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6th Ed. First Due Blog Carnival:Call For Policy
Social media and social networking faux pas have created a lot of commentary among public safety bloggers. What would they do if they were in charge? There have a been a ton of news reports lately...
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“Social Media Networking Policy”Response to First Due Blog Carnival
My submission to this month’s edition notes four main issues. Without them, no policy will be effective. In the recent months we have seen examples of how unmanageable social media and networking have...
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First Due Blog Carnival 6th Ed.“Social Media Policy”
Entries are few in this latest edition. Perhaps departments have made themselves secure against social media gaffes. Naahhhh….. Welcome to the First Due Blog Carnival’s sixth edition, “Social Media and...
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Boston Local 718 Offers A Customer Service Message.What Does Your Local or...
Boston Local reminds its customers they’re close at hand when the time calls. Throughout 2010, and now into 2011, Local 718 has used social media and networking heavily to get its messages out to the...
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Boston Local Once Again Swings The Social Media Sword. New Union President...
Boston paper decides to take on the fire department again now that Ed Kelly is no longer union president. First, read Lawrence Harmon’s Op-Ed piece, then Local 718′s reply here. February 8, 2011 Editor...
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Misguided Anger
Sometimes reality needs to smack you like a 2 x 4 to the head. It’s funny, this techo-culture of social networking life and real life, past and present. Earlier this day FirefighterNation.com and other...
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Has Anybody Seen Our Common Sense?
Ron Ayotte with an easy solution to some of the latest public image problems. In Georgia, one firefighter is facing termination and seven others are facing hefty suspensions without pay by taking part...
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The Firehouse Doors
Ron Ayotte on why we should be continually replacing the welcome mat and our image. If you ask any firefighter what got them interested in the fire service… the answer would more than likely be the...
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“Not Gonna Do It”
Graphic photo begins to be cool to share. Why? There's a fine line between using images for news and self-promotion, between documenting an event or making an event into an advertisement. Recently a...
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Making Johnny a Poor Rescuer and Reader
Do you understand what you ‘like’ or do you like whoever posted it? Context is defined as “circumstances or conditions in which something exists or takes place; surroundings.” It is also defined as...
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