In addition to personal use of social media tools generally, employees may participate in and comment on discussions, news stories, blog posts, etc. that deal with topics related to the organization. The organization should consider how such interaction using social media tools might impact the organization. In addressing this issue, the organization should consider whetherRead… Read more »
So late this evening, I’m musing over how to harness the power of social media and it hits me: I’m nuts. I’ve always been a little nuts. I can’t be the only one. We should celebrate our nuts and use them to change the world! Did you ever have a crazy idea that just doesn’tRead… Read more »
Non-twit-oholics always ask me, “What’s the point? Why Twitter?” I’m sorry. That’s like asking me, “Why chocolate?” My answer, “Take the first bite, then we’ll talk.” But, some still need convincing. I mean really. You know those types. The ones who look at the chocolate cheesecake with swirls of whipped cream…and walk away. Yeah, thoseRead… Read more »
I have never met Geekchick but after reading her comments I found her to be a very interesting person. She is one of those really cool people you can talk to for days about anything and everything. She started one of my favorite groups, Geeks in Government, so what is not to like about thisRead… Read more »
Relative to upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday – life outside of the proposal box. Family archiving – your book of remembrance on Thanksgiving by Donna L. Quesinberry, National Writing Examiner Your work of art via a Book of Remembrance or Family Archive Thanksgiving has an appeal that is truly second to none as far as holidays go.Read… Read more »
For anyone interested in climate change, sustainability, closed loop (or zero waste) manufacturing, you’ll be interested in the efforts of Nike, Best Buy and a collaborative public/private partnership called the GreenXchange (or GX). See a write-up in NY Times a couple Sundays ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/business/01proto.html Today and tomorrow (Nov 12-13), Nike is hosting a “collaboratory” specificallyRead… Read more »
I started using Facebook and Twitter as professional experiments. I needed to know about these sites to decide whether and how EPA should use them. I also had a LinkedIn account that sat unused for years, and I joined GovLoop. Along the way, I set up accounts on Slideshare and Scribd to share my presentationsRead… Read more »
Hi everyone — I am writing a book — Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day for Sybex/Wiley Publishing. We will have a chapter that includes a lot of information on Facebook Marketing for government agencies/scenarios. I’m looking for a few great, creative examples from you to highlight in the book. Who broke through the challengesRead… Read more »
So how prepared are you, really, for a disaster? How often do you review and update your crisis communications plan? How frequently do your spokespeople go through a refresher media training course? And have they been prepped in working with different types of media and different challenging scenarios? Those organizations with actual plans that areRead… Read more »
Over the summer, July in fact, I wrote a piece on CGBlog about the potential pitfalls of an organization such as ours would have if they didn’t thoroughly think out their social media strategy (The Coast Guards problem of Social Media Liability). The post honed in on the fact that the Twitter generation would, unlessRead… Read more »