So it’s that time of year again for GovLoop to add on fellows to help us continue to make GovLoop as awesome as possible. We’ve had some good ones in the past and the two coming in should be no exception. With that said, I want to introduce the community to the two people whoRead… Read more »
Wow! 111 of you joined GovLoop and Wikibrands author Mike Dover for a 30 minute live chat today. A ton a great questions were asked and Mike did his best to knock them all out. First off a shout out to Mike for being awesome and agreeing to do the chat. Secondly thank you toRead… Read more »
Next week President Obama will grace you’re television screen and tell you how he thinks the nation is doing. This will be the Presidents third State of the Union Address. What will he say about recession? The war in the Middle East? No one knows for sure. Earlier this week Amanda Zamora of the WashingtonRead… Read more »
The GovGoodies just keep coming this week with another free pass to an event that shouldn’t be anything less than awesome. The conference (What’s Next DC) is all about optimizing the way we get the word out about stuff so if that’s your bag or you want tips in that area or if you justRead… Read more »
Are you an avid tweeter? facebooker? Well if so we’ve got good news now you can send your tweets and status updates straight to GovLoop at the same time you are sending them to facebook and twitter. Thanks to a Ning upgrade we here at GovLoop have synced with Hootsuite. For those of you unfamiliarRead… Read more »
Most people are connected to social media but a large majority of those people really have no clue to push technology to enable meaningful conversations. Well fear not because GovLoop is bringing on an expert. Next Thursday from 2:00PM-2:30PM Mike Dover co-author of Wikibrands and Managing Partner of Socialstruct Advisory Group will be on theRead… Read more »
Every Friday, we take a quick look back at the week and highlight five members or moments that were especially awesome. Here’s who and what rocked it out this week. Also we want to know how or what you think killed it this week on the site so help us out with your comments below.Read… Read more »
The United State Postal Service is really trying to make money and it looks like they mean business. Announced today in the Washington Post USPS will start selling gift cards come May. Coming soon to a post office near you: Gift cards “Gift card sales rose during the holiday season and 5 percent overall inRead… Read more »
Social media shifts marketing from controlled, one-way communications into collaborative, intimate dialogues with—and among—constituents. The strategies, tools, rules of engagement, and metrics present marketing and digital professionals with a series of challenges that are best distilled into one question: “What do I do now?” Well with GovLoop you can figure out the answer to thatRead… Read more »
A very interesting post on Mashable yesterday. The Russian Gov’t is switching to free software completely by 2015. The order was put out by prime minister Putin. Is this a good call or bad call? Here’s the full article: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a government order that lays out the groundwork forRead… Read more »