These four rules help government agencies plan for social campaigns, because they force us to answer key questions about our audience, our message, the tools at our disposal, and the resources available to us–the four constant variables in every activity that includes a social layer. The Goal of a more Participatory Government I’ve been thinkingRead… Read more »
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Access Anywhere – IRS Goes Mobile with Help from GovDelivery
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unveiled an updated version of their smartphone application, IRS2Go, in early February. The app was “designed to provide taxpayers easier access to practical tools and information,” and the update included an application programming interface (API) integration with GovDelivery Digital Communication Management (DCM), which allowed app users to sign up toRead… Read more »
Bridges to Revolution
I have long believed in bridges. No, not just to get me across lake Washington, but to shoot the gaps. A long time ago, in law school, I had the honor of being taught labor law by an incredible thinker, scholar and doer, Jim Jones at the UW Law School. In awe I asked himRead… Read more »
The Gift of 2011 – Thank You #thankyou #dads #moms
Matt’s Awesome Daugthers on Hallowed Ground 2011 I had a really long post planned (and may still post a diatribe at some point), but when I thought more about it, this need not be long. I had an interesting year. An organization that I care a great deal about, have my entire life, did itsRead… Read more »
HootSuite launches new App Directory
HootSuite, which gained prominence as a Twitter dashboard/management tool, launched a new App Directory last month. HootSuite had already added social media channel integration as they grew; their dashboard currently allows you to manage your Facebook, LinkedIn, Ping.fm, WordPress, MySpace, Foursquare and mixi pages/accounts (along with Twitter). And now they’ve expanded their reach again withRead… Read more »
NPS National Mall – iPhone App Review
Read my review of the National Park Service – National Mall iPhone app. http://michelangelo.com/2011/11/nps-national-mall/ #Gov20 #opengov #MobileGov Summary: The National Park Service launched their official mobile (iPhone iOS) app in August 2011. It is available free from the Apple iTunes App Store as a 13.9 MB download. I’m reviewing the latest, 1.0.2 version which isRead… Read more »
Top 5 Social Entrepreneurs and Enterprises – #Soc5
Social Enterprise Revolution #soc5 I see incredible examples of social enterprises every day. Both at my job and on the run, the corporate world has not only caught on, but are actively working the social opportunities out there. Some are good, some are great, a few don’t even come close, but nearly all of themRead… Read more »
The New FixingPotholes
As most of you know I am now SVP of Global and Strategic Accounts for Salesforce. I absolutely love the position as it puts our company at the forefront of radical and sometimes wrenching business process changes for our commercial customers. The dynamic involved is very familiar as I have been preaching about change forRead… Read more »
Further Discussion on Hashtags and Broadcasting through Social Media
Yesterday, I lead a Webinar for GSA’s Web Manager’s University in which I covered the basics of Twitter of Facebook. Alice Lipowicz of Federal Computer Week was in attendance and wrote a synopsis of the session, which itself sparked a conversation between myself, Ari Herzog, Alex Howard, and a few others on Twitter. There wereRead… Read more »
Month in review 8/15-9/20
With the August being a slow month and then my preparation for my speech last week in California, it was a slow posting month. I’m back to normal posting now. New! Social Media links for national political party organizations and their influence rankings (@dccchas best @klout) http://ow.ly/6zLTW New blog post: The CA Legislature, social mediaRead… Read more »