Announced today, November 3, 2011, the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) has joined social media in a major way by unveiling a Facebook page, as well as destinations on Twitter and YouTube.
“Facebook has been giving people the power to share information and make the world more open and connected since 2004,” said Lori Neely, who heads up the PGC’s social media efforts. “Millions of people use it everyday to keep up with friends and family; share photos, videos and links; and learn more about the people, places and organizations that interest them.
While announcing its step into the world of social media, the PGC also has been taking advantage of new technologies to reach a greater audience and provide increased access to agency actions and information.
“We’ve been testing the waters recently by securing addresses and accounts in the PGC’s name just to see if people were looking for us, and what type of devices they were using to access Game Commission information,” said Joe Neville, PGC Bureau of Information and Education.
Neville said the agency also has been posting video clips, including statements from agency officials, in concert with recent news releases to enhance the news media’s opportunity to share wildlife-related information with readers, listeners or viewers.
Neely pointed out the agency’s first measured steps into the social media world started a few years ago with the webcasting of a bluebird-nesting box at the agency’s headquarters, the annual elk license drawings and quarterly meetings of the Board of Game Commissioners.
Go viral with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and join them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaGameCommission, Twitter www.twitter.com/PAGameComm or @PAGameComm and YouTube www.youtube.com/pagamecommission.
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