Only about 1% of the Smithsonian’s massive collection of archives is on display at any given time at the museums. That means that 99% of the archives are off limits to the public and scientists alike. “If people can’t access the archives they might as well not exist,” said Gunter Waibel. Waibel is is theRead… Read more »
Last week, the American Geophysical Union hosted their Science Policy Conference in Washington, DC. They graciously invited me to participate in a panel, along with Susan Joy Hassol of Climate Communication and Erika Bickford from the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT). We opened up their workshop to help scientists hone their communications skills. OfRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The City of Tacoma was named one of the most polluted urban environments in North America in the early 80s. Since then, the city has striven to clean up its environment and provide a model for sustainable living. And they want your help to create a tool to streamline the process.Read… Read more »
Interview and Show Notes: http://www.MeetingTipsRadio.com/ElaineStove In this episode of Meeting Tips Radio, Elaine Stover of greenschemes shares several practical meeting tips that you can use today! Elaine Stover is a Human Ecologist, Facilitator, Trainer and Process Designer, and Founder and Principal, greenschemes™. She has lived and worked in four countries outside of the U.S.: Australia,Read… Read more »
I noticed on Twitter last week that in Granada the police officers have the force Twitter handle sewn into their uniforms and it’s also on police cars. Police in Granada have Twitter handles on their uniform pic.twitter.com/xwH2AX8sp4 via @gordonmacmillan #gov20 #ace — Helen Reynolds (@HelReynolds) June 25, 2013 It’s a simple and effective way toRead… Read more »
A few simple precautions can make tweets and other short postings more readable by people using text-to-voice or other aids. Video and audio require more resources to make sure most people can have access to at least the text content. http://www.howto.gov/social-media/using-social-media-in-government/improving-accessibility
Move aside CSI, there is a new law enforcement tool that is revolutionizing the way public safety organizations solve and prevent crimes: email. Email is the 21st century answer to tip lines, but it’s even better because it creates a two-way dialogue between the citizen and the police force. Email is able to leverage theRead… Read more »
These days, most every orientation handbook has it: the dreaded social media policy. Does your agency have a social media policy for all generations? Some rules can be fairly liberal, like when social media can be used during working hours. Some are more stringent- like how employees use their accounts on their own time. SocialRead… Read more »
By Amy Larsen, Client Success Consultant, GovDelivery Today’s government communicators are tasked with staying on top of the latest communication trends to create and deliver messages or content that stakeholders want to receive. And we all know the only way to determine success is if we measure it, which means government communicators end up usingRead… Read more »
At the moment many Departments are working out the implications of their digital strategies and how to follow up on the commitments that they made in them. This is where a digital maturity model becomes useful since to implement such strategies it is handy to know where you are already and where you want toRead… Read more »