BC Gov’t Looking For Tweets From Small Biz
Prince George, BC – The BC Government will host a Twitter town hall meeting over the noon hour tomorrow, seeking some ‘tweet’ ideas from small businesses on how to cut red tape.
Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business, Naomi Yamamoto, will co-host the event with the executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to "brainstorm ways to streamline, simplify, and shorten processes that businesses have to undergo in order to comply with government requirements."
The minister committed to a joint review with the CFIB last January to identify five specific ‘cuts’ that could be made in to reduce red tape in the province. Executive VP, Laura Jones, says, "Reaching out through Twitter means small business owners can shair their ideas on how to grow their businesses and succeed."
The town hall, via social media, is from 12pm to 1pm tomorrow, the Twitter hash tags are: #BCBizChat and #CFIBideas.
Comments
Maybe the first thought is that not everyone ‘does’ twitter!
social media
blogs, printed papers, radio, television, telephones, chats at the local coffee shop …. as if these are all asocial media.
I DETEST inappropriate language. I detest the words “social media”!!!
Twitter and Facebook are easily the worst inventions of the computer age.
An extensive view of social media
http://webtrends.about.com/od/web20/a/social-media.htm
Let us just say that the venue of a “meeting” (that is a social event) is always limited to those who can participate when considering such restrictions as economics, geography, technological medium, time constraints, general comfort with the social setting, etc.
Tweet comments subject to a comprehensive directive for proper spelling AND punctuation? After all, tweeting being encouraged whilst some party having their hand out for dough to “Raise-A-Reader”? Hmmm? #rase a reder a gud cos fr me.
Hmmm, how can we explain the problems with regulatory approvals for small business in 140 characters? This should be both entertaining and incredibly superficial.
Exactly, curmudgeon. Those who participate may have to resort to texting ‘language’ to get more words in. On the other hand, most business people I know, especially the successful ones, do not “tweet” or “facebook”, they are busy keeping their businesses profitable.
We members pay the CFIB and the CTF to address issues of government red tape and taxation for us, collectively, through our membership dues.
metalman.
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