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The GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS and the increasing use SOCIAL MEDIA have created a powerful duo in changing how we reach and communicate with each other and our unique “customers.” It is helping us discover the common ground upon which we walk across the world when it comes to pioneering new possibilities in government leadership and… Read more »
Twitter has had a big impact in the way we communicate, but security concerns have put a damper on its use within the DoD/IC, until now… Welcome Chirp! Chirp is an Open Source Twitter clone available on Intelink. It is on NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS, has an official Authority to Operate (ATO) and on production… Read more »
17% of Twitter users vs. 12% of non-Twitter social media users had accessed social media from a washroom or toilet New Crowd Science survey And how many are male and missing their aim? 11% of Twitter users admitted to accessing social media while driving in the preceding 30 days, compared to only 5% of other… Read more »
The biggest problem I have had within my organization for not implementing social media is resources. Due to the small size of our Web Services Staff, we have been unable to implement all the social media avenues we have wanted to. When management decides we need to use a certain type of social media on… Read more »
I feel the biggest reason why the move to social media is slow is due to the fact that there is a lack of understanding from senior management and IT staffs that this is a technology and “Why do we need it, where’s the value and won’t employees just be watching youtube or chatting with… Read more »
I am passionately interested in greater engagement between government at all levels and the public. So much so, that I’ve volunteered my time on several projects that seek to enable the transition to a more open, engaged, conversational form of government – the type of government being termed Government 2.0. I’ve been stewing over this… Read more »
Originally published as part of the FEDManager’s “Ask Young Government Leaders” series. @govloop: “The arbiters of cool are about to hit the stage.” #ogi In less than 140 characters, @GovLoop – also known as Steve Ressler, co-founder of Young Government Leaders (YGL) and creator of the “Facebook for Government” – used Twitter to announce the… Read more »
Originally published at the GenerationShift blog. Per this post from Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at the UK central government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), below is a “Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments.” It’s a helpful document as it includes a very brief overview of Twitter, offers some objectives and… Read more »
One recurring theme I heard over the course of the two-day Open Government and Innovation Conference was trust. I believe it was David Wennergren from DoD who recommended Stephen M.R. Covey’s book “The Speed of Trust.” I haven’t read it yet but plan to, because I think the connection between social media and trust is… Read more »
