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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…
Who's On Twitter? Not the Rich Old Guys, Says Quantcast
By: Marijean Jaggers
07/31/2009 - The other day a client asked, "Is Twitter more heavily male-dominated? Because it seems like it is." I didn't know, at the time, but vowed to find out. \ What I learned from Quantcast is that the Twitter demographics are just a little bit surprising.…
Show Us the Money: How Social Media Engagement is Paying Off
By: Marijean Jaggers
07/23/2009 - After more than four years of pushing the envelope of social media with clients, it's quite gratifying to report that a new study backs up what we at Standing have been saying all along. The study, conducted by wiki resource Wetpaint and Altimeter Group, makes…
Using Twitter for Customer Service? Five Reasons Not to Tweet
By: Marijean Jaggers
07/22/2009 - Some notable examples of how Twitter is being succesfully used for customer service have emerged; Frank Eliason is Comcast's leader in caring for customers via Twitter; a pioneer in this practice. Whole Foods is another business with a significant presence on Twitter. This week, Best…
