Yes, you get TWO guest posts this week. MORE

The House Judiciary Committee wants to toughen the law as it stands instead of re-writing it into something that makes sense now. Oh boy, here’s a hot button topic for you. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) was created with good intentions. MORE

Heavily involved with the media monitoring industry associations, Todd has served as president and committee member for most international media monitoring trade groups. [Ed: we’d originally paused our publishing schedule as we had no idea how today was going to turn out. MORE

By Elizabeth Weaver Engel, MA, CAE, CEO and Chief Strategist, Spark Consulting. Association executives know that the Millennial generation, which will soon be the majority of our workforce and membership base, is the most diverse generation we’ve ever had in the US. MORE

You can also read this letter to the editor by Mike Strauss, chairman of the Energy Advisory Committee about the proposed reduction. Next steps fall under the jurisdiction of the council’s Public Safety Committee (Councilors Brian Derrivan and Tom Jones, and chaired by Bob Cronin) and the Neighborhoods and City Services Committee (Councilors Ed Cameron and Allison Heartquist, and chaired by me). MORE

Paul Ryan was tapped by Republican National Committee presidential candidate Mitt Romney as his vice president. Verification, according to Twitter’s website , is used “to establish authenticity of identities on Twitter. MORE

I am honored to have been such an intrinsic part of organizing this Conference together with other members of the (small kickass) MRCC social media committee. MORE

International Paralympic Committee director of communications Craig Spence said in an email to SocialTimes: Our focus on Facebook and Instagram is very much about multimedia content and bringing fans closer to the action. Facebook and Instagram maintained their presence in Rio de Janeiro and announced several features for the 2016 Paralympic Games , which began Wednesday night. Users can add temporary profile picture frames to support their countries’ teams, available here. MORE

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As part of my work with the PRCA’s Digital Steering Committee, I’m part of a consultation process that is trying to create a set of guidelines for the PR industry to help it better understand and interact with Wikipedia. Cross-posted from the EML Wildfire blog. MORE

The goal of the committee was to help develop a social media strategy for the company, provide initial training, and demonstrate how social could help the company improve their business processes. MORE

According to the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee , Klout was used to help identify the participants, and the list was augmented manually with known local bloggers, gadflies, and connectors. They were identified by a computer and/or by members of the host committee. MORE

This is the first chapter of Now Is Really Gone , as submitted to my editing committee. Please feel free to comment and add insights. Welcome to the Fifth Estate. View more documents from Geoff Livingston. MORE

A project given a green light from the purchasing committee will not see the light of day without the nod from the senior executives. Every business organization has final decision makers in place within every team. MORE

Summit , and I’m on the Program Committee for the Gov 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. MORE

Do-nothing committees. We believe that’s because the current model of association volunteering, based on standing committees, is broken. This is a guest post by Peggy Hoffman, CAE, President, Mariner Management & Marketing and Elizabeth Weaver Engel, M.A., MORE

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch shared a letter (embedded below) he sent to Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) Facebook Politics Accenture Colin Stretch conservatives help center John Thune liberals Media 1K Newsroom rss Senate Senate Commerce Committee trending topicsregarding the controversy over conservative stories allegedly being suppressed from Trending Topics. MORE

I volunteered with political action committees, public research groups, and state election campaigns. I will always remember Graduation Day of 1986. MORE