Government Social Media Blog

What days should you keep in mind for your government social media content calendar? Here’s a helpful roundup of some of the observed days happening in August you might want to build content for — or ...

Early-bird registration for the Government Social Media Conference (GSMCON) is now open! We can’t wait to meet with government social media professionals in Dallas, Texas as well as those joining the ...

The Government Social Media Conference (GSMCON) is heading to Dallas, Texas, in spring 2022, as public sector social media professionals meet together in-person again! We’re planning a special hybrid ...

Contributed blog by Russel Lolacher, Director of Web and Social Media Services for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and author of the Relationships at Work blog

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As a social media professional in government, you’re faced with many challenges — one of them being, digital accessibility. On a day-to-day basis you welcome, interact and communicate important messag...

Government Social Media recently teamed up with ArchiveSocial to host a free, publicly available webinar, “Feel Good Stepping Away: Smart SocialGov Planning” after we heard about so many government so...

Government Social Media is excited to announce in-person events are returning in 2022! Multi-day virtual events were necessary during the pandemic, but many of you have expressed the desire to get tog...

What days should you keep in mind for your government social media content calendar? Here’s a helpful roundup of some of the observed days happening in July you might want to build content for — or be...

Contributed blog by Christina Roach, Digital Content Specialist for the City of Dallas, and Victor Henderson, Communications Specialist at North Central Texas Council of Governments. Read Christina & ...

Content calendars are an important part of every social media strategy. Not only do they help you plan, but they’re crucial to organizing and batching upcoming content. Whether you’re using a spreadsh...

“She doesn’t even go here!” bellows from a towering presence in the back of a crowd. Hidden behind a tightly scrunched hoodie and dark sunglasses, the commenter can’t help but interject during an asse...

The results are in for the Government Social Media professional association Membership Council! 

After an initial tie in the West region, we held an exciting regional runoff election where members in...

Contributed blog by Russel Lolacher, Director of Web and Social Media Services for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and author of the Relationships at Work blog

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Being a government social media professional is a crucial, complex role — who better to talk about it with than your fellow peers?

Join our Government Social Media network — a free resource to govern...

What days should you keep in mind for your government social media content calendar? Here’s a helpful roundup of some of the observed days happening in June you might want to build content for — or be...

The results are in for the Government Social Media professional association Membership Council election! 

Following a nomination period and an extremely tight race for the Southeast and Southwest cou...