The biggest barrier to organizations being successful within The Social Ecosystem is simply the need for education. The lack of awareness, the lack of knowledge, is holding back many organizations. In chatting with organizations across the public and private sector I am constantly encountering confusion. People know the problems they are encountering. These are real,Read… Read more »
Acquia – a leading provider of Enterprise Support for Drupal, yesterday released Drupal Commons – a free, open source competitor to Jive Software, Telligent, Sharepoint 2010, others. A number of Government customers are in the process of deploying Drupal Commons for Enterprise-class Communities. Since it is free (free from license fees, free from any restrictionsRead… Read more »
This post was originally published on the Intellitics blog on Thursday, August 5, 2010: The Ethics of Public Participation. Subscribe to our blog via RSS or follow us on Twitter. It seems the topic of ethics and integrity in public participation is coming up more often these days (see my comments here, here). Just forRead… Read more »
Last night I attended Mashable‘s Summer Tour. It was at USAToday’s headquarters in McLean, VA (gorgeous building). It was really exciting to meet Adam Ostrow and the rest of the Mashable Team (after having read so many of their articles). It was cool brushing elbows with people from DCI Group, CGAP, Intridea, CouplesSpark, Parature andRead… Read more »
Are you rockin’ with GovLoop? Nat Torkington: Gov 2.0 as means not end Gloria Goodale: Can social media save the world? Some nonprofits give it a try Andrea DiMaio: Who Should Be Transparent, What for and How Much? Steve Lunceford: Another Twitter first: Pelosi tweet reconvenes the U.S. House of Representatives Stuart McKee: HeyGov! forRead… Read more »
My first foray into web comics was rather well received so I decided to take a crack at another. This one tries to expose the myth that time at your desk somehow equals time being productive (click image to enlarge). Cross posted from cpsrenewal.ca
At the Social Media Engagement Forum at the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce last month, I got a new distinction differentiating Facebook and LinkedIn. I have been learning about social media for business use and operate a syndication model using LinkedIn, Ning, and LinkedIn Groups. I devote time to understanding Facebook, and have a potentialRead… Read more »
The reality of unreality: Brian Solis: Influence is Bliss – The Gender Divide of Influence on Twitter Mark Headd: The case for open transit data Adam P. Zuckerman: Survey – GOP and Dems utilize Twitter differently David Forbes: The good side of tribes (really) John Bordeaux: You Don’t Know What You Think You Know JohnRead… Read more »
Let me start by saying that I am not posting this blog because I am against Monster.com or their federal employment section, Govcentral.monster.com. I just want to point out that Monster.com’s customers, generally speaking, are not the thousands of people seeking federal employment – and those people navigating through their postings will not find opportunitiesRead… Read more »
Want training? Can’t afford it? GovLoop Training is here – and FREE! Yeah..pretty rad, eh? Been hearing from lots of GovLoopers that they want more specific online training on GovLoop. So you ask, we deliver…with cool training certificates included (***You won’t be disapointed***) To kick it off, on August 25th we have: GovLoop Training Series:CitizenRead… Read more »