In the next couple of weeks i will begin managing the social media for East Point. Any advice for how i should move forward….Thanks for the Help. we are already writing the Social Media policy and are starting our with just facebook and twitter then will move into nixle and other avenues in the future…
Much of the hand-wringing in government social media practice – or more so, the decision-making behind whether to have a government social media practice – centers on return on investment, or even “return on engagement.” Does it work, and how do we measure whether it works? From measuring retweets, to numbers of fans, unique blogRead… Read more »
Inbound Marketing – Get found using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah is a fast, two hour read with a lot of good points. We differ about building websites, blogs, LinkedIn, and generating followers, but our differences are not antagonistic, more matter of emphasis, like the blind men describing theRead… Read more »
The Distributed City Model This past weekend my wife and I visited southern Minnesota’s Bluff Country. Bluff Country really goes into Iowa and Wisconsin but I guess Minnesota came up with the name first and … well, the point is, politically defined regions and politically defined tourist areas like Bluff Country all suffer from theRead… Read more »
Research 1. Digital Economy Rankings 2010 (06/2010) Economist’s annual benchmarking study of the digital development of seventy countries. Study finds evidence that the digital divide is narrowing and that in some cases; developing countries are adopting innovative technologies faster than developed countries. http://graphics.eiu.com/upload/EIU_Digital_economy_rankings_2010_FINAL_WEB.pdf 2. Australian Government’s Draft Social Media Handbook (July 2010) – This “unofficial”Read… Read more »
How many of us still think of IBM as that group of old-school business types that just don’t know how to keep up with the pace of business? I mean, come on, they still talk about things like mainframes, how much can they really understand? IBM invited me in for a briefing last week toRead… Read more »
Jerry Davis, the current chief information security officer at NASA, is leaving the agency to join the Department of Veterans Affairs. The move had been widely rumored for months, but was just made official when Davis accepted the offer from the VA on Friday, Federal News Radio’s Chris Dorobek has confirmed. While NASA has itsRead… Read more »
Gary Berg-Cross poses an interesting question, soliciting ideas on the top priorities for Open Government. I started to leave a comment on his blog, but found myself extending and revising my remarks, and exceeding the reasonable length for a comment. Perhaps the priority for Open Government is to aim for something beyond Openness. While theRead… Read more »
ClearedJobs.Net’s Patra Frame provides three tips for job search success: Tip # 3: Prepare your References! Figure out your references and get them briefed early in your job search. You should ask those past bosses, project managers, clients or users whose knowledge of your achievements will help you soar past other applicants to become yourRead… Read more »
Notes From NAGW Do you want to start using social media but don’t know how to get started? Have you seen other cities and counties doing really cool stuff and wonder how they do it? Do you want to make your site accessible to everyone but aren’t sure how? Do you know that pretty soonRead… Read more »