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    "title" : "Twitter Best Practices for Government |Digital.gov",
    "description": "Twitter Best Practices for Government",
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    {"title" :"Twitter Best Practices for Government","summary" : "Best practices and success stories to help government leverage the power of Twitter","date" : "2013-11-25T13:01:09-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"lnelson" : "Lisa Nelson"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filename" :"2013-11-25-twitter-best-practices-for-government.md",
      
      "filepath" :"news/2013/11/2013-11-25-twitter-best-practices-for-government.md",
      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/11/2013-11-25-twitter-best-practices-for-government.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/11/2013-11-25-twitter-best-practices-for-government.md","slug" : "twitter-best-practices-for-government","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/11/25/twitter-best-practices-for-government/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eLast week, Twitter introduced \u003ca href=\"https://media.twitter.com/\"\u003emedia.twitter.com\u003c/a\u003e featuring best practices and success stories to help government leverage the power of Twitter. Many best practices were covered  including:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to break the news with \u003ca href=\"https://media.twitter.com/best-practice/twitter-alerts\"\u003eTwitter Alerts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/twitter-alert.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/twitter-alert.jpg\"\n    alt=\"FEMA Tweet about looking for shelter in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to get the most from \u003ca href=\"https://media.twitter.com/best-practice/twitter-town-hall\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTwitter Town Halls\u003c/a\u003e, and\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/Twitter-town-hall.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/Twitter-town-hall.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Tweet announcing Pres. Obama is answering questions via a twitter town hall.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://media.twitter.com/best-practice/why-live-tweeting-is-important-for-government\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhy live tweeting is important\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/Live-tweeting.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/Live-tweeting.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Tweet showing Boston Police looking for video from the Boston Marathon finish line.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwitter says:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  As Twitter’s role in the media world continues to grow and evolve, we wanted to create a place where people and companies from the worlds of TV, sports, journalism, government, music, faith and nonprofits could have self-service access to ways to increase their impact in the global town square.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new site is a searchable database of curated  how-tos designed to complement other channels:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://blog.twitter.com/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe blog\u003c/a\u003e, which regularly chronicles the great work media players are doing with Twitter\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.twimg.com/medianewsletter?elq=e0e6d2ada2744c61895109752ffb1075\u0026elqCampaignId=508\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortfolio of newsletters\u003c/a\u003e, which detail successful Twitter uses by industry, and\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gov\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVarious Twitter accounts\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuccess stories are also available from Members of Congress:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/senate-twitter-alert.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/senate-twitter-alert.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Tweet from Senate At Arms talking about road closures after an incident.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand from state and local officials.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/NYC-Parks.jpg\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/11/NYC-Parks.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Tweet with photo announcing a winner in a contest.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n"}
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