ValaAfshar : "First day, not so good."... Local authorities get social media friendly | Diary of an internal communicator. Local authorities get social media friendly Have you ever sat in a meeting and wondered whether you’re allowed to tweet the information you’re hearing? How do you decide when to share on social media or not? Do you know if there is a policy in place? It’s easy to see how confusion can happen, and this week a new initiative has been announced by the Local Government Authority (LGA) to add some clarity to the situation. From now on a tick will start to appear on local authority communications in the UK as the Social Media Friendly Mark has been launched for any local authority (council) and fire and rescue service to use. Putting the tick on documents such as meeting papers or other communications materials including websites and events will make it clear whether that information can be shared via social media.
I think this is a brilliant idea as it should help mark the boundaries and ensure everyone knows what can and can’t be communicated in this way. Can’t argue with that. Welcome, Ed! Facebook. Home. The Standard for Influence.