B2B social media guru Paul Gillin will discuss leveraging social media for corporate growth. January 6, 2014
The line between protected and restricted speech is a fine one. After White House employee Jofi Joseph was fired for using an incognito Twitter handle to openly criticize the government, questions arose about federal employees' rights in using social media.
Jenny Mattingley will host a roundtable discussion of the events during Public Service Recognition Week. April 26, 2013
Joyce Bosc and Bill Holleran from Boscobel Marketing Communications, will discuss how to raise your business profile in the government market. March 25, 2013
Believe it or not, not everything you post on Facebook will draw "likes" from all of the people who see it. In fact letting too much hang out on social media could get you in a whole lot of trouble, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Joyce Bosc and Bill Holleran from Boscobel Marketing Communications, will discuss how to raise your business profile in the government market. March 11, 2013
While social media has permeated nearly all aspects of American life, in many corners of the government, employees and managers are still figuring out how Facebook, Twitter and a host of other digital technologies can help them do their jobs better. A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton presents case studies of effective uses of social media and provides tips for developing a coherent strategy.
During Hurricane Sandy, agencies like FEMA and NOAA used various social media platforms to communicate with the public. They were able to dispel rumors and follow the situation on the ground as it unfolded.
Kathleen Frisbee talks about mobile efforts at the Veterans Health Administration. Richard Buangan of the State Department talks about an agency Twitter account that tweets off-message. Ticora Jones discusses new development labs built with seed money from USAID.
The Pentagon's Office of the Chief of Public Affairs is training the military's social media practitioners how to get information out quickly, securely and, most importantly, accurately during emergencies like the recent superstorm that hit the East Coast.
Social media consultant Elliot Volkman joins host Mark Amtower to talk about how you can use social medial to enhance your business. October 1, 2012
The Mars rover Curiosity is breaking barriers both in space and the Twittersphere. Curiosity now has more than 1.1 million followers on the social media site. A NASA social media manager shares best practices for maintaining a Twitter account.
Federal News Radio wants to know how often you use Facebook and Twitter. Help us out by taking our survey.
A Nazi hacker group is claiming credit for shutting down Twitter yesterday morning. The micro-blogging site said the outage was caused by a server bug, not hackers.
White House technology officials could barely contain their enthusiasm. They said it was "terrific" that Twitter is supporting the new Do Not Track feature in web browsers. With just one clickm tweeters could stop Twitter from tracking the websites they visit.