The Internet has become a central tool of the democratic process. Can we create innovative participation opportunities, develop usable tools, and are the right people paying attention? eDemocracyCamp2 is a participant-driven unconference to explore how the Internet can improve the citizen experience of democracy. http://barcamp.org/eDemocracyCamp2 On day 2 of his Presidency, President Obama issued aRead… Read more »
The following is a rough sketch of a framework I began developing months back attempting to explain and rationalize the different types of opportunities available to a consultant or consultancy in the “2.0” space. I thought I might subject it GovLoop’s collective critique both her and on my blog in the hopes of starting someRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @nishachittal: Well this is interesting: a livestream from the White House? Brings whole new meaning to transparency: http://bit.ly/2jj2ul #opengov #gov20 @cjoh 33 entries into Apps for America. Awesome. http://www.sunlightlabs.com/appsforamerica/ #opengov #gov20 #p2 @mikemathieu: Wondering why the ROI of lobbying is so high. Should Congress get incentive pay? What would theRead… Read more »
Hi I am @immunity aka Andrea Baker, the Director of Enterprise 2.0 for Navstar, Inc. I met a lot of you at Gov20Camp while working on the blog for government20club.org. So we didn’t always get a chance to chat in details. I want to make up for that now. I want to reconnect now virtually.Read… Read more »
Before social media, when transparency was considerably less in vogue, aquiring new customers and serving the needs of loyal already existing customers was not an easy feat and there certainly were not many options for conquering this feat. In order to aid this process, marketers formulated methods such as segementation, and even sub-segmentation to narrowRead… Read more »
The Social Media Subcouncil is developing a volunteer Speakers Bureau to help spread the word about social media in government. We’re looking for input and feedback on the materials we’ll be using to solicit speakers. We’re also sharing drafts of the content that will eventually appear on the Speakers Bureau website so that we canRead… Read more »
Here’s another one of my soon to be patented (:->) reports from a conference I didn’t attend, brought to you through the benificence of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately, it isn’t as complete as I’d like. After TransparencyCamp, when I discovered that the Twitter Search runs out after 100 pages of history, I new I’d have toRead… Read more »
I just finished reading Lauren Modeen’s post on “Twitter as a Focus Group;” if you’re marketing-inclined, a must read (especially if you’re like me and grappling with using Twitter to better promote a company). I have been on Twitter for a while now, and much like posting photos on Facebook, enjoy updating my ‘tweeps withRead… Read more »
Imagine, if you will, the packaging on a gallon of Tropicana orange juice. Now…what did you imagine? A ripe orange with droplets of water? And a straw? Most likely is my guess. As you may know, in January of this year, Tropicana had its run in with the scenario Coke faced back in the ’80sRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @gov20camp: Government 2.0 Camp Recap and Next Steps: http://tinyurl.com/c2677s #gov20camp #gov20 @adrielhampton: Politicians on Twitter #gov20 #opengov http://tinyurl.com/aes8g6 @web20blog: White house Open for Questions made into wordles. http://tinyurl.com/peoplesvoice #gov20 @CityHallReport: Montreal Mayor Tremblay’s party has launched a web consultation on its election campaign http://ow.ly/1GxF #gov20 @subbob: Currently using Twitter, inRead… Read more »