Social Media for Public Safety

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Course Description:

Everything that Massachusetts Based Government Officials and Social Media Managers in the Public Sector need to know.

What you can't and can't do on social media

• Legal issues including HIPAA, FERPA, CORI, Massachusetts Public Records Law and Records Retention Law

• Policy Issues including taking down posts, employee use of social media and "Limited Public Forums"

• Situational Awareness, Intelligence Collection and 28CFR23

• Misinformation and Disinformation - One of the biggest threats public safety faces today and strategies to help

This is a 6 hour course that runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cost is $200 - A free lunch will be provided at no additional cost

This course is for any public employee that has access to their agency social media accounts. It is especially useful for those in public safety, emergency management and government crisis communications. It is also useful for supervisors and union officials.

The instructor:

• 2nd generation police command officer with over 32 years of police training and experience 

• Over 40 years experience with various social media sites (Seriously, look up, "CompuServe CB Simulator") 

•  Has been teaching this topic to public safety audiences since police departments started using MySpace 

• Speaker at numerous conferences around the United States and Canada