Posted on 19 December 2009 by Rachel Polish | Comments
Help raise $1790, in honor of the year the Coast Guard was founded, for the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance fund. By donating, you will be helping our fellow shipmates with confidential assistance that they might not have received otherwise. By using the code in the memo section “I’m for 1790,” we can track our progress and work to support one another. If you use Twitter, please share your support with others by using the hashtag #Im41790.”
Posted on 30 November 2009 by Anastacia Thorsson | Comments
Do you know Social Media Fu Master Ben Strong (the focus of this comic)? He is the man with a plan working with AMVER, running their public affairs including a social media program so robust some of us can only dream of keeping up with him!
Here is just the tip of the Ben Strong driven [...]
Posted on 9 October 2009 by Ryan Erickson | Comments
I mentioned mid last month that there was the possibility of a Podcamp happening at this years Coast Guard Innovation Expo in Virginia Beach, VA (November 17-19)- well it’s now official and we’re moving ahead with it. Yesterday our official site, Podcamp USCG, was launched which will be the central information site leading up the [...]
Posted on 25 September 2009 by Ryan Erickson | Comments
I wasn’t going to post this until next week but our friend John, who runs CoastGuardNews.com, ended up finding it before we were going to post it (which means he’s paying attention since it only posted on YouTube late last night). As such I guess we should go ahead and post it as well. Sean [...]
Posted on 11 September 2009 by Ryan Erickson | Comments
Found on Facebook from someone I follow this has got to be some of the best advice I’ve seen thus far:
True, I was not born to sit in an office…but IN AN OFFICE I SIT. Potential recruits, choose your path wisely, lest you find yourself trapped by the very thing you flee. Not that there [...]
Posted on 11 September 2009 by Ryan Erickson | Comments
Earlier this week a fellow social media junkie/friend, Rachel Polish, did a great post titled The Brand of “We” Versus the Brand of “Me.” In short the piece is an overview of how important our/your personal online image is as it can reflect upon yourself as an employee of an organization; in this case the [...]
Posted on 31 August 2009 by Anastacia Thorsson | Comments
Here is an interesting piece I stumbled across on federalnewsradio.com, talking about how the Coast Guard is working to get a handle on social media and its security issues. They talk about how the Coast Guard is looking to hire up to 3 people to work on social media. Ah, listen to me sigh dramatically [...]
Posted on 24 August 2009 by Ryan Erickson | Comments
Hurricane Bill is all but gone from U.S. waters and on it’s way to visit Cape Race, Newfoundland most likely as a tropical storm. And now that we can say there was little damage or loss of life compared to past hurricanes of its size it’s now time to play Monday morning quarterback on the [...]
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