Communications

Notes from NDU iCollege’s Social Media Conference, 11.09.10

Originally posted to the ChatterBachs blog. Yesterday, I attended the National Defense University iCollege’s Social Media Conference entitled “Social Media Implementation Across Organizational Boundaries”. The sessions were informative and interesting. Below you will find some of my notes. This is in no way intended to be a comprehensive representation of the sessions but rather justRead… Read more »

Happy 235th Birthday U.S. Marine Corps!

The Continental Marines were founded November 10, 1775, by a resolution passed by a committee of the Continental Congress. The resolution drafted at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia called for two battalions of marines to aid in the fight for independence on land and sea. Samuel Nicholas was the Commandant of the newly formed Marines andRead… Read more »

FICM Pecha Kucha – 2nd Thurs in Feb 2011 @ 11 am PDT

Federal Intranet Content Managers Lightning Round Presentations Everyone welcome, all sectors of government, civil service, contractor, private sector, int’l, general public, academia, etc. Suggested Topics: What Makes My Intranet Unique, Why I love Social Media, Cool New Social Apps, etc. Meetings will be online via GoToMeeting – 1000 participants max. Use IdeaScale to get ideas.Read… Read more »

New York Times: Stage Set for Showdown on Online Privacy

WASHINGTON — After “do not call” lists became popular, more than 90 percent of people who signed up reported fewer annoying telemarketing calls. Now, privacy advocates are pushing for a similar “do not track” feature that would let Internet users tell Web sites to stop surreptitiously tracking their online habits and collecting clues about age,Read… Read more »

Improving Customer Service

Voters have signaled that they aren’t happy with the role of government. Surveys also say they are upset with government employees and don’t trust government. Yet research shows that citizens base their perceptions on their personal experiences. So would improving customer service help? In the 1990s, the Clinton-Gore Reinventing Government effort thought the answer wasRead… Read more »

Where Malcom Gladwell Left Off: Social Media & Next Generation Democracy

This post originally appeared on my blog, http://wethegoverati.wordpress.com Last month Malcom Gladwell wrote an article in the New Yorker: “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not be Tweeted.” I’ve been thinking about this article ever since it came out, and people have asked me to respond on several occasions. When I read Next Generation DemocracyRead… Read more »

Community Building: No Agency is an Island, or a Planet!

No agency is an island, or a planet for that matter, so let’s talk about what best practices we can learn from others who are building communities and making it happen! ———————————————— Ever want to be a fly on the wall? How about a fly on the wall in a NASA space lab as theyRead… Read more »

ClearedJobs.Net debuts new “Cleared Military” community online to provide timely career search and private-sector employment support

ClearedJobs.Net, a veteran-owned job board serving the security cleared community, unveils a new online community to continue its outreach to the veteran and military community. Building upon its successful Military Spouse Appreciation Day campaign for the last two years and its longstanding relationship with the US military, ClearedJobs.Net has launched “Cleared Military” both on TwitterRead… Read more »