In honor of and in conjunction with Social Media Day, Rock Creek Strategic Marketing is hosting a friendly social competition on the Rock Creek blog. Throughout the day, we’ll be posting zoomed in “Mystery Images” from government websites and social media outlets, highlighting some of the interesting and innovative ways government agencies are using theRead… Read more »
The patient arrives unconscious in the emergency room as physicians search for clues to the cause for her condition. A quick look in her purse reveals a single light orange oval tablet with ML-P17 imprinted on one side—is it related to her state or unimportant? Thanks to a new application created by Gov 2.0 superstarRead… Read more »
Rock Creek Strategic Marketing co-founder and principal Scott Johnson recently had a conversation with Carla Briceño of Bixal about what government agencies need to know when it comes to reaching out to Hispanic audiences. The blog post below is an overview of their discussion. People of the Internet, take note: The Hispanic online audience isRead… Read more »
Last week I was lucky enough to speak with Gov 2.0 superstar and GovLoop founder Steve Ressler about what’s happening with GovLoop, where the site is going and how sites like it are having a larger impact. You can read the whole two-part interview series in full on the Rock Creek blog, or check outRead… Read more »
From a longer blog post over at the Rock Creek blog… As the top news story on the nightly news and CNN.com, the swine flu, or H1N1 epidemic has dominated the headlines since last weekend. And to say that there’s been a lot of chatter online would be an understatement. Nielsen reports that on AprilRead… Read more »
A colleague sent me a link to the Great Idea Conference’s Twitter Feedback area. The interesting thing is that all of the conference’s feedback, from thoughts on the overall program to thoughts on specific sessions, is in the form of tweets. A couple of things worth mentioning here: 1. What a cool way to getRead… Read more »
My colleague Scott Johnson wrote a couple of interesting blog posts over on the Rock Creek blog this week. One focuses on the UK government’s announcement that they’re moving toward using open source software whenever possible; the other highlight’s HHS’s smooth use of social media during the sticky peanut butter recall (pun intended.) Both ofRead… Read more »
I wrote a somewhat lengthy blog post on this topic over on the Rock Creek blog, but felt so fired up about it that I wanted to bring it to the GovLoop audience to get your opinions. The gist of the story is this: In an attempt to protect their online reputation, doctors are nowRead… Read more »
As a person who does a lot of writing for work, I have fantasies that the folks who read my work read every single word, hanging on each as if it were more important than the last. But the fact is that most people will miss the turn of a phrase or the pun-intended pun,Read… Read more »
This weekend, when I was in dire need of a good scallops recipe, I went onto FoodNetwork.com to see what looked good. Over the past year, they’ve become my website of choice for recipes because their site is so easy to use, and their user comments section helps me decide whether or not to tryRead… Read more »