The Department of Education launches TEACH.gov with a little help from Rock Creek, government forms are on the road to making more sense, Michigan and Utah receive top honors for their digital efforts, and DoD’s former social media guru shares lessons learned, all in this week’s edition of the Gov 2.0 Roundup. –Earlier this week,Read… Read more »
Communications
10 reasons why online social media are critical to democratic governance (pt. 2)
Yesterday, I posted the first five of 10 reasons why the Web and particularly Web 2.0, also known as social media are critical to sustain and advance democratic governance processes in the United States. Today, I list reasons 6-10. The Web has transformed and continues to transform how government operates, especially in its relationship withRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: Palindrome Issue: 10/01
Gadi Ben-Yehuda I’m feeling Neighborly – a social network in development that is location-based. I’ll be interested to see it in action. Anyone else giving MediaPost, a new aggregator, a try? So far, I’ve found a few articles I might not have read otherwise. Two ways to be wrong about social media. Newsweek’s “The SadRead… Read more »
Forum wrap: Social media – maximising opportunities and minimising risks
The Victorian Managed Insurance Authority held a successful forum for the Victorian Public Sector on the maximising the opportunities and minimising the risks of social media. Attended by 200 people, the forum featured three speakers:• Kathy Phelan – Director, Small World Social Media• Greg Daniel – Executive Chairman, SR7• Maria Katsonis – Principal Advisor PublicRead… Read more »
Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – October 1, 2010
Putting on a mask through Election Day … Steve Henn: No political ‘Promoted’ tweets and trends this election season Doc Gurley: Are you in Crisis mode yet? Why not? Sharon Gaudin: In Schmidt’s vision, Google will search before you even ask David Forbes: Of revolts and social media Marc Drummond: NAGW 2010 – Adriel Hampton,Read… Read more »
GovLaunch – Introducing New Fairfax County News/Engagement Website
Hi everyone, Just wanted to drop by and mention today’s launch of a new local government news/engagement website that I’ve been developing and thinking about for some time. In Fairfax County, our news lived in silos by department or other organizational boundaries. Social media sites existed, but often separate from news delivery and conversation. WeRead… Read more »
CityCampSF, Oct. 16 – Sign Up Now!
Are you interested in the future of civic engagement, emerging media and Gov 2.0 innovations? CityCampSF, Saturday, October 16, 9 to 6, is an unconference where we will: Bring together municipal employees, experts, programmers, designers, citizens and journalists to share perspectives and insights about San Francisco and the Bay Area cities in which we liveRead… Read more »
From Public Servant to Public Insurgent
Cross posted from eaves.ca. Are you a public insurgent? Today, a generation of young people are arriving into the public service familiar with all sorts of tools – especially online and social media driven tools – that they have become accustomed to using. Tools like wikis, survey monkeys, doodle, instant messaging or websites like wikipedia,Read… Read more »
10 reasons why online social media are critical to democratic governance (pt.1)
The Web has transformed and continues to transform how government serves and relates to its citizenry. With the spread of broadband internet access now in 66% of American homes according to the Pew Research Center, some futurists have predicted that without access to the web, citizens may eventually lose touch entirely with the ability toRead… Read more »
Can you use Social Media to create better products and services?
Yes, I know many of us have discussed concepts like value co-creation for some time. However, as the business value of social networks is explored by an ever-growing audience I find myself revisiting, and rethinking, many concepts. An old co-worker of mine asked me about running beta programs on social networks and I wanted toRead… Read more »