Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25 October 25, 2009

  • [FOIA] shall be liberally construed to promote an increased awareness by all persons … @sudoltj see @opengovva http://www.opengovva.org/ #
  • At VML Legislative Committee meeting discussing effective ways to lobby the General Assembly: communication, communication, communication #
  • At the opening session for the Virginia Municipal League Conference with hundreds of city and town leaders from around the Commonwealth #
  • Absolutely terrific presentation on Creating Highly Competitive Communities by Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr. from UNC – all about sustainability #
  • Learning about legal tools to battle blight – there are some helpful state laws that give local government power to fix abandoned property #
  • Been at the VA Municipal League conference for 3 days and haven’t seen anyone else with a laptop. I know I’m young and techy, but c’mon! ;) #
  • New Creigh Deeds Ad for the Shenandoah Valley: http://tinyurl.com/yhelboxHe’s our guy #
  • (typo) New @CreighDeeds Ad for the Shenandoah Valley – he’s our guy: http://tinyurl.com/yhelbox #
  • Virginia mayors and councilmembers are all sitting in a session about new social media #
  • Gen X and Boomers are fastest growing demographics on Twitter #
  • 7 principles of online communities: http://bit.ly/p0Vdr #
  • Thanks for presenting at VML @GeoffLiving about social media – I think I’m the only mayor here with a Twitter account! #
  • @GeoffLiving tough crowd! I think bringing up there is no perfect real-life alternative can cut through some of the criticism in reply to GeoffLiving #
  • @GeoffLiving check out http://www.HarrisonburgSummits.com – 160-200 people showing up to discuss issues using Open Space Technology in reply to GeoffLiving #
  • @GeoffLiving I think the 1way communication possibilities is more appealing to govt officials than 2way – e.g. get out info on public mtgs in reply to GeoffLiving #
  • Cool: Apps for Democracy http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/ #
  • Wow, I figured @redcross would have more than 26,800 followers! #
  • @GeoffLiving Nice job presenting about social media – have you spoken to a crowd of elected officials before? As many questions & cynicism? in reply to GeoffLiving #
  • RT @ncdd: News from thataway.org: Must-Read Study on Sustaining Public Engagement – http://tinyurl.com/ygkow9z #
  • 142ppl & 68orgs registered for tomorrow’s Harrisonburg Intercultural/Interfaith Summit tomorrow.More expected! http://www.harrisonburgsummits.com #
  • @kathy_moore thanks! How about a summit @Staunton next? in reply to kathy_moore #
  • @kathy_moore Yes, having a series is key, bc it builds . See video at http://bit.ly/GVvJQ in reply to kathy_moore #
  • Who can bring camera & video camera to today’s intercultural summit? I bought a flip video camera to ask “How did you get to Harrissonburg?” #
  • Huge line for flu shots at Harrisonburg Walmart #
  • At least 250 people came to today’s Intercultural/Interfaith Summit – the biggest crowd yet. Notes and videos coming soon! Amazing event! #
  • Conversations included Iraqi refugee sharing her story, chaslenges for Hispanic community, H1N1, Curiousity Circle, and many more. #
  • Attendees included migrants, refugees, immigrants, and long time Harrisonburg locals. Police officers, teachers, students – and a mayor ;) #
  • Editting video from yesterday’s summit while sitting in Water Street Cafe – great article and picture in the Daily News-Record! #
  • Miss it? Video interviews from yesterday’s Intercultural/Interfaith Summit in H’burg http://bit.ly/19oQQP #
  • 900 families & 1700 children in Harrisonburg/Rockingham applying for assistance for food http://bit.ly/2Ni52X #hburgnews Watch Video #
  • RT @MoElleithee: BOTH of Bob McDonnell’s hometown newspapers endorsed Creigh Deeds for Governor. #
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