I’m trying to keep my total Twitter list under 200 to keep up, but there are so many fascinating people. Here are just a few, whittled down for a Top 10 list after tipped by GovLoopers @ariherzog and @krazykriz (I kinda skipped the niche theme, except in the sense that I am my own niche):Read… Read more »
I was watching Sportscenter yesterday and, as I saw Sean Avery’s idiotic comment, a crazy thought went through my head. Avery’s comment was surely embarrassing and offensive to his team and to the NHL. His team and the league clearly would have preferred he had not said anything like that. However, both the team andRead… Read more »
Earlier today, Steve (@govloop), tweeted that he’s a late early adopter, which makes him a government innovator. Heritage media works the same way, often adapting to trends just as they change. I know, because I worked in small and mid-size news orgs for seven years, as an editor and reporter. I started a work-related blogRead… Read more »
As soon as a bill gets passed in Washington, I am usually notified within a few short moments. That’s right me, in my little suburban home office, I get a message with a link to the details. As soon as there is an earthquake, fire, or it starts snowing in Minnesota, I am generally madeRead… Read more »
This post previously appeared on my “Social Media Strategery” blog. One of the things that I have consistently noticed in my five years as a government communications consultant is that our new hires who come from the corporate world go through an adjustment period upon first supporting a government client. That’s to be expected asRead… Read more »
I Introduction Is there anything called e-civil service or electronic civil service? If so, what is it? How does it differ from the traditional civil service? How can it keep pace with technological developments? What role does it have in Government 2.0? Is there any conflict between old conduct rules for the civil servants andRead… Read more »
Yesterday evening I went, with a number of Ontario Public Service colleagues, to a talk by Rahaf Harfoush. Rahaf was a member of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign’s New Media Team and she was talking about “Applying Barack Obama’s Social Media Strategy to Your Brand’s Communications Needs”. Here is a summary of what sheRead… Read more »
I also started this as a thread in the E-Government group… As I dip my toe into the social media hot tub, I’ve found a community that espouses the use of open source, free applications. Things like Kubuntu or Ubuntu which are free operating systems (much like Windows) or even something as simple as OpenRead… Read more »
Yesterday morning I attended a SRO Public Communication event put on by the Federal Consulting Group and GovDelivery. Over 120 government PA Officers and IT and Web Managers came to hear how agencies are using new digital channels and automated email alerts to better share their content with the public. We heard from a panelRead… Read more »
December 8-11 2008 / Washington DC (link) “The hottest trends in e-Learning are the use of social networks and other collaborative tools, and the explosion of Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS) and Serious Games. These technologies offer huge potentials, but also thorny challenges, for achieving new levels of learner engagement, collaboration and performance improvement. But nowRead… Read more »