June 27th, 2012 #copchat ep. 1

So, we’re finally here. Very soon we’ll be kicking off the inaugural episode of #copchat and with your help, we know it’s going to be great hour.  (Yes, it may go longer…we’ll call that #copchat #afterhours ).

Public, police, law enforcement, government are all welcomed to take part to talk candidly about the challenges, successes, failures, touchdowns and fumbles as they relate to the world of social media, police and the public that they serve.

Agenda

For the first ever #copchat, Christa and I will be introducing the concept and asking a few questions for everyone’s discussion.

House Rules

If you have a blog, website or social channel that you want to share, please do so at the begining…but we’ll ask that you don’t do any selling of products or services.  This chat is for discussion not sales.

There is no insulting, bullying or swearing allowed.  If someone says something that you don’t agree with, respectfully say so and have a discussion.  That is what this is all about…learning and sharing.

If a subject presents itself that you may have written a piece for feel free to share at the end of the chat using the #copchat hashtag.  If you share it during the chat, it could be lost depending on the speed of the chat.

If someone tweets something that you feel compelled to RT, do it! But, make it even better by adding your own flavour to it, or conversely, if you disagree, say so and provide the reason why.

If someone disagrees with your position take the criticism professionally…no twitter fights.  It won’t serve anyone with value.  Take it out of the chat and have your fight without the hashtag.  No one wants to see children fight…we want to see adults chat.

Finally…no tweet longer apps.  Keep it under 140, no one wants to be clicking links to see the rest of your tweet. It will take people out of the conversation.

How to follow

You will want to use TweetDeck / Hootsuite / TweetChat to follow the #copchat and you may also want create streams to follow @christammiller , @t_burrows and your own ID to ensure you can follow the chat, the questions and any mentions of your own name.