Communications

Twitter as a Focus Group

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 »

“Sweet GovTweets” Mon 30 March, 2009 edition

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 »

“Sweet GovTweets” Sun 29 March, 2009 edition

@dslunceford: Missed #gov20 radio today with @govloop, @dslunceford talking to brains behind @tweetcongress? Download http://tr.im/hX9j @govloop: Stream/Download Gov20 Podcast with @TweetCongress on GovLoop.com and Blogtalkradio.com #gov20 #govloop @adrielhampton: All #gov20 needs is leaders. A thousand flowers are blooming, and no regime can stop social media. @adrielhampton: Twice as many GOPers are using Twitter in CongressRead… Read more »

Twitter is now the #1 Social Media tool used by US Hospitals – cool graph

From Twitter, Andrew P Wilson and #hcsm hastag Twitter is now the #1 Social Media tool used by US Hospitals. See the latest update here: http://ebennett.org/tw1/ The article is short but the graph is very telling. To learn more please visit: The Health Care Social Media community hosts a weekly online conversation about communication andRead… Read more »

Government 2.0 Camp Minimalist Recap

Here is the long short, or should I say short long? IT WAS AWESOME. I met many awesome people doing awesome things. I learned a bunch, thought about a bunch more. Connected with people who I knew but had never met. Met people who I should connect with, but never knew. Thought of new thingsRead… Read more »

“Sweet GovTweets” Sat. 28th March, 2009

Apologies in advance for errors (gov20camp stuff not included) @you2gov: Have you seen Open Government in action complete with cutting edge Government 2.0? http://www.you2gov.com #gov20camp #opengov @jdp23: SF Mayor @GavinNewsom blocks critics on Twitter, http://is.gd/poZ8 has more. @blogswarm @theLeagueSF @sfscribe who else? #p2 #gov20 @lyne_robichaud: @ForumAuthority Zonegrippeaviaire.com’s goal is to establish a community, and offerRead… Read more »

“Sweet GovTweets” Fri. 27th March, 2009 edition

Apologies in advance for errors (gov20camp stuff not included) @ed_dodds: Road Map for Financial Recovery: Radical Transparency Now! http://is.gd/pfgS #gov20camp #honda #opengov #gov20 #xbrl @silanthia: Online townhall from whitehouse is online. No prescreen for questions. Todays was on economy. #ofq #opengov #gov20 http://bit.ly/eoxns @myerman: What if citizens created a usable, friendly Austin city govt wiki?Read… Read more »

Collective Intelligence

This morning on the Federal Web 2.0 Virtual Webinar – The Rise of NOAA’s Goverati – different aspects and benefits of social networking were considered. At one point, the notion of “collective output” or “combined input” was mentioned. I did a little research on “collective intelligence” and found some sources on the subject including “TheRead… Read more »

Bowling Alone Together; Blogging Together Alone

Robert Putnam’s book “Bowling Alone” presented a haunting image when it was published in 2000. Although more Americans than ever were visiting bowling alleys, there was a decline in bowling league membership. Americans were losing their sense of community. We “sign fewer petitions, belong to fewer organizations that meet, know our neighbors less, meet withRead… Read more »

UK Local Gov Engagement Online Doctoral Researcher (www.lgeoresearch.com) will be in NYC and DC in April

Dear all, I currently run the Local Government Engagement Online Research Blog in the UK, which is visited by government officials from all around the world everyday. I have been compiling alot of data on which local councils are using social media (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube) to engage with citizens online. I alsoRead… Read more »