(not for me -- for my students) Despite the economic challenges we are facing (or perhaps because of them), the growth of social media use by businesses and organizations continues. Many a company executive is being educated on why they need to blog,...
Topics: facebook, police, police department, social networks, twitter

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I guess we'll have to see. I've posted before about the use of social networking site by government agencies -- especially the police. There's another entry (besides Facebook and Twitter) that appears to be set on making this a secure...
Topics: Customer Powered Service, marketing, police, police department, politics, social networks, web 2.0

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please text to the local police text number -- 555-0911 -- or post your non-emergency to our Facebook or MySpace wall or send us a message on Twitter to @yourpolicedepartment." We noted in Can we text to 911, too? there aren't too many police...
Topics: communicate, facebook, myspace, police, police department, twitter

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. . . so imagine the local government has reached the end of their economic rope and can no longer find adequate funding for the police department. Dispatcher: "911 emergency, what's your emergency?" Caller: "Someone stole my...
Topics: police department, politics

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according to a scan by wordle.net -- check it out yourself! This blog was produced and directed by Carter F. Smith.

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