The Forecast is Decidedly Cloudy – New AIIM White Paper
A great new white paper on Cloud Computing from AIIM here – Is cloud computing hype? Not according to AIIM, read more here: AIIM Trendscape: Content and the Cloud
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Landing Curiosity, meet the man behind NASA’s rover – Plus your weekend reads!
Why go to Mars? ‘Cause it’s next. ‘Cause we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire; and we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the west, and we took to the sky. The history of man is hung on a timeline of exploration and this is what’sRead… Read more »
New Coursera Offering: “Understanding Media by Understanding Google”
By Northwestern University: Starts: Sep 16th 2013 (6 weeks long) FREE https://www.coursera.org/course/googlemedia About the Course Google Inc. is one of the key success stories of the Internet era. The company has expanded beyond its original search business through innovation and acquisition to touch the lives of nearly every person who lives life online. Americans spendRead… Read more »
Is the key to bridging the digital divide social media?
Cracking the digital divide is no easy task. The barriers for success are high. But a team from the University of Wisconsin was able to make major inroads by using social media to educate and inform community organizers. Jennifer Smith is the communication officer for the University of Wisconsin Extension Center for Community Tech Solutions.Read… Read more »
Are You Part of the Data Elite?
In today’s digital world, everything we do creates data. We are creating data from our shopping behaviors, driving patterns and from the food we eat. It seems as though we are all on a quest for ultimate efficiency through data analysis. This trend has led to a class known as the data-elite. As technology quicklyRead… Read more »
Trying to make a point? Tell a story
I’ve talked a couple times about different tools that I use including Powtoon. Last night I was pulling together a Powtoon trying to capture the story of why I think there should be a premium put on decision making, particularly within the federal space as we go into these more austere budget times. Every littleRead… Read more »
The Social Media ROI Challenge: Are We Making Progress?
(August 28, 2013) This post addresses the social media ROI (return on investment) question, focusing in particular on whether we’re making progress in terms of the challenges put forth by organizational leaders and other experienced professionals who have been resisting increased digital engagement. Playing off the ROI acronym, it provides alternatives for interpreting the ROIRead… Read more »
Meet the gov guru who reinvented websites #engagement – Plus your weekend reads
Martha Dorris has been a driving force behind the use of technology to help citizens more easily and quickly obtain government services and information, whether the contact comes through a website, email, telephone call or social media. At GSA, she created the agency’s two federal Web platforms — USA.gov and its Spanish-language counterpart, GobiernoUSA.gov. InRead… Read more »
3 Things You Didn’t Know About Mobile Innovation
During a recent road trip, I was shocked that a roadside produce stand took credit cards simply by using an app on the farmer’s iPhone. If a vegetable kiosk can do better business with mobile, surely your agency can too. To learn how, join GovLoop and a great line-up of government thought leaders on Tuesday,Read… Read more »
5 Lessons from the Solution Revolution
***Hear author Bill Eggers keynote our Government Innovators Virtual Summit on 9/10 – free RSVP **** Over the long weekend, I read Bill Eggers’ latest “The Solution Revolution: How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises are Teaming Up to Solve the World’s Largest Problems.” Bill is one of the top thought-leaders in the government space soRead… Read more »