As you think about the potential value to the City and the entire region, it’s citizens and employees, of an event like CityCamp Boston it’s hard not to get excited. We are pulling out all the stops, technology-wise, and diving into full-blown social media madness (in a good way of course). As you look toRead… Read more »
I came across two great articles today that give interesting statistics about the growth of mobile-delivered-value at the local level. I would urge you to check them both out. Local Ad Revenues Showing 19.6% CAGR Through 2014 Traditional advertising continues to stagnate while online advertising continues to increase. By 2014 the expectation is that 25%Read… Read more »
Innovation at Burlington, High School
Most of us, individuals and organizations alike, have far too many on-line identities. If you’re like me you’re always looking for an easy way to keep them all organized so that your social media/networking communities will know how to find you within the various networks. DandyID is a simple to use solution for this problemRead… Read more »
I was listening to the opening keynote speech at the 2010 National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW) this morning. The keynote speaker, Jared Spool spoke about building great user experiences and much of what he is sharing is relevant to not just design but also to successfully managing change In an organization. Jared has beenRead… Read more »
Wildfires are burning in Herriman, Utah. Several houses have been destroyed and people are waiting, waiting to see if their homes are next. Traditional media is doing a good job covering the fire and, from what I have heard/seen, traditional crisis management is “doing its thing”. If you use Twitter you will find a moreRead… Read more »
Image by Premshree Pillai via Flickr With a great deal of fascination I watched, and lightly participated in, a Twitter-driven debate between many of the mayoral candidates in Calgary. The event, called Twibate Tuesday, brought together most of the candidates into a virtual room (Twitter) where roughly every ten minutes a new question was askedRead… Read more »
I alway enjoy reading Bill Ives posts on the FASTforward blog and today is no different. He asks the simple question, Is Social Media Tactical or Strategic?, and points to a post from a month ago about Social Media Strategy usage. The poll asked a very simple question to the readers, Does your company haveRead… Read more »
For Government 2.0, technology is the enabler, not the ultimate goal
I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to speak at the 140conference in Boston today. There are millions of great stories across the world that show the early successes. For those of you that can’t be at today’s event I wanted to share with you the presentation I’ll be using as my “notes”. Today’s attendeesRead… Read more »