This week, David Carr from Information Week wrote a very comprehensive and thoughtful review of the Field Guide that he titled The Government Leader’s Guide To Social Media. He did a great job of pulling out some of the core elements that we hope to get across to readers with regards to culture change, policyRead… Read more »
This post is from Ben Roberts of The Conversation Collaborative, who is leading a group of NCDD members to develop a proposal for the Catalyst Awards – and is looking for more collaborators. If you’re interested in getting involved in this project now or down the road, add a comment to this blog post, withRead… Read more »
Dear colleagues, We are Canadians who have been actively involved with the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process, including by participating in the OGP meeting in Brasilia in April 2012. The OGP is a joint government – civil society initiative to promote greater openness, participation and accountability in countries which have already attained a minimum standardRead… Read more »
Someone asked me to try and explain why this week was so awesome, cos I’d said it would be impossible. So here is my try. Some of this is very vague as I’m working on a project that’s in alpha and very not ready quite yet for the world to descend on it but I’llRead… Read more »
Blindly leading conversation can create awkward and sometimes painful blunders There is nobody that loves to hear me talk more than me. I’d love to say it is the effect of years of working as a consultant, but the fact is that even as a kid I was a talker. In fact, one time IRead… Read more »
AFGE was founded on the principles of brotherhood and sisterhood and, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the union has portrayed just that. While many AFGE members are attempting to regain some normalcy after the storm, others have banded together to provide assistance to their brothers and sisters affected by Superstorm Sandy. AFGE’s National ExecutiveRead… Read more »
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Rear Admiral Vic Beck Vice Chief of Information U.S. Navy How do you communicate with and engage citizens who are just trying to survive? Especially, if you are the occupying force in war-torn areas? Rear Admiral Vic Beck was mobilized to run the public affairs efforts from the headquarters element in both Iraq and AfghanistanRead… Read more »
I’m traveling for business and that means several things. Most predictably it means come the evening, I’m getting on a tread mill to exercise. I’m in Edmonton. It’s cold. Like -24C (-11F) cold. For whatever reason, while running the TV in front of me brings up Til Death Do Us Part a sort of realityRead… Read more »
Lessons Learned: Engaging Citizens in War-TornCountries Thursday, January 31, 2013, 10 am EST Rear Admiral Vic BeckVice Chief of InformationU.S. Navy How do you communicate with and engage citizens who are just trying to survive? Especially, if you are the occupying force in war-torn areas? Rear Admiral Vic Beck was mobilized to run the publicRead… Read more »