VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Leverage Social Media to Humanize Your Agency and Engage Your Communities

Pre-Summit Workshop: December 9, 2025
General Summit: December 10–11, 2025

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Featured Sessions

U.S. Postal Service

Creating a Channel Strategy ​to Engage Various Audiences

Crystal will share how USPS defined its brand voice, mapped its audiences, and tailored platform strategies to deliver the right message in the right tone—without losing sight of its public service mission. Attendees will gain a blueprint for balancing creativity, clarity, and consistency across a complex digital ecosystem.

Social Simulator

Managing Misinformation in the AI Age

During the session, Social Simulator will combine theory and practice, providing a hands-on tabletop scenario that encourages participants to apply misinformation best practices in a realistic simulated crisis. Join us for this detailed exploration of modern misinformation to equip your team with everything they need to navigate the information landscape.

King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks

We Don't Even Have an Intern: Creative Systems for Staying Current Without Burning Out

Marie will explore how to set up lightweight systems that fit into your existing workload, so content creation doesn’t feel like another full-time job. You’ll leave with a content idea-tracking template, a plug-and-play post checklist, and a practical one-page social media plan you can use to turn your “Saved” folder into approved posts that engage your community—without burning out.

Presenting thought leaders you'll meet online

Learn from a mix of industry leaders who will share the proven social media strategies they use to grow their brands.

Jennifer Preston

Jennifer Preston

Public Information Officer
Town of Collierville, Tennessee

Brooke Hahn

Brooke Hahn

General Manager
Flockler

Danielle Shepard

Danielle Shepard

Communications Strategist
City of Tampa

Jameil Weldon

Jameil Weldon

Social Media Manager
Mecklenburg County, NC

Joseph Galbo

Joseph Galbo

Social Media Specialist
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Serena Riddle

Serena Riddle

Marketing Specialist
Arizona Department of Public Safety

Rachel Terlep

Rachel Terlep

Interactive Engagement Manager
Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT)

Claire Turner

Claire Turner

Associate Director
Social Simulator

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Azusa Nagasawa ((install)) Review

Watch any of her films on mute, and you see horror. Watch them with sound, and you hear a soul cracking. Directors like Noboru Tanaka used her not as a sex object, but as a canvas for psychological decay. In a genre filled with gratuitous nudity, Nagasawa’s nudity always felt desperate, never glamorous. Here is where the legend begins. In 1978, at the peak of her cult fame, Azusa Nagasawa vanished. Not died. Not retired to become a housewife. She simply stopped making films and disappeared from public record.

Note: This post is intended as a critical appreciation of a cult film figure. Viewer discretion is advised for the films mentioned, as they contain graphic adult content. azusa nagasawa

Here is why Azusa Nagasawa remains a fascinating, haunting figure nearly 50 years after her disappearance from the screen. Azusa Nagasawa’s career is the definition of a meteor. She appeared in only a handful of films between 1976 and 1978, yet she left a dent in the cult film world that actresses with decades-long careers would envy. Watch any of her films on mute, and you see horror

Start with . Ignore the sleazy plot summary. Watch Azusa’s eyes. There is a moment about 40 minutes in where she looks directly into the lens during a quiet moment of degradation. It feels less like acting and more like a cry for help. In a genre filled with gratuitous nudity, Nagasawa’s

She didn't survive the industry. But her art did.

For the uninitiated, Nagasawa is often dismissed as simply a "Pinky Violence" star or a tragic B-movie footnote. But to look at her work—even the small amount that survives—is to witness a screen presence so raw, so untamed, that it transcends the genres she worked in.

Flockler

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Who should attend

If you're a professional that manages your government or public agency’s social media channels, this event is for you!

  • Public Information
  • Public Affairs
  • Communications
  • Digital Marketing & Digital Media
  • Emergency Management
  • Social Media, Web & Content Management
  • Emergency Management
  • Community Service, Education & Outreach
  • Community Affairs
  • Public & Media Relations
  • Customer Service
  • Digital Engagement
  • Press Secretary
  • Administrative Support

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Watch any of her films on mute, and you see horror. Watch them with sound, and you hear a soul cracking. Directors like Noboru Tanaka used her not as a sex object, but as a canvas for psychological decay. In a genre filled with gratuitous nudity, Nagasawa’s nudity always felt desperate, never glamorous. Here is where the legend begins. In 1978, at the peak of her cult fame, Azusa Nagasawa vanished. Not died. Not retired to become a housewife. She simply stopped making films and disappeared from public record.

Note: This post is intended as a critical appreciation of a cult film figure. Viewer discretion is advised for the films mentioned, as they contain graphic adult content.

Here is why Azusa Nagasawa remains a fascinating, haunting figure nearly 50 years after her disappearance from the screen. Azusa Nagasawa’s career is the definition of a meteor. She appeared in only a handful of films between 1976 and 1978, yet she left a dent in the cult film world that actresses with decades-long careers would envy.

Start with . Ignore the sleazy plot summary. Watch Azusa’s eyes. There is a moment about 40 minutes in where she looks directly into the lens during a quiet moment of degradation. It feels less like acting and more like a cry for help.

She didn't survive the industry. But her art did.

For the uninitiated, Nagasawa is often dismissed as simply a "Pinky Violence" star or a tragic B-movie footnote. But to look at her work—even the small amount that survives—is to witness a screen presence so raw, so untamed, that it transcends the genres she worked in.

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