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RT @CCOHS Not too late to register for our free webinar tomorrow on Mentally Healthy Workplaces-Strategies for ... http://is.gd/vlAa #canadaabout 2 hours agofrom web
RT @GovRitter_Press Gov Ritter...paying tribute to public employees. Says public employees vital to the success of state #government. #PSRWabout 2 hours agofrom web
improve Twitter presence (part 9): govt account managers should follow and participate with @GovSocMed Social Media Subcouncilabout 4 hours agofrom web
improve your Twitter presence (part 6). if you got room separate the words used in 'username' in the 'Name' field. Select Settings > Name.about 4 hours agofrom web
improve your Twitter presence (part 5): if 'username' is your state's abbreviation, try spelling out full name in 'Name' field, if possibleabout 4 hours agofrom web
improve your Twitter presence (part 4). your @ username becomes the default 'Name' field. Select Settings > Name; spell out your real nameabout 5 hours agofrom web
improve your Twitter presence (part 3). Over 150 govt tweets are NOT using the "Name" field; don't be hard to find.about 5 hours agofrom web
improve your Twitter presence (part 2). Abbreviate items like "Department" and spell out "mission" words like "Education" in Name field.about 5 hours agofrom web
Govt Folks: did you know Twitter's "Find People" function ONLY searches the 'username' and 'Name' fields. Consider optimizing your Name.about 5 hours agofrom web
Act by May 7: JetBlue offering $1 fares honoring (US) Natl Military Appreciation Month. For details see: http://url.ie/1jex - (via @hqamc)about 7 hours agofrom web
@jabolins good point and agree; glad to see what most do link back to the "most authoritative source" for each country, H1N1 = 1 example.about 15 hours agofrom web
#whygovtweet = when people like @JoeBoutte state, "Excited about microblogging by government agencies for situational awareness."about 15 hours agofrom web
my point of previous post is to not to say don't create these sites but more towards: maybe 26K sites are needed to cover work done by govabout 16 hours agofrom web
observation: people complain about fed govt w/ 26K websites; H1N1 flu comes and nearly every state and local create their own H1N1 sitesabout 16 hours agofrom web
BioA searchable Following directory of any nation's Government sites on Twitter (répertoire de tous les sites publics sur Twitter) (Managed by @davidharrity)