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Best of Where Do You Stand? (so far) for 2009
By: Marijean Jaggers
10/13/2009 - A popular technique that almost every television series I can think of has employed at one time or another is the "flashback episode." I've often thought of it as a lame copout for a "new" episode, but in blogging, I think it's a different story.…
Using Digital Communications to Create Event Excitement, Collaboration
By: Marijean Jaggers
10/12/2009 - Standing Partnership client Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) approached us with a challenge. The School of Pharmacy would be hosting a learning summit for pharmacists and students studying pain management and palliative care. The school wanted a solution to offer both participants in the summit…
Stop Wondering, Start Using RSS Feeds
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/15/2009 - It has come up in every social media workshop I've led -- what is an RSS feed? Surely by now you've heard that RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and about at this time, all you hear or see is blah, blah, blah, because what…
Five Things CEOs Really Oughta Be Doing WIth Social Media
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/14/2009 - It's been interesting, over time, to watch CEOs enter and play around in the social media space. They're all there to one degree or another, and enough have dabbled to let us know they understand it's important, but perhaps not exactly what their role should be…
Police Using Twitter: Five Ways To Improve Police Social Media Engagement
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/08/2009 - Last month I wrote a post about how I want my local police to use social media. My colleague, Justin Lopinot shared a link with me via Instant Messenger as a follow up to the post. The link pointed to a story in Justin's market, about…
Five Reasons I Want the Local Police to Use Social Media
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/27/2009 - I was enjoying a cup of coffee this morning and observed a disturbing scene. A man pulled up to the coffee shop and jumped out of his truck and went inside, leaving his daughter (who was maybe a year old) in the backseat in her…
Center for NonProfit Excellence Launches Board Development Program; Accepting Nominations Now
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/10/2009 - Standing Partnership's 2009 Charlottesville Community Partner is the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. We've worked with the CNE to help launch and promote its new, signature program, the Board Development Academy. We're excited to announce that the program will be accepting nominations to fill the 20…
Best Circular Use of Twitter in Charlottesville this Week
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/07/2009 - In my community, I am the social media correspondent for the Charlottesville Newsplex, a broadcast organization with local affiliates of Fox, ABC and CBS. In this role, I do a live TV segment once a week and remain on call for the news staff to…
ER Docs Tweet, Connect Online: How Health Care is Using Social Media
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/05/2009 - Health care is adopting social media and in particular, a social network developed specifically for physicians: Ozmosis. As we say on Facebook, Standing Partnership likes this. What better tool than a secure, private social network for physicians to connect, collaborate, learn, discover and grow? Having…
The Unvarnished Truth: Five Facts about Social Media Engagement for Business
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/04/2009 - Sit down. I'm going to tell you the unvarnished truth about social media. It's not going to be pretty, and it may make you question the way you've been engaging in social media for your business. The truth is this: it takes time. Not just…
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