The Spokesperson’s Service is on Twitter!
October 27, 2010
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This is just a short post to notify all of you that we have started the process of getting the spokespersons of the European Commission on Twitter so they can connect with journalists, media and interest organisations.
The first people to start tweeting are the Planning and Coordination unit. We have done a training for them on Friday 23 October and the last few days I have been back and forth between Madou and Berlaymont to help them get all their accounts up and running with URL shortening, smartphones and desktop connections. But now they are out there!
They will be tweeting official ”Barroso” messages from the account @EU_Commission, but it is the aim that as many as possible get on twitter with their own accounts. We have created a naming convention so they will be using @ECspokesFirstname as their Twitter handles.
The first accounts to go live are:
@ECspokesKoen – Head of the Spokespersons’ Service
@ECspokesPia – Spokeswoman for the Commission
@ECspokesMichael - Michael Karnitschnig, spokesperson, Planning and Coordination unit
@ECspokesMark - Mark Gray, advisor to the head of service
@ECspokesLeonor, Leonor Ribeiro, deputy spokeswoman attached to the President
@ECspokesCezary, Cezary Lewanowicz, spokesperson, Planning and Coordination unit
@ECspokesJens, Jens Mester, spokesperson, Planning and Coordination unit
You can find a full list of the Spokespersons’ service here while we dig out photos for their accounts.
More to follow! And be nice to them ;oD
//Anne
Added 15 November:
@ECspokesMyriam, Myriam Sochacki, spokesperson, Planning and Coordination unit.
@ECspokesRoger, Roger Waite, Spokesperson for Agriculture.
Added 22 November:
@ECspokesAmadeu, Amadeu Alfaj, Spokesperson for Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Added 3 December:
@ECspokesFerran, Ferran Tarradellas, Spokesperson for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response
Update Jan. 2012:
To find Spokespeople on Twitter, please see this Twitter list.
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