Ning and Social Media in the Federal Government

Is anyone in the federal government using the Ning platform to connect with grant awardees? We are interested in exploring Ning as an option (seems to have more collaboration abilities compared to SharePoint) and would love to here from other groups who have gone through this process. It seems like there may be some security issues to get it hosted through a government website. Thoughts? Thanks so much in advance for your feedback!

Tags: media, ning, social, transparency

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Permalink Reply by Kim Del Guercio on December 15, 2011 at 3:18pm

Got it - thanks! Are there additional requirements / any policy issues you are encountering as you perform the migration to the SAMHSA site?

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Permalink Reply by Ellen Radis on December 15, 2011 at 3:59pm

We are just starting that process - so I cannot answer that yet - but will let you know if there are issues in regard to the migration

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli on December 15, 2011 at 12:09pm

Hi, Kim, check out what I did in Boston with partnership with Boston Police and the City of Boston - www.neighborsforneighbors.org. Would be happy to share the story with you.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli on December 15, 2011 at 12:10pm

PS. I also ran the OurBorder.Ning.com site for DHS for a while too.

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Permalink Reply by Kim Del Guercio on December 15, 2011 at 2:17pm

Thanks, Joseph! I just e-mailed you and Andrew back.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Poirier on December 15, 2011 at 8:47pm

OurBorder has been down for a while, CBP updating?

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Permalink Reply by Alexandra Fercak on December 15, 2011 at 3:27pm

Wow, what a great site, Joseph! Thanks for sharing it!

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Permalink Reply by Stacia Aho on July 18, 2012 at 3:56pm

Joseph - I am working on something similar in Arlington County. I'd love to hear your experience with Boston.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Poirier on December 15, 2011 at 8:46pm

Also check out http://buddypress.org/ it's a WordPress suite that turns WordPress into a "social network" tool as well. Seems pretty slick, but haven't heard of any gov examples yet, but it being WP it can be brought in house to be managed so I feel like it's worth a look.

-CGP