I’ve been thinking about using some new ways of providing training on digital engagement stuff to those working in public services – in tandem with the traditional approach that we are taking in our workshop tomorrow. Webinars are something I’m looking into, and I’ve written about my experiences of running them previously. What I amRead… Read more »
Need some suggestions about who to follow on Twitter? Here is a list of five you might consider: library_connectTwitter Bio: Partnering with Info Pros. http://www.elsevier.com/librarians INFOdocketTwitter Bio: Shirl Kennedy and Gary Price are now blogging at: http://fulltextreports.com & http://INFOdocket.com USMCLibrary Twitter Bio: Official Twitter account of the USMC Research Library, Quantico, VA. The appearance ofRead… Read more »
Last week at the Games for Health 2011 conference, Dr. Doris Rusch (MIT-Singapore GAMBIT Game Lab) presented her groundbreaking game, Elude. Elude is not like most games – its intention is not to “play” but just the opposite. A beautifully designed metaphor, Elude is a tool for people supporting others with depression. For people whoRead… Read more »
We are excited to have Laura Godfrey, Manager of GobiernoUSA.gov, joining us at out next Reaching Latinos Online event on June 9th at 6pm. Laura will discuss GobiernoUSA’s efforts to make the site more mobile-friendly. Among the issues she will address are: How Hispanics are using the mobile Internet Which segments of the Hispanic populationRead… Read more »
From ‘The Big Apple’ and ‘Empire City’ to ‘Gotham’ and ‘The City That Never Sleeps,’ New York City has worn many hats over the years. With the release of NYC Digital‘s roadmap, NYC hopes to add ‘The Digital City’ to its nickname collection. Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne announcedRead… Read more »
Salesforce.com is one option that can be used to implement Open Government. Cloud 2.0 Apps – Open Civic Engagement, as a Service A very good example for this is “Open Civic Engagement, as a Service”, described in this presentation. The slide show talks through how Plone, the open source CMS (Content Management System) can beRead… Read more »
… or what I SHOULD say is a TEXT Out to Arkansas. The state announced last Thursday that they have rolled out their mobile-ready website, and they are the first state to launch geolocation widgets. Check out their fully mobile-optimized Arkansas.gov website which is it is the first state website to use Text4help, a newRead… Read more »
***Register for June’s Free GL Training on Knowledge Mgmt & Social Media – 6/9 at 2pm est** It’s funny. A couple years ago I was in charge of a social media platform inside my agency for internal use amongst employees. At the time, I thought of it as a social media project or specifically anRead… Read more »
As I’ve said before, there are very few absolutes when it comes to social media. Trust me, I’m well aware that the first word in “social media” is “social.” And there’s no question that the gold standard is to fully engage in any platform like Twitter, and that means retweeting, following others, etc. In Facebook,Read… Read more »
On May 2, Government Technology published a great article called Apps Contest Winners Need Better Government Data to Sustain Innovative Services. It was a very well-written article about the challenges of sustaining the make-data-available-for- private-sector-innovators model. By now, many of us are aware of events like Apps for Democracy, an app developing contest in WashingtonRead… Read more »