Research Social networking sites and our lives (06/06/2011) – A new PEW study looks at the social impact of technology examining how people’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social network sites and other technologies. One of the striking things found in the data was how proudRead… Read more »
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A new study sponsored by the USGBC, the Real Estate Roundtable and the National Resources Defense Council asserts that 114,000 new jobs would be created by the White House’s Better Buildings Initiative. According to the press release, most of these would be created due to the Initiative’s tax deduction for energy efficiency upgrades. Of courseRead… Read more »
Below is a Cover It Live embed of the live notes taken during the Fox Valley Branch APWA Grant Seminar Notes: Fox Valley Branch APWA Grant Seminar Original post
I’ve just read a crowdsourced spec of future chiefs over on LGC. Do you know what I thought as I read down the list? I think I might know at the very very very least one of the people who will, in future, be a chief. And I know many more who don’t think theyRead… Read more »
Here is a cool way to get policy across from Australia http://www.digitallandfill.org/2011/06/an-innovative-way-of-communicating-a-social-media-acceptable-use-policy.html Thanks to john mancini of AiiM Twitter @jmancini77
I wrote yesterday about “How to run a better offsite meeting or tour“. And a good comment was posted asking if I had any suggestions for good ice breakers (basically). And my answer is: I’ve only ever experienced one that I felt had any value. Typically exercises are cliches like “Tell us one thing aboutRead… Read more »
With the possible exception of weather data, the most successful open data set out there at the moment is transit data. It remains the data with which developers have experimented and innovated the most. Why is this? Because it’s been standardized. Ever since Google and the City of Portland creating the General Transit Feed SpecificationRead… Read more »
The last web chat we did was pretty successful, so after a couple of weeks’ break, let’s do another. On 28th June at 11am, we’ll be talking about using the web, and in particular, social media, in crisis communications. Head over to the chat page, and you can sign up for a reminder. Original post
After coming under fire a few months ago for its customer communications — and especially its use of Twitter — Portland’s TriMet (OR) is now asking its followers for feedback. In an online survey, the agency asks riders what they expect from TriMet’s tweets (and what topics, if any, are off limits), how they accessRead… Read more »