It’s not every day you receive an invitation to the White House. On Tuesday, January 28th, a select group of social media savvy citizens who actively engage with the White House were invited to watch President Obama’s State of the Union live from the White House and live-tweet the address. Around 60 participants were chosenRead… Read more »
Everybody’s doing it. Should you? Are you trying to decide whether to create a stronger digital presence? Have you dabbled with social media but aren’t sure what to do next? Have you experimented with different tools and technologies and find you’re disappointed by the results? If you (or someone you know) can answer “yes” toRead… Read more »
I recently finished reading “The CMO Manifesto,” a 100-day action plan for marketing change agents by Forbes columnist and nFusion CEO John Ellett. The premise of the book is that a new CMO or any marketing leader, for that matter, is fundamentally a change agent. The book draws upon the collective insights of over 50Read… Read more »
It feels bizarre to me to use an argument popularised by pro-gun lobbyists to counter claims of the risks of social media, however there’s some very real parallels worth considering about when agencies and corporations debate the risks of social media. Yesterday there was a story in the Brisbane Times about a man who wasRead… Read more »
If you don’t know what’s going on in a system, it’s very hard to know how to respond to it. Those who have information are powerful, those who share information empower others. Some of that is about big stuff, but some of it is about very small things. So in the next couple of days,Read… Read more »
You can be bitter or you can be better. As a follower of the Rules and Tools, I want you to choose to be better. During the course of your success, you will undoubtedly come across those who don’t know the rules. Perhaps it’s that difficult person, or someone who will intentionally lie or crossRead… Read more »
By Dave Worsell, Director, Government Solutions, GovDelivery UK 2013 has flashed by. It’s been a busy year for the GovDelivery team and we’re delighted to have welcomed a very large number of new clients the past year including HMRC, Office for National Statistics, Devon, Birmingham, Thurrock, Stockport, Rotherham, Vale of Glamorgan… in fact far tooRead… Read more »
The Break Room’s NFL Pool has crowned another champion. For the first time we have a come from behind victory and a repeat pool winner. Ian, who has been closing it up by winning two of the playoff rounds won this week as well by picking the Seahawks and 50 points. This allowed him toRead… Read more »
Or maybe not actually rethinking email, but taking it back to what it was meant to be about… Working with a colleague the other day in a government organisation, I saw him looking for a document, that he was sent in an email. He was looking for it in his email client (Outlook in thisRead… Read more »
Are you stuck in a dead end job? It’s ok. Most people face this situation at some point in their career. The job may have seemed rosy during the honeymoon period, but after time, you have come to realize that this job did not live up to your expectations. When you are in this situationRead… Read more »