Hello from Long Beach, California! We're here for the @ICMA 2026 Annual Conference and ready for a few days of good conversations, new ideas, and connecting with the people doing the work of keeping communities informed. If live video is part of your communications strategy, or you're curious about where it could fit, come find the Switchboard Live team in the exhibit hall. Bring your questions. Bring a challenge. Or just come say hello.𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝟴𝟲𝟯 👋 #ICMA2026 #LocalGovernment #GovTech

Hi! 👋 From @ICMA! That's us at Booth 863! Come hang out with us! Bring a recent livestream (or just the questions your council keeps asking), and we'll show you where your livestream is going and how to reach your community where they're already watching. Long Beach, CA #LocalGov #PublicMeetings #ICMA2026

We’re here at @ICMA 2026👋 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝟴𝟲𝟯 💚 The exhibit hall is officially open, and we’re ready for some great conversations. Bring us a question. Tell us what’s working or what isn’t. Let’s talk about live video, public meetings, community communications, and how local government teams are getting information to residents where they need it. We’re here to listen, learn, and share what we know. Come say hello; we’re looking forward to meeting you! #ICMA2026 #LocalGovernment #GovTech #PublicService #LocalGov

Public information can be available but hard to find. Our latest blog explores the gap between transparency and discoverability, and why where information is published matters just as much as whether it's published. Read it here: vist.ly/5njxm

Happy #WinsDay! BIG Update Announcement ✨ Scheduled Events just got a whole lot BETTER! You can now scheduled your livestream once in Switchboard and have the upcoming broadcast created on YouTube, Facebook Pages, and X. 📅 That means your audience can find your stream before you go live, share it, and return to the same event for the replay. 📲 And when it's time to go live? Just start your stream in Switchboard. No need to create the event on each platform individually. 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙂𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 💻 Check it out → switchboard.live/blog/schedu… #SwitchboardLive #Multistreaming #ProductUpdate

🚶‍♂️ Walk & Talk with Rudy Going live is only the start. You can have the best camera, a great internet connection, and a perfect stream, but what happens next? If residents have to remember the meeting time, find the city website, search for the right page, and then find the livestream, there's still a gap between going live and actually reaching residents. For Rudy, that's the last mile. We'll be bringing this conversation to ICMA 2026. 📍 If you're attending, see us at Booth 863! 👋 #ICMA2026 #GovTech #LocalGovernment #LiveStreaming #PublicSector

One week to go! 🎉 Next week, we'll be in Long Beach for #ICMA2026 If your team manages livestreams for meetings, events, public announcements, or community programming, we'd love to talk. See you in Long Beach!
 #GovTech #LocalGovernment #PublicSector #CityManager

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. The question isn't just "Do we have an emergency alert system?" It's: Can we verify information, publish it quickly, and get the same message to residents through multiple channels? Read the full playbook: #GovTech #PublicSector #CrisisCommunications #GovernmentCommunications #EmergencyManagement

How many people actually watched your last city council meeting? 👀 It sounds like a simple question, but if you publish your livestream across multiple platforms, getting a clear answer can be surprisingly difficult. Our latest blog walks through a 20-minute cross-platform reach audit to show where your audience is watching and establish a baseline for your livestream reach. Because before you can improve your reach, you need to know what it looks like today. Swipe through ->>> #GovTech #PublicSector #LiveStreaming #GovernmentCommunications

𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Participate live in our next office hours session! Stay tuned for more details. 👂🕐 #SwitchboardLive #LiveStreaming #OfficeHours

2 WEEKS TO GO! #ICMA2026 | Long Beach, CA Local government is about people, collaboration, and helping communities move forward. As we get ready for the @ICMA Annual Conference, we're looking forward to meeting the people behind that work. Switchboard helps local government teams deliver live communications to residents across the platforms they already use. Curious what that could look like for your team? Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall, say hello, and see Switchboard in action. We'd love to meet you and hear what you're working on. See you in Long Beach! 🌊 #LocalGovernment #GovTech #CityClerk

🥇 WE HAVE A BLOG POST FOR THAT.
 Because livestreaming comes with questions. We have a blog post for that ->Public-sector livestreaming comes with a lot of questions. ->How do you prepare for a broadcast interruption? ->What does SB 707 mean for language access? ->Are your captions meeting accessibility requirements? ->And what can you do to make sure your broadcast is there when your community needs it? We've been digging into those questions on the Switchboard Live blog Swipe through >>>>>>>>>>>>> #LocalGovernment #Accessibility #GovTech #SB707

Already using Zoom for public meetings or webinars? Learn how to connect Zoom to Switchboard Live and send your meeting or webinar to multiple destinations at once: YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more. Our latest tutorial walks through the setup from start to finish, including: → Activating livestreaming in Zoom
 → Connecting Zoom to Switchboard with RTMPS
 → Configuring your meeting or webinar
 → Testing the connection
→ Going live across multiple platforms
 → Stopping your streams when the meeting ends Plus, a few tips for setting things up in advance so your next livestream runs more smoothly. Zoom → Switchboard → your community. Watch the tutorial and follow along. youtu.be/jtUMZC43Vfw?si=d_P5… #Multistreaming #Zoom #Livestreaming #GovTech #PublicMeetings #SwitchboardLive

We're heading to Long Beach! 🌴 Switchboard Live is exhibiting at the @ICMA Annual Conference, October 18–20. We look forward to connecting with local government professionals and discussing how communities can use live video to keep residents informed, engaged, and connected. If you'll be at #ICMA2026, come say hello! #GovTech #LocalGovernment #PublicSector

Your livestream can be technically perfect and still miss the people you're trying to reach. A meeting starts on time. The audio is clear. The agenda is visible. The stream works. 🔎 But there's another question worth asking: Did residents have a realistic chance of finding it? Our latest blog explores one of the most common livestreaming mistakes cities make: treating production and distribution as the same job. The goal isn't to replace your city website or official meeting archive. It's to make important public information easier to encounter by adding distribution on top of the systems you already use. 📖 Read the full blog:
The Most Common Livestreaming Mistake Cities Make (And How to Fix It) switchboard.live/blog/the-mo… #GovTech #PublicSector #GovernmentCommunications #LiveStreaming #CivicEngagement