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August 31, 2011
August 25, 2011
SC Association of Countywide Elected Executives
Today I had a really fun time working with the great folks of the SCACEE!
I presented at their annual conference and training week in Charleston, SC. They all had lots of great comments, questions, and learned from one another. Here is my presentation and the results of our learning exercises.
I presented at their annual conference and training week in Charleston, SC. They all had lots of great comments, questions, and learned from one another. Here is my presentation and the results of our learning exercises.
Learning Exercise Results
SCACEE – August 25, 2011
Think about Social Media, the communities you serve, and your office workflow.
Groups answered three questions:
How to get more involved.
How to make social media more effective.
What are your next steps?
Responses:
Encourage county council to add Facebook and YouTube
Encourage other divisions to make a FB page
Create FB page for department
Communicate better with constituents
Social Media helps PR
Utilize County TV channel – advertise FB/social media – make presentations
Talk to IT person and county council to get more involved
Use social media for discussing trends and crime issues
Promote community awareness programs
Provide general information about each department
Testing use of iPads in the field/Test new technology and see how it helps streamline workflow processes
Use county GIS department to plot delinquent taxes
Social Media helps with general PR
Useful tools and web sites
SCACEE – August 25, 2011
LexisNexis - http://www.lexisnexis.com/
Richland County’s web site (child support information) http://www.richlandonline.com/
www.Debtproofliving.com for financial/budgeting information
SC Dept of Archives and History http://scdah.sc.gov/
Bank web sites
SC court administration www.sccourts.org
Five star SC Assn of Counties http://www.sccounties.org/default.aspx
SC Department of Revenue http://www.sctax.org/default.htm
Legislation online www.scstatehouse.gov
Secretary of state’s web site http://www.scsos.com/
SCDMV web site http://www.scdmvonline.com/DMVNew/default.aspx
Google maps to zero in on an address http://maps.google.com/
Funeral home web sites obits
Local newspapers
DNR – forms (block delinquent boat taxes) http://www.dnr.sc.gov/
County government web sites
ROCIC – crime info center http://www.rocic.com/overview.htm
NCIC – crime info/stats http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fbi/is/ncic.htm
SC BAR web site http://www.scbar.org/
Westlaw for cases http://web2.westlaw.com/signon/default.wl?rs=WLW11.07&vr=2.0&fn=_top&bhcp=1
Spillman criminal info http://www.spillman.com/police/records/
SC Tax Office www.Sctax.org
www.Whitepages.com for PI work
USPS zip code look up https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action
Social Security index of deaths http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
State ethics web site (file ethics reports) http://ethics.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx
NAMUS missing/unidentified persons index http://www.namus.gov/
Sex offender registry http://www.communitynotification.com/cap_main.php?office=54575
Voter registration http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/vr.html
Webdeath – DHEC web site (death certificates) http://www.scdhec.gov/co/phsis/biostatistics/SCVRSIIS/webdeath.html
CMS – court mgt system http://www.masc.sc/SiteCollectionDocuments/Municipal%20Court/CMS%20Update.pdf
ReachSC – escapees notification system https://www.reachsc.sc.gov/HealthAlertNetwork/
August 18, 2011
Marion County Library Staff Education Day – August 18, 2011
I had a great time doing some training today at the Marion County Public Library! I went through my powerpoint presentation first then we had a technology petting zoo so staff could experience iPads, various e-readers, and flip cams.
We also did a group exercise that resulted in answers to three questions when it comes to using social media at the library.
How to get more involved:
We also did a group exercise that resulted in answers to three questions when it comes to using social media at the library.
How to get more involved:
- Have two of Facebook, Twitter, Wiki, message board/suggestion box on web site. To have more communication with patrons
- Have more in depth explanations of offerings on web site
- Interact directly with patrons
- Facebook: get patrons involved to ask question
- Staff should be trained on how to use social media
- Have to have social network first
- Has to be updated regularly
- Updated events on that page
- Promote it to our patrons and keep it simple
- Find people on staff who know how to use social media
- Talk about it more and to work out the details
- It is what you make of it and shows the library is keeping up to date
- Have printed materials/directing to social media/word of mouth
August 09, 2011
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