http://wfpl.org en http://wfpl.org/post/council-democrats-republicans-launch-social-media-pages <p>The caucus staff for the Louisville Metro Council Democrats and Republicans have created social media pages to better reach constituents.</p><p>Currently, a handful of city lawmakers have official Facebook and Twitter accounts where they update their ordinances and district events.</p><p>Others use their personal website to update on their council work, but most have not signed on to social networking to reach out to constituents.</p><p>Democratic Caucus spokesman Tony Hyatt says the technology is a good way to let residents know what’s on their agenda, and that more lawmakers will be logging on soon.</p><p>"I think the goal is to eventually bring everybody along. You know as well as I do there are some folks who were a little late to the game in understanding how social media operates. Our goal is to get the information out of what’s going on with the caucus, meeting notifications, letting them know about progress reports on certain things," he says.</p><p> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:55:57 +0000 Phillip M. Bailey 4153 at http://wfpl.org Council Democrats, Republicans Launch Social Media Pages http://wfpl.org/post/ideafestival-thursday-highlights <p>When the organizers for IdeaFestival said that most events were sold out, they truly meant it. All of Thursday’s presentations were standing-room only.</p><p>Some highlights:</p><p><strong>Peter Sims—Little Bets</strong></p><p>When Kris Kimel introduced Sims, a best-selling author and entrepreneur, he said, “[Sims has] used the words ‘cool’ and ‘I love it’ and ‘awesome’ hundreds of times since he arrived in Louisville.” And indeed, Sims led his presentation with a discussion of Wednesday night’s dinner at Smoketown USA with Kevin Colleran, formerly of Facebook.</p> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:08:52 +0000 Melissa Chipman 1743 at http://wfpl.org IdeaFestival: Thursday Highlights