Tag Archives: police using social media

Fact checking… you just gotta do it!

I was looking at the Facebook the other day and saw a story that caught my eye.  It was about an abduction of a child from my hometown, so naturally I was interested in what was happening and if I … Continue reading

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Monitoring your presence

One of the things that everyone should be doing is monitoring their personal presence online.  Regardless of whether you are on-line or not, but if you’re reading this, you’re online. Depending on what you do you should also consider monitoring … Continue reading

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CopChat ep 7: Solutions

Over the last 6 weeks, #copchat has been a lot of fun, had some challenges, introduced many new faces to one another and established itself as a great way for the public and police to talk to each other with … Continue reading

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What’s your voice saying

When you are representing a business or corporation of any type your voice has the potential to impact the reputation of your organization regardless what type of account you hold. There are three basic ways you are perceived by an … Continue reading

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The Social Experience is what you make it

A long time ago, I was told to stop watching the news, reading newspapers and listening to talk radio.  The advice came from someone who I admired and respected for their business sense and sound advice. Naturally, I posed the … Continue reading

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Overcoming Information Overload

Just take a look at the Twitter stream, Facebook news feed, YouTube uploads, Blog posts for a couple of minutes and you’ll see that in a very short period of time, regardless of the platform, an incredible amount of information … Continue reading

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The best social media users really suck

To best social users really suck…sorry but it needs to be said. The more I see the cream rising to the top, the more obvious it is that the best people in the world of anything really suck! Honestly, the … Continue reading

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10 Tips to get ReTweeted

Being ReTweeted (RT) is one of the best compliments that you can be paid on Twitter.  The ultimate goal of every one of your tweets should be to have your message shared.  Remember, if you are putting the value of … Continue reading

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#CopChat Wednesday, July 4, 2012, ep 2

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the inaugural edition of #copchat last Wednesday night.  We had a great time getting a feel for how it will play out in the future and a little bit of what will work … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Cities…the Twitter Edition.

Canada Day 2012.  The day Canucks celebrate the earths 2nd largest country’s 145th birthday.  145 years ago when the great Canadian nation was born the tools for communication were messengers, parchment, quills and ink wells. Today, computers, wireless, Twitter and … Continue reading

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