http://www.procommunicator.com/social-media/big-three-questions-social-media/ Web Tools, Tips and Tutorials for Public Information Officers & Crisis Communicators Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:54:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.procommunicator.com/social-media/big-three-questions-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Patrick Young Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:21:05 +0000 http://www.procommunicator.com/?p=471#comment-47 Please let me know if I can be of any assistance! Please let me know if I can be of any assistance!

]]> http://www.procommunicator.com/social-media/big-three-questions-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Kelly Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:11:15 +0000 http://www.procommunicator.com/?p=471#comment-46 Thanks Patrick! That's great information and it sounds like you've found it to be convenient. I'm going to try it on a state level (somehow) and see how it might work for us! Thanks Patrick! That’s great information and it sounds like you’ve found it to be convenient. I’m going to try it on a state level (somehow) and see how it might work for us!

]]> http://www.procommunicator.com/social-media/big-three-questions-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Patrick Young Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:15:50 +0000 http://www.procommunicator.com/?p=471#comment-45 Fire and Police agencies in the City and County of Napa (CA) use Nixle with great results. We have been able to provide real time alerts about fire and police situations and not only send it to our Nixle Followers; but also Twitter followers, with the click of the enter key. Nixle provides an option to send the official message to your Twitter account. The local news media outlets follow our Nixle and Twitter accounts and within a couple of minutes they have also sent out “Tweets” about the event and have updated their website. Minutes after an event has started, people have the information available to them to help make informed decisions about their safety. This can all be done from my smart phone, and sometimes before I leave the office to go to the command post! Fire and Police agencies in the City and County of Napa (CA) use Nixle with great results. We have been able to provide real time alerts about fire and police situations and not only send it to our Nixle Followers; but also Twitter followers, with the click of the enter key. Nixle provides an option to send the official message to your Twitter account. The local news media outlets follow our Nixle and Twitter accounts and within a couple of minutes they have also sent out “Tweets” about the event and have updated their website. Minutes after an event has started, people have the information available to them to help make informed decisions about their safety. This can all be done from my smart phone, and sometimes before I leave the office to go to the command post!

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