Chicago residents can now send pictures and photos from their cell phones when contacting 911. We’re the first city in the country to offer the service. The full article is here: http://goo.gl/S98YN It’s not the most Gov 2.0 thing that’s ever been done, but it is a cool use of mobile technology. I think we’llRead… Read more »
Flying DEN to SLC last month, I met University of Utah public health professor Christy Porucznik. It was a convenient introduction; she was heading back to Salt Lake City after attending the APHA Annual Meeting, and I was looking for help making videos for SLVHD-TV, Salt Lake Valley Health Department’s YouTube channel. Porucznik and herRead… Read more »
Want to own a piece of Facebook or Twitter? There are plenty of scammers who would love to you sell you non-existent shares of well-known social media companies. Original post
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.” When someone in the communications industry refers to a “community manager,” they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. However, over the last few years, a new Community ManagerRead… Read more »
First off what is GovMadness: GovMadness is a crowdsourcing competition hosted on GovLoop to determine which gov’t city or federal agency is the most awesome via your votes. The competition is set up to replicate NCAA march madness. It’s pretty awesome and you can win stuff so you should probably participate. Every few days orRead… Read more »
ClearedJobs.Net HR Strategist Patra Frame talks about the importance of networking, how to build your network and the challenges facing those transitioning from the military to the civilian world.
I have been pondering what would happen to our digital content if I said to colleagues: ‘what would you do differently if you got a pound for every time your report was downloaded; someone visited the landing page, or said they had followed one of your’ recommendations? As soon as I have said this toRead… Read more »
In an online world dominated by analytics, you may be relieved to know that one of the most important social media tools at your disposal is your intuition. It is especially important in creating a vibrant network presence, where half the battle is separating the wheat from the chaff among the new marketing tools poppingRead… Read more »
UPDATE on 1/11/2012: We didn’t find the critical mass of organizers in 100 cities, but this plan is likely to be modified and tried again. Please contact me through GovLoop if you’re interested. ORIGINAL POST: It may be time for collaborating across our many organizations. Here’s a proposal to find 100 opengov community members capableRead… Read more »
I was kindly asked by Govloop if I could recommend any blogs for inclusion on their network. These were the ones that immediately came to mind. Its by no means definitive and not meant to reflect negatively on anyone else. Steph Gray – Helpful technology – essential – http://www.helpfultechnology.com/helpful-blog/ Dave Briggs – Davepress – essentialRead… Read more »