Next month I will be speaking at the We Live NY Summit on Gov 2.0 and social media. The conference is March 24-26 at Cornell University. I am incredibly excited for the conference and really thankful that I get to speak during one of the sessions. The conference has a lot of great program tracksRead… Read more »
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Making Sense of Twitter – the Uber Hashtag
Originally posted at www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com 2011 February 17 tags: #crisisdata, #hashtag, #hsem, #informationsharing, #twitter, SMEM by Sara Estes Cohen I was recently inspired after reading a tweet posted by Hal Grieb, who shared a link to an article on how to communicate a snow event. To ensure the tweet was seen by all potentially interested parties,Read… Read more »
Tonight on #LocalGovChat: @transpocamp ‘s @nickgrossman is our special guest. Join us at 9 EST.
Tonight we’ll have special guest Nick Grossman, of OpenPlans.org, to discuss the upcoming Transportation Camps – in NYC on March 5-6 and in SF on March 19-20. There is a ton of buzz about these events and some very interesting topics being thrown out for discussion. OpenPlans is doing some really exciting things with openRead… Read more »
Blogging Series 10 Ways Open Innovation Can Transform Your Agency (Week 3)
Blogging Series 10 Ways Open Innovation Can Transform Your Agency (Week 3) Sorry for the brief delay in the blogging series. I’ve been managing the launch of an internal open innovation portal for New York City. More information on this project is available at: http://gigaom.com/2011/01/19/new-york-city-crowdsourcing/ Now time for Week 3! Open innovation can transform yourRead… Read more »
#SMEMChat Fridays at 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Many of us in the #gov20 space are trying to sort through the conundrum of #crisisdata, the result of seemingly endless Facebook posts, tweets, videos, photos and more. There’s great work going on at Crisis Commons and they’ve literally helped people and save lives. For those of us in emergency operations centers and joint informationRead… Read more »
Five Big Questions About Government Social Media In 2011
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – The Federal government has made a good deal of progress toward being more transparent, collaborative, and participatory during the two years since President Obama took office. However, despite great strides, government practitioners’ use of social media is not very sophisticated, does not take advantage of the latest tactics and tools,Read… Read more »
Gov20LA 2011 Feb 12-13 in Santa Monica, CA (Los Angeles)
Gov 2.0 L.A. 2011 is upon us shortly. As the founder I could not be more excited about what is about to happen. Gov 2.0 LA started last year as a way to bring people who are not usually together in the same room to be able to openly discuss both Government 2.0 and theRead… Read more »
What Can Government Do To Bridge The Digital Divide and How Can The Private Sector Be A Partner?
In reviewing some past blogs that can be found on www.opengovtv.com, I noticed an interesting article from Gov Loop’s very own Andrew Krzmarzick written June 25, 2010. Andy asks a great question then that is even more important to ask the question 7 months later. As it appears from President Hu Jintao’s recent visit toRead… Read more »
The Career Path of the Corporate Social Strategist: An Introspection
This post originally appeared on my primary blog, “Social Media Strategery.” “The Social Media Strategist must choose one of two career paths – build proactive programs now…or be relegated to ongoing cleanup as social media help desk.” Not surprisingly, Jeremiah Owyang and the Altimeter Group have put together yet another thought-provoking report chock full ofRead… Read more »
Veterans’ Day 2.0
Today is veteran’s day. A day americans come together to honor our veterans and their service to our homeland. No matter which political or social creed you belong to, we can all agree that our veterans deserve nothing but the very best support, care and respect we can offer them. Unfortunately, our society is notRead… Read more »