What if more government rockstars could find and join GovLoop? That’s the question I’ve been mulling over the past few months. You’ve probably seen the forum and blog posts from Community Manager Andy K: Should OpenGov Spark OpenGovLoop? Open GovLoop? You Decide. Your response was overwhelmingly positive to this idea of “opening GovLoop.” I wouldRead… Read more »
10 (Er..5) Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Use Social Media From Nina of British of Columbia Gov’t…A recap Commonly reasons why we shouldn’t use social media (I only got 5 of 10…lost my notes) -It’s too fluffy -We can’t measure it -There’s more important stuff – wars, environment, etc -Already good communication channels in place –Read… Read more »
As we mentioned yesterday, we are launching a GovLoop Advisory Board to help us make GovLoop more awesome. More info yesterday First up was GL Board Member Craig Newmark Second up was Bill Bott Up on Day 3, Anthony Williams, co-author Wikinomics, one the seminal books in the Gov 2.0 movement, GovLoop profile In recentRead… Read more »
Yes. We got an app for that. Today, we release the GovLoop iPhone app. It’s pretty cool – you can read the latest blogs and discussions on GovLoop, get the top gov’t news via GovZine from all your favorite sites, and also pulls in the top govt Twitter tags. Plus more goodies like key events,Read… Read more »
As we mentioned yesterday, we are launching a GovLoop Advisory Board to help us make GovLoop more awesome. More info yesterday First up yesterday was GL Board Member Craig Newmark Up on Day 2 is: Bill Bott, Former Deputy CIO, State of Missouri GovLoop Profile Why Government… I believe that at it’s core the workRead… Read more »
It’s the heart of the GovLoop philosophy that there are smarter people than the GovLoop team who have great ideas on how to make GovLoop awesome. That’s why we ask questions like “what do you want to see on govloop” and have groups like the GovLoop Community Leaders. As part of this push, I’ve beenRead… Read more »
New Employee Guide – Part 5 – Keep it Going Past Parts (Part 4 Part 3, Part 2, Part 1) Now that you’ve gotten started, you have to keep it going. You need to continue to evolve in order to grow – as the saying – Is your 10 years of experience really one yearRead… Read more »
Part 4 – The WorkPast Parts (Part 3, Part 2, Part 1) So if you gotten going for awhile and now it is essential to focus on the work you are doing. Here are a couple suggestions: 1 – Ask questions – As you are new, it is okay to ask a lot of questions.Read… Read more »
Global Pulse 2010: An Online Collaboration Event on March 29 – 31 USAID is partnering with the Departments of State, Education, Commerce, and Health and Human Services to host Global Pulse 2010 from March 29 – 31. Global Pulse 2010 (http://www.globalpulse2010.gov) is an online collaboration event, which will bring together engaged participants and organizations throughoutRead… Read more »
Citiies on social media with over 500+ -fans on facebook – 16% -followers on twitter – 9% Local gov is often late to game City of Reno-Around the Arch blog -Wordpress blog – one click install-iframe site in their blog -28,000 views on YouTube channels Get a government YouTube channel – [email protected] -get additional branding-canRead… Read more »