Tag Archive: #SocialGov

Jan
07

Social Media + Plain Language

New DigitalGov U class will teach you how to write #socialgov content in plain language .

The essence of social media is engaging with our customers wherever they choose to be. That “place” could be Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, anywhere in the social media realm. However, just because we’re going where our customers are doesn’t mean they’re at our mercy—there’s a lot of competition for their attention, especially in social media. So how …

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Dec
31

Top New Media Programming of 2012

The Center for Excellence in Digital Government team giving our community a first bump in April of 2012. Image courtesy of GSA.

  We’re wrapping up another year here at the Center for Excellence in Digital Government – what better time to share highlights from programs and content you helped make among the best. We listen to your feedback and rate all of our programs so we can improve with each step, so let’s take a look at some …

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Dec
30

Make #SocialGov More Accessible in 2013

A panel at the November #SocialGov Summit where the Department of Labor's ePolicyWorks team announced the goal to organize new social media accessibility tools and best practices to meet emerging challenges. (Image courtesy of GSA)

Guest post by Mario Damiani, Office of Disability Employment Policy at the Department of Labor  As we wrap up the year and start planning our New Year’s resolutions, may I suggest you add one more goal to your list? Join the #SocialGov Accessibility Working Group and contribute to the development of a Social Media Accessibility Toolkit focused …

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Dec
13

Tool-By-Tool Rundown of #SocialGov Accessibility

As we discussed during our recent #SocialGov Summit on Accessibility, when working with social media, it’s important to find the right balance of creating engaging content and also ensuring that the content is accessible to all your communities. Using helpful hints collected from the summit and presented through DigitalGov University, however, you can start making …

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Dec
07

Government-wide Twitter Verification Sprint Begins

Government Twitter accounts are sprinting towards verification, illustrated by the blue check mark on @GobiernoUSA. Image courtesy of GSA.

Increasingly, social media is the go-to source of critical information for the American public — but for many users finding the real thing can be confusing given the number of fake (and sometimes humorous) accounts. Today GSA teams with Twitter for a month-long sprint to verify official government  accounts. The aim is to place that little …

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