http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmediaSubscribe to receive free PIO social media training programThu, 15 Mar 2012 11:31:20 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/AHXMg/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Facebook Pages Switch To Timeline - 2012-03-12 09:00:48-04 Facebook has announced that on March 30, 2012 all Facebook Pages will be switched over to the new Facebook Timeline design. Right now Facebook is giving you an opportunity to preview how your page will look with the new design prior to the conversion date. Here's a video from Facebook regarding these changes: Here's a [...] Related posts: Facebook Fan Pages for PIOs and Responders Using Facebook Fan Pages To Tie Your Audience To Your Hub EMS Worker Wrongly Terminated For Facebook Comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:31:20 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/KW3cw/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Does your Social Media Policy Allow Photos of Members in Uniform or With Apparatus? - 2012-01-28 20:40:06-05 Does your Social Media Policy Allow Photos of Members in Uniform or With Apparatus? Headline: Jackson MS Fire Chief "No Social Media Pix in Uniform." Read the full article. 1. It is good to have a social media policy. 2. I am always leery of any policy that will be difficult to enforce and especially [...] Related posts: The 5 Vital Components Of A Social Media Policy What The New US Military Social Media Policy Really Means The NFL Social Media Policy #NFLFail Northwest Ambulance Service Brings Public For Ride-A-Longs Via Twitter - 2012-01-30 11:30:41-05 The United Kingdom's Northwest Ambulance Service is providing citizens with a ride-a-long experience with paramedics via their Twitter account this week. During this week long endeavor the service's Twitter feed will focus on a different ambulance crew each day to cover the five counties the agency covers. Our patient is in labour - could this [...] Related posts: What The Change In The Twitter TOS Means To Public Service Agencies What The Amazon Cloud Service Outage Really Means For Us Using Social Media to Promote a Public Access Defibrillation Program Video: Marquette EMS is Facebook News Story of the Day - 2012-02-02 07:00:02-05 Pitch your local media to feature your agency as the Facebook News Story of the Day. This video combines Facebook reader comments, news reporting, and interviews with paramedics. Related posts: Facebook Video Leads to Criminal Conviction The Eureka Earthquake Caught On Video Apple iPod Video Changes Everything Related posts: Facebook Video Leads to Criminal Conviction The Eureka Earthquake Caught On Video Apple iPod Video Changes Everything Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:33:28 -0500http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/67Ygc/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com 2012 Predictions For Social Media Use By First Responder Agencies - 2011-12-20 10:00:27-05 It's that time of year again (being near the end) when we look into our high definition monitors and attempt to predict what's coming up for the next year in every imaginable category. David Armano from the Harvard Business Review Blog Network named his Six Social Media Trends for 2012 as it relates to businesses [...] Related posts: 7 Types Of Blog Posts For Public Safety And Emergency Responder Agencies Video: Social Media Presence for Emergency Response Agencies Social Media Responder 2009 #SMR2009 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:32:58 -0500http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/71Zg6/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Resolving a Facebook Fan Rant or Complaint - 2011-12-06 07:00:46-05 David and I were both quoted in this article, Social Media Provides Direct Channel to Engage the Public. The other experts provide timely and interesting advice. I was struck by the contribution of the legal expert that follower comments and remarks on an organization's page could be protected by 1st amendment rights and removing those [...] Related posts:EMS Worker Wrongly Terminated For Facebook Comments Facebook Fan Pages for PIOs and Responders Using Facebook Fan Pages To Tie Your Audience To Your Hub Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:31:41 -0500http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/LooVc/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Prepare Your Communities For The Test - 2011-11-08 09:00:07-05 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, November 9 2011 at 2:00pm (Eastern). The test may last up to three and a half minutes and will be broadcast simultaneously across all [...] Related posts:10 Essential Skills for Social Media PIOs Social Media Makes Everyone a PIO DHS Announces New National Terrorism Advisory System Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:30:42 -0500http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/G9Pi6/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Ideas for a PIO Auto Responder Campaign - 2011-10-26 20:50:27-04 This post at ProBlogger.com about Auto Responder campaigns got me to thinking about how public safety agencies could use auto responders. The PIOSocialMediaTraining.com email boot camp is an auto responder campaign. After signing up and opting into the campaign a series of emails are sent on a pre-determined schedule. The same content is automatically sent [...] Related posts:7 Types Of Blog Posts For Public Safety And Emergency Responder Agencies Social Media: The Real First Responder In Haiti Email the #1 Social Media Tool Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:33:35 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/HYB_c/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Why It’s Important To Remain A Trusted Source Of Information - 2011-09-26 07:00:08-04 There has been a lot of talk over the changes made at Facebook. Change is not necessarily a bad thing, and has in fact become a necessity in the way we do things. It is important to understand how change will in fact effect you and your agency when the changes are made. Undoubtedly spurred [...] Related posts:DHS Announces New National Terrorism Advisory System Using Facebook Fan Pages To Tie Your Audience To Your Hub Don’t Become A DC FEMS Like Casualty In Social Media - 2011-09-26 11:00:18-04 Have you heard what Washington DC Fire EMS (DCFEMS) have been up to? Their leadership suspended the departments Twitter account (@DCFireEMS) for 22 days. The account reportedly stopped activity August 30 when the employee responsible for its content went on vacation. The accounts break was extended as the department investigated some of the content that [...] Related posts:AAMS Uses Social Media to Protest Television Show The Importance Of Social Media Preparedness Episode 8: Social Media 4 ALL Responders Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:30:47 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/IGyaI/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com The Importance Of Social Media Preparedness - 2011-08-24 13:00:44-04 All responses to disasters and incidents become great responses in large part due to the planning and training before the event that takes place. Tuesday's earthquake revealed some important lessons in Social Media preparedness that agencies should take for when such an event occurs. Be ready to respond in Social Media from wherever you are [...] Related posts:Social Media: The Real First Responder In Haiti How The TSA Responded To Reputation Damaging Criticism In Social Media Complement Live Events with Social Media Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:33:51 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/MM2kE/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Episode 11: Who’s Using Social Networks And How It Affects Us - 2011-07-06 06:00:41-04 In this episode of our award deserving podcast, Greg and Dave are joined by content and communication strategist Carissa Caramanis O'Brien to talk about the results of a Pew Research Center project concerning who uses social networks in the US. Hear us as we discuss: The myth busting revelation about age and social networking Why the gender [...] Related posts:Episode 3: In Your Facebook Episode 10: Running a Twitter #TrafficSafety Quiz with @TrafficServices Episode 6: The Power Tools Of Emergency Notification Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:57:05 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/piosocialmedia/Da7cU/h/PIOSocialMediaTraining_Posts.htm , New content has been added to the PIOSocialMediaTraining.com Hub. We post items that interest us, tips for developing social media content, using social media tools, showcase reviews of Agency social media hubs, and analysis of social media use. Thanks for being part of PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. We value your participation, contribution, and interest. Please share and tell others about the content and email boot camp training program. PIO Social Media Traininghttp://piosocialmediatraining.com Hurricane Preparedness Widgets from FEMA - 2011-06-21 21:15:33-04 2011 Hurricane season is underway and a new set of hurricane preparedness widgets is available from FEMA. Widgets, by pasting the HTML code into the appropriate location, are useful for: 1. Adding timely content to your blog 2. Linking blog readers to other preparedness resources 3. Ensuring visitors are referred to reputable content that is regularly updated Related posts:The US Army [...] Related posts:The US Army Publishes Social Media Handbook #SMR2009 By The Numbers RSS Feeds 101 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:34:11 -0400