Up with participation and collaboration: Wayne Moses Burke: Transparency is Dead. Long Live Transparency. Gadi Ben-Yehuda: Becoming Citizen 2.0 – Step 2, Creator David Eaves: Collaborate – ‘Governments Don’t Do That’ Alex Howard: Federal CTO Makes the Case for Open Government and Innovation and ‘Participation Partition’ the Newest Facet of the Digital Divide, Warns GruenRead… Read more »
Just cool, not just cool tech: Noel Dickover: What is Civil Society 2.0? Andrea DiMaio: Social Media and How to Get Rid of Government Portals (and Vendors) Adriel Hampton: An Avatar Picture Worth 1,000 Friends Alex Howard: Tracking the signals of the Gov 2.0 alpha geeks John Moore: For Gov 2.0, tech is the enabler,Read… Read more »
In which we look at gaming, mobile and democracy: Niraj Chokshi: Book Exceprt – Can Video Games be Journalism? Dan Gould: Study – Video Games Can Improve Decision Making Lovisa Williams: The Elephant of Change Susannah Fox: The Power of Mobile Greg Ferenstein: How Brazil is Blazing a Trail for Electronic Democracy Alex Howard: We’reRead… Read more »
If you’re using Twitter, you’ve probably already been exposed to Paper.li, the site that allows anyone to create daily Twitter newspaper based on lists of Twitter members. It’s a very nice tool, and one we’re now using in the City Attorney’s Office to create a daily update from links and photos shared by more thanRead… Read more »
Growing up and growing out: Rutrell Yasin: 5 ways to use social media for better emergency response Leonard Sipes and Timothy Barnes: Three Years of Social Media – Marketing Lessons Learned Andrea DiMaio: Ohio Governor Shows IT Geopolitics in Action David Eaves: Savings Cities Millions – Introducing CivicCommons.com Kevin Curry: Why Manor? SFGov: Mayor NewsomRead… Read more »
Originally posted in my series at Huffington Post People love controversy. And people love conflict. It’s often X vs Y. David vs Goliath. Cowboys vs Redskins. I see this often in the new media space as well. Print is dead. Online is king. Traditional in-person meetings are out. Online communities are the future. Well, guessRead… Read more »
Seattle City Council last week launched a budget consultation for their 2011-2012 budget. I did a quick analysis of their IdeaScale site following this checklist: Is it clear who is the convener? Does it say what the site is about? Does the site educate participants about the issue at hand? Is the promise to theRead… Read more »
I was on Federal News Radio a few weeks back talking social networking with Mark Amtower. Thought others might enjoy Steve Ressler, president and founder, GovLoop Click to hear the interview Download mp3 September 6 and 13, 2010 — Amtower interviews GovLoop founder and president Steve Ressler on all things social networking. Topics include earlyRead… Read more »
We discuss the upcoming manor.govfresh conference, and how emerging technologies are empowering first responders.
Enough podcasts to get you to lunchtime, plus more unconventional wisdom: Andrea DiMaio: What Do Government 2.0 and Cloud Have in Common? Andrew McAfee: Gov 2.0 vs. the Beast of Bureaucracy Adriel Hampton: On Twitter, Engagement Equals Influence for Gov’t Accounts Alex Showerman: Social Media Is For Complainers (But Should Not Be) David Tallen: QualityRead… Read more »