This morning I spotted @Derbyshirecc tweeting:

Be careful on the roads this morning, heavy rain means lots of standing water. Help us by reporting road flooding: http://bit.ly/2qda2d

It's a nice example that wraps up several points about councils making good use of Twitter all in one: it's got a relaxed, human tone; it provides useful information; it encourages the public to gather data to help make public services better; and by pushing the information out to people it gets it in front of their eyes in a way that passive publishing on a website doesn't.

A computer thinks the following may also be of interest:
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One Response to “Nice use of Twitter by Derbyshire County Council today”

  1. Paul Clarke case: nice use of Twitter by Holly Thompson #paulclarke | Mark Pack says:
    16 November 2009 at 6:07 pm

    [...] blogged this morning about a good use of Twitter by Derbyshire County Council and this afternoon I've come across a great use of Twitter in the [...]

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