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2024 elections meet social media – How local governments can stay ahead

American City & Country

Social media is a critical aspect of the 2024 election in different ways from years prior. adults saying they at least sometimes get news via social media, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey. Social media is a tool that can shape public perception, and if done correctly, it can be a source of truth.

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How to Utilize Social Media During Extreme Weather

NLC (National League of Cities)

Social media has allowed local leaders to communicate with their constituents as quickly as possible, which in extreme weather situations, can be life-saving. Every month seems to bring an extreme weather event, and it will only continue with climate change.

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Library Marketer Shares Her Ingenious Trick for Making Sure Her Community Sees Her Social Media Posts

Super Library Marketing

I oversee our community engagement, social media, most publications, and other marketing and public relations duties.” “I I look at our social media accounts as an avenue for advertising, so most of our posts are program and event promotion and photos, and promotion of our eMedia and materials.” She uses email.

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Use of Social Media in Disasters

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Social media is a relatively new communications tool. However, today it dominates many aspects for how people communicate in their personal lives and is of increasing importance in business and government. Social media is a relatively new communications tool.

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Threads Is Released! What Your Library Needs To Know Right Now About This New Social Media Platform. (Emergency Episode!)

Super Library Marketing

Watch this video The #LibraryMarketing Show, Episode 197 There’s a new social media platform in the world. It’s called Threads and the release has been unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed in my career in communications. It’s become the most rapidly downloaded app EVER.

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Building trust in federal government: Using social media to engage youth

Partnership for Public Service

Recent Partnership polling suggests that an effective use of social media may help rebuild trust in government among young people, a key to recruiting the next generation of public servants to solve our nation’s pressing challenges. However, among those 18–24, this number jumped to 18%.

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The 2023 Guide to Social Media for Libraries: New Instagram Success Secrets for This Year

Super Library Marketing

This is the fifth installment in my series on social media best practices for libraries in 2023. Instagram is the fourth most active social media platform, behind Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp. The Instagram algorithm is the most sophisticated of all the social media platforms. and 1 p.m.