Josh Folk

In follow up to this, here’s great video interview with Karen Mossberger and the Chicago mayor’s social media director discussing what the Emanuel administration doing to boost the city’s standing.

http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/03/27/chicago’s-social-media-savvy

Might want to reach out to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. They may have done something with Mobile around the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. If you’re interested, send me a private message and I’ll put you in touch with someone over there.

I’d add Deloitte’s GovLab to your list. But not sure how it stacks up against the others.

Ori, sending you an email…

I’m not positive. But you can easily reach her @jenngustetic. This is good stuff, in fact, I’m going to do some more research and compile a short e-book on the topic for best practices.

I know that Deloitte’s GovLab has been working with Yammer. I’m curious to know which agencies are currently using it as well.

Terry: thanks for the recommendation!

Thanks! Jenn Gustetic also made a good point that a non-monetary prize can still “cost” the agency money. EX: paid trips to HQ or conferences, plaques, etc.

Corey, it’s definitely easy to want to read everything! Sometimes, I find it hard to shut my computer all the way down because I don’t want to lose my various browsers full of articles that I want to get to eventually!

Thanks for the feedback Doug!

I setup google reader and try to read the following a few times per week:
– Washington Technology
– Federal Computer Week
– Government Executive
– Government Computer News
– GovFresh
I also make time daily in my calendar to catch up on discussions happening within GovLoop and LinkedIn. With the articles that I don’t have time to read I try to…[Read more]

Thanks, Steve. I have mixed feelings over Yammer. My organization actually just switch to Google Plus.

Great discussion topic. Here’s my system in three easy steps:

1. If an email takes less than 1 minute to respond I just do it
2. If an email takes more than 1 minute to respond then I drop it in one of four folders: today, tomorrow, next week, or next month. I will then respond accordingly.
3. If an email pertains to a specific project that I’ve…[Read more]

Recently, the City of Chicago launched http://askchicago.org/ asking citizens to submit questions related to the topic of Education via IdeaScale. The highest voted questions were then selected and asked to Mayor Emanuel during a live Facebook Town Hall. Very cool stuff. Appears they will continue with this type of engagement, featuring a new…[Read more]

Great question. Unfortunately, no clear answer yet. I agree with Faye that the best approach might be to make custom fields optional for stakeholders. I’ll ask some others to chime in.

In the meantime, you might find the following links useful (although nothing about using custom fields):…[Read more]

awesome, great idea