Elliot Volkman

Believe or not, but Govloop actually has some really awesome resources for social in the workplace already – These may be a good starting point https://www.govloop.com/guides

I like Twitterfall as well, but I found that we could accomplish the same thing using Cover It Live and a custom branded page on our domain. I’ll use both, but if there is a chance that the event hashtag begins to trend spammers will pick up on it and fill the wall. In those cases I use Cover it Live so I can moderate it. Here is the example one ht…[Read more]

While working remote I will take a five or 10 minute break away from the computer. Usually that means playing with the dogs outside. If I’m in the office I will just hit the stairs and get my blood flowing again. We also have an excellent break room with an air hockey table that also did wonders for distracting us.

I believe writing professional, but unaffiliated blog posts to your agency, would be and have been excellent in this realm. Personally I think Govloop is the idea place for govvies to post blogs, because the general audience here are in the same boat. Creating your own personal blog gives you a bit more freedom, but also means you need to build an…[Read more]

I’m with you on this. While I was totally against automated messaging hitting any of my social feeds, I will on the rare occasion use buffer (it fills dead space with some old content I wrote). However, I used to use lists to keep track of brands or news outlets but now I will just use the search functions on a related hashtag. That or I will…[Read more]

That seems to be the issue most agencies are facing from the folks I’ve spoken to as well.

During the weekend and evenings I use my accounts more for social reasons, rather than networking or sharing content. The wife would prefer if I buried my phone under the ocean though.

If it inches closer to the limit as the elections and campaigning begins it will probably be another issue for them to deal with. It became a political mess the last time, so we can only expect for history to repeat itself in this instance.

I absolutely agree – Govloop has been a great place to talk about all of the things that affect our market place, but on a much more social and down to earth level.

It’s awesome.

The number one issue I continue to hear about why grads avoid trying to work for the government is the hiring process and hiring time.

Hey Tim –
When people like your page it will still show up in their feed, and it will show up in the mini-feed. However, you are right about your second point. Unfortunately page content will not be showing up in every persons feed even if they like the page. It is based on something called EdgeRank, and it uses a half-secret/half known method on…[Read more]

You are exactly right Raymond! Many times the transition from paper to digital has come in the form of protected repositories with search engines built in. That way when you are going to look for specific information you can access the repositories based on what information was needed. I won’t say which agency it was for, but when we were…[Read more]

I have been in very different shoes, but based upon what I say next will make it very relevant. Newspapers. While some of you may still enjoy your weekend coffee and the features sections it is very likely that based on the fact that you are reading content on this site that you no longer get the majority of your news from a newspaper.
A few years…[Read more]

I’m not a fed – but my day job’s site is built on Drupal, and all of my personal sites are built with WordPress. Between the two I feel like it’s looking at Apple iOS and Droid OS mobile devices.. WordPress has more apps and has been around a bit longer, but Drupal is constantly picking up steam.

I only have one new goal when it comes to social media, and that is to reduce my use of it while in public or with other people. Generally I used it for work, and have to stay connected to my members; however, it can be damaging to physical relationships if over used. That or find a way to stick a microchip in my head so they can’t tell if I’m…[Read more]

I’ve been working with a local Googler on setting up our page for the Social Media Club DC G+ page – Let me see if I can get her in here or at least provide some tips.