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Geoff Livingston Addresses National Park Service Communicators

March 9, 2009 – 12:13 am

I had the great privilege of addressing the National Park Service public affairs conference last Thursday on social media adoption. Discussion includes Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, focusing on the Service’s mission, and pitfalls like Shiny Object Syndrome. Case studies included:
Congressional Tweeting
TSA Blog
The Library of Congress on Flickr
The Nature Conservancy Flickr Effort

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Congress Delivers Major Social Media Failure

March 4, 2009 – 1:50 am

It seemed like an event worth passing on. In fact, I’ve tried to pass on many of the government 2.0 conversations of late, but last week’s Congressional Tweeting during Obama’s speech last week was flat out disturbing. While Congressional tweeting from 50 elected officials highlighted how hot Twitter has become, it also demonstrated an irresponsible [...]

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