Poppy Social Story – You Can Take Part Too

#PoppySocialStory - Honouring Those Who Keep Us Safe.

Every day, Emergency Services personnel are using social media to inform the public and engage with the communities they serve. Social media has becoming a vital tool for communicating during times of crisis, but also for building transparent relationships with the public. Whether it be on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, or SnapChat – public safety professionals are doing incredible work on social media to help keep us all safe.

To honour this, Motorola Solutions are donating £1 to The Royal British Legion* for each use of the hashtag #PoppySocialStory. Please share your examples of how social media is being used in public safety – it can be a Tweet, Facebook post, a photo, video, or even just a "shout out" for your favourite public safety social media account.

Please just remember to include #PoppySocialStory. This video by Sgt Harry Tangye explains more:

This initiative was launched yesterday at B-APCO 2017 during the presentation on ‘Social Media in Public Safety – How Far Have We Come?’ by Chief Inspector Kerry Blakeman, West Midlands Police and Julian Foster, Motorola Solutions Global Co-Lead for Social Media Centre of Excellence.

You can follow the #PoppySocialStory on the Twitter monitor at www.motorolasolutions.com/bapco

 

 

 

* The Maximum donation from Motorola Solutions to The Royal British Legion will be capped at £2,000

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