What do Chuck Norris, cowbell and T-Pain have to do with good government?
After watching the video, you’ll probably still be wondering. Either way, good for a laugh at myself on this fine Friday. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code
Posts Tagged: Facebook
16 Exceptional Gov’t Facebook Pages
I am truly inspired by the amazing government Facebook pages I discover practically every day. Here are a few that stand out to me, albeit there are countless more I could add if I simply added more categories to my list. Calls to Action: 1. CDC 2. United States Marine Corps Useful Homepage Widgets 3.Read… Read more »
Recruitment 411: Tips for playing in the Facebook Sandbox
Sometimes people can be downright mean. In 2011, it’s no longer shocking to visit online forums or websites and see a post from someone that is directed at another user and is not only negative, but aggressively nasty. Unfortunately, that’s the world in which we surf. The IRS Recruitment Office is keenly aware that manyRead… Read more »
12 Ideas for Surfacing Top Talent With Social Media
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of presenting for the ACT-IAC Human Capital Special Interest Group. My working title was “Surfacing Top Talent with Social Media.” I built on a previous slide deck, adding 6 examples of agencies and people using social media as part of the recruitment and hiring process. I’ll let the slidesRead… Read more »
Recruitment 411: On Facebook – If you answer it, they will come.
We took a ‘Field of Dreams’ approach to our IRS Recruitment Facebook page.Only a few months after creating our page, job applicants were flocking to Facebook in search of answers to their questions about employment at the IRS. In a little more than a year and a half, we saw our number of fans jumpRead… Read more »
Government Fun on Facebook
Government can have fun with Facebook! This video shares stories about communities that have connected with citizens by having a sense of humor on social media. Hear about the City of Reno, Nevada, Round Rock, Texas, and Multnomah County, Oregon. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code One day, I’ll have an actual microphoneRead… Read more »
Why every city should be on Facebook
Because if you aren’t, it’s hard to have outcomes like this: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Is Social Media your town square, classroom, coffee house or Nightclub?
On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her second speech on internet freedom and social media, two subjects for which she is a strong advocate. She said the internet has become the world’s “town square, classroom, marketplace, coffee house and nightclub”. Today, I attended Facebook’s DC Live Event: Social Media and the WorldRead… Read more »
Facebook & Social Media Tips for Feds
Facebook & Social Media Tips for Feds Good tips from Federal Communicators Network newsletter Sarah Scruggs from GPO attended the L2 Social Graph Clinic. Here are her key take-aways. Figure out what you want your Facebook followers to do. They can do multiple things. View old pictures? Become contractors? Learn about your program? Come workRead… 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 »