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Presentation on Blogging and Social Media for Local Government Leaders at the League of MN Cities Leadership Conference in Brooklyn Center

Griff Wigley, LMC conference, Brooklyn Center League-of-Minnesota-Cities LMC conference, Brooklyn Center

I did a half-day version of my Blogging and Social Media for Leaders presentation at the League of Minnesota Cities’ Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials at Brooklyn Center yesterday.

Here’s my Powerpoint, slightly revised from the previous one in Mankato and the one in Nisswa.

I also created a ‘cheat sheet’ for this session: Miscellaneous tips for Leadership Blogging and Social Media

Miscellaneous tips for Leadership Blogging and Social Media

Presentation on Blogging and Social Media for Local Government Leaders at the League of MN Cities Leadership Conference in Mankato

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I did a half-day version of my Blogging and Social Media for Leaders presentation at the League of Minnesota Cities’ Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials at Mankato. Photo above left is LMC Executive Director Jim Miller at last night’s banquet.  Here’s my Powerpoint, slightly revised from the one I did two weeks ago in Nisswa.

Presentation on Blogging and Social Media for Local Government Leaders at the League of MN Cities Leadership Conference in Nisswa

Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials, Nisswa, MN 2013 League of Minnesota Cities Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials, Nisswa, MN 2013

I did a half-day version of my Blogging and Social Media for Leaders presentation at the League of Minnesota Cities’ Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, MN this weekend.

Ted Davis at Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials, Nisswa, MN 2013 Griff Wigley at Leadership Conference for Experienced Officials, Nisswa, MN 2013

My colleague, Ted Davis (Davis Communications) did his presentation titled,  Avoiding the Crisis Management Circus Through Communications Planning presentation on Friday afternoon. I did mine, titled Taming the New Media Beast: Networking and Communicating with Social Media on Saturday morning.

Ted Davis and Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht tough crowd?

It appeared to be a tough crowd.  Left photo: Was Ted Davis (@TedDavis) really sending Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht (@BemidjiRita) to the corner for misbehavior?  Right photo: Were these guys really that unhappy with my tweeting this photo of them?

Ted and I will doing our presentations again at the upcoming LMC leadership conferences in Mankato and Brooklyn Center.

For those who attended my session, here’s my Powerpoint:

Government 2.0: New Strategies for Engaging the Public

On June 22, 2012, I presented and facilitated a session for the League of MN Cities annual conference titled Government 2.0: New Strategies for Engaging the Public:

How are cities leveraging the web to engage the public in local government decisions? Explore how cities are strengthening democracy and promoting more effective local government by using 2.0 technologies.

Here’s my Powerpoint:

Presentations at the League of MN Cities annual conference

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I’m here in flood-ravaged Duluth for the League of Minnesota Cities annual conference. I’m teaming up with Ted Davis, Davis Communications, and Scott Neal, Edina City Manager, to do a pre-conference workshop today on Networking and Communicating with New Media for Local Government Leaders.  On Friday, I’m moderating a discussion session on Government 2.0: New Strategies for Engaging the Public.