Social Media in Govt – follow us on Twitter!
Am at the SM in Govt Workshop today, putting faces to names from GovLoop. Follow the action on Twitter @ #smgov
Posts Tagged: socialmedia
In which we are introduced to online community software
A public online community can’t be hosted on KDOT’s servers, which operate behind a dense firewall. Thus we found ourselves in the world of software-as-a-service. We had to partner up with a community provider. Finding one took longer than we anticipated. Software-as-a-service is a bit like an automobile lease. The customer leases community software andRead… Read more »
Public communities vs. private communities
Wednesday was K-TOC’s one-month anniversary. Community activity increases a little bit every day. An engineer wants to kick off a discussion group for practicing engineers. One of our environmental science people is starting a blog. The Traffic Safety people opened a group. (That Traffic Safety wasn’t one of our launch groups was a foolish errorRead… Read more »
KDOT jumps into social media
The Kansas Transportation Online Community launched January 14, 2009. K-TOC is a project of the Kansas Department of Transportation, and is a major element in the Department’s exploration of social media and new technology as instruments of public outreach. By the standards of conventional government, KDOT is an early-adopter agency; in addition to K-TOC, theRead… Read more »
Best practices for government websites
Five federal websites have been chosen as good examples of best practices in government websites. What jumps out at me is that, aside from it not being all about Web 2.0, is that each of these agencies are strong examples of making their site about the user, not all about the agency. Clearly, Web 2.0Read… Read more »
My Dad the Videographer…Thanks A Lot!
Note: This post is of my own personal opinion and is not endorsed or supported by any local, state, or federal government agency. There used to be a time when capturing a funny moment on camera and sending it America’s Funniest Home Videos to win $10,000 (and maybe $100,000 in the finals!) was the mostRead… Read more »
Barackberry buzz
The President’s Transparency Memo is inciting all kinds of buzz. A couple of interesting podcasts from public radio this week: Kojo Nnamdi: The Future of Government Transparency Michelle Martin Tell Me More: A Text Message From the President?
Some ways to use social media to get your message out
This is a response to a request for help posted in a discussion forum over in the Gov’t 2.0 Club group. If you would’ve commented on this, please do it over there so we can keep the good ideas in one place. Hi Amanda. Have you heard of the “social media release”? The concept isRead… Read more »
Federal CIOs and Social Media: Followup
I talked to the CIOs today at another agency. Very good discussion. I used many of the ideas people gave me here on GovLoop and on Twitter. And then I used that experience as an example when I was talking, of the concept that “everyone is smarter than anyone.” They asked some intelligent questions andRead… Read more »