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Instagram: Comments, Likes And More To Increase Engagement

Instagram has been established as an excellent tool to create engagement for a long time now and I predict this new move will cause an Instagram explosion to your engagement levels. In a quiet roll out that began yesterday and will take … Continue reading

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Does the 1st Amendment Cover This?

When you’re a police officer, you are held to a higher standard. There is no arguing that. If you think it’s unfair, then you should probably find another line of work.  If you believe you should be allowed to say whatever … Continue reading

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Police and The Higher Standard

Two news articles caught my attention today because they both point directly to the heart of the police being held to a higher standard. The first is a video which details a police department’s search for a suspect wanted in relation … Continue reading

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The real social media police policing the police

The following post is a direct copy from the Birmingham Post. Click the link if you want to see the original, but it’s the same. I am looking for your thoughts on this (mainly from police, law enforcement, community managers, … Continue reading

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After the Sacco storm, the calm.

It’s been a few days since Justine Sacco rocked the communications world with her rather interesting Tweet.  There isn’t any sense in reposting it as it is no longer a story for the world.  It has become an after thought … Continue reading

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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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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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What will your history be

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~ Sir Winston Churchill ~ Winston Churchill is one of my all time favourite people in history and sits at the top of my, “Who would you like … Continue reading

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When does help hinder?

There is no arguing that the use of social media has been a great move forward for police and law enforcement in regards to communication.  Never has it been so easier for an officer or agency to send out messages … Continue reading

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A 42+1 Social Business Screencast on Social Media with Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police

A 42+1 Social Business Screencast on Social Media with Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police. Big thanks to Robert Lavigne for having me on his inaugural broadcast for 42+1 Social Business Screencast. We used a Google+ Hangout to facilitate this.  

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