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Ed Garner, Digital Communications Manager at City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Digital Adelaide 2022 speaker
Digital Adelaide 2022

Ed Garner

Digital Communications Manager

City of Port Adelaide Enfield

Ed Garner is the Digital Communications Manager at the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, where he has built one of local government's most personality-driven social media presences. At Digital Adelaide 2022, he shared the strategy behind how councils can be genuinely cool on social — breaking the mould of dry, bureaucratic communication and building a brand personality that residents actually want to follow.

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Ed Garner

Digital Communications Manager, City of Port Adelaide Enfield

Councils can be cool on social

Ed Garner showcased how the City of Port Adelaide Enfield built an exciting, engaging brand presence by having a genuine personality on social media — talking to people, not at them. He shared how their community became highly engaged in council work, proving that even local government can stand out in what has traditionally been a stale and boring area of content.

local governmentsocial mediacommunity engagementcontent strategy