Bill Vass’ No. 6 Reason to Move to Open Source
http://blogs.sun.com/BVass/entry/reason_no_6_to_move
Repeat of my Introduction – Originally Posted June 26th
Hi, there. My name is Yun-Mei Lin, and I currently work for the USDA Forest Service, in Albuquerque, NM. Personally, I have been involved in multiple Social Media networks, but have only recently discovered that businesses and government agencies are actually starting to utilized these tools to enhance communication and productivity. I am a majorRead… Read more »
The agency considers Twitter
We’re exploring Twitter. KDOT has issued area-specific road/traffic/weather tweets for several months, thanks to the foresight of Tom Hein, our Wichita public affairs manager. Tom was hip to Twitter early on, way before me, and was issuing road update tweets even before K-TOC launched. Kim Qualls started doing the same thing for Kansas City andRead… Read more »
Brown Bag Lunches
One type of event I seldom attend is the Brown Bag Lunch. Where I work, there use to be a rare brown bag lunch as part of the mentoring program or to impart information from the Health Unit. Recently, though, my workplace has taken to having presentations on work related topics during lunch hours. IRead… Read more »
Sweet GovTweets 06.25.2009
Yes, 06.25.2009 … I am running a bit behind. What with Farrah and Michael and Cap and Trade … what’s a girl to do? Oh, and I have a suggestion for our next GovLoop Project of the Week: Design a comprehensive, fool-proof way to rid my roses of Japanese Beetles … I can not tellRead… Read more »
Excellence in Government Featuring John Berry Almost Sold Out
EIG on July 20th is almost sold out with over 300 federal managers expected to see John Berry and other thought leaders discuss the impact of the new administration on agency operations. Hear insights on how to adapt to the new programs and policies while also continuing to drive performance and maintain staff loyalty. ForRead… Read more »
Government Management Accountability and Performance
Does anyone know this site and whom manages it? http://www.accountability.wa.gov/ My performance monitoring teams likes the site and I was hoping that I could get more information.
More Enterprise 2.0 Must Haves – Status Updates and Measurement
Happy Friday! Here’s the last two enterprise 2.0 principles from my recent guide. Principle #9 – Status Updates Consumer social networking has driven the status update phenomenon, with most services including function so we can see what our friends, family, coworkers and other associates are up to. While it may seem that the status updateRead… Read more »
Sweet Gov Conference Tweets – Social Media Strategies for DoD and Government (#idga)
Social Media Strategies for DoD and Government held June 23-25, 2009 at the Hilton McClean Tyson’s Corner (IDGA = Institute for Defense and Government Advancement) Here are the Twitter-related stats for this conference followed by the Twitter stream: * 765 tweets * 49 contributors * 109.3 tweets per day * 86.8% come from “The TopRead… Read more »
Initiating a Corporate Social Media Presence – Unleash Your Inner Star Power
Social Media’s a scary animal, especially for companies or organizations that are accountable to stakeholders, policy, law or any other governing entity that exists to mitigate risk. Also, social media is an online collaboration channel and tools domain that’s most appropriately and effectively utilized by humans, i.e. individual personalities (preferably employees) – vs. corporate personasRead… Read more »