The document provides 12 tips for using Twitter in local government. The tips include realizing that communication landscapes have changed, learning the language of the Twitter platform, understanding that you cannot control the message on social media, being a human voice on Twitter instead of just broadcasting press releases, linking and sharing content to engage in web 2.0 practices, taking arguments and rebuttals both online and offline, using service areas and frontline workers on Twitter, having a simple social media policy, connecting social media with other communication channels, and sharing positive feedback received offline.