You, the government marketer, are no longer the organization’s lead communicator. I was asked by my planner colleagues, “Where’s your blog?” Well, I don’t have a blog (other than this one). One of them pointed out rather correctly that my job was to be a “social media enabler”. I like that term. So you’re aRead… Read more »
Steve Radick: Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media Stephen Collins: Government 2.0…it can be a reality David Forbes: I Do Not Believe in Collapse Kristy Fifelski: ‘Govsourcing’ the Reno.gov homepage Sarah Estes Cohen: Hybrid 2.0? How to leverage social media for emergency management and response Dan Slee: Social Photo – 11 groovy waysRead… Read more »
Collaboration is vital in government, espeically if we want to effectively connect with our communities and increase engagement. Organizationally, there can be many barriers to collaboration, from an over-emphasis on program rather than population outcomes to a lack of developed relationships with our colleagues and stakeholders. To do our best work, we need to developRead… Read more »
I recently read about Postling being used by companies as a dashboard tool to monitor the latest conversations across the major channels the companies are engaged on. The tool is free and I setup an account to give it a try while simultaneously asking those on my blog’s Facebook page what they thought of theRead… Read more »
Just a few today: The Breaking Time: Toxic Privi-lege 10 Groups Call On Facebook To Make More Privacy Changes Jeffrey Levy: Atwitter About Reliability Kristy Fifelski: Video – Next Generation of Government Summit
This week I spoke with Dr. Lawrence Spinelli, who is acting president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) which helps U.S. businesses invest overseas, fosters economic development in new and emerging markets and supports U.S. foreign policy. Prior to assuming this position, Spinelli was OPIC’s public affairs director. He previously spent more than aRead… Read more »
My deep dark secret is that my dog is on Facebook and Twitter and has more friends and followers than my personal accounts. He also blogs. While I was already active on Twitter, Facebook and blogging for Virginia State Parks, it took my experience with Yoda (that’s my dog’s name) to see the power ofRead… Read more »
Don’t tell anyone, please….I am not a fan of social media. So much noise that can be difficult to filter out to the relevant morsels… I also do not believe that content is king, or that content is the new currency as I have seen people mention. Want to know what I believe? Social media,Read… Read more »
SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter’s has had major reliability issues this week. The site was over capacity and displaying the “Fail Whale” image numerous times. The capacity issue resulted in site breakdowns, slowdowns, loss of tweets, and more. In fairness, Twitter has been transparent (in true social media culture fashion) about the scaling issues coming from exponentialRead… Read more »
I just arrived back in New Orleans to begin planning the next phase of the nearshore oil vacuuming process for BP and US Flood Control. Just as it sounds, we’ll be vacuuming oil that has accumulated in waters too shallow for larger barges or skimming. It’s a huge job, but I’m pumped to be servingRead… Read more »