In presenting on social media for local government, I try to emphasize that it’s not about the tool, it’s about the innovation. It’s about engaging people who may not naturally visit your web site or your city hall, but still care deeply about their government and their community. It’s about meeting people where they areRead… Read more »
A new group was created today for Droid Users (or wannabes). Some good interaction so far with some great tips provided and apps shared. Come on in and share your knowledge, ask some questions, or just connect with some Awesome GovLoop Droidinares!
If you regret not having learned how to do something and think it’s too late to be good at it, read on: Are you beyond those 30-something years when you were convinced there was plenty of time to take up a sport, a new career, a college degree? Just because you didn’t do it before,Read… Read more »
I recently returned from the annual Air Force Information Technology Conference (AFITC) in beautiful downtown Montgomery, Alabama. While Montgomery may seem like an unusual choice of location for a military technology conference, Montgomery is home to Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base and the Gunter Annex, which is one of leading Air Force information technology centers inRead… Read more »
Another interesting development here in Australia. OK. There is a lot of conversation about the need for cultural change in the public sector to get the most out of social media and make Gov 2.0 happen. Not to mention the need to make a big shift to get innovation and public sector reform moving. ForRead… Read more »
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On Saturday we can show our appreciation by taking part in National Public Lands Day, a nationwide effort to spruce up some of the lands that make up our national backyard. Three federal agencies and 700 volunteers took part in the first National Public Lands Day in 1994, according to the event’s website. Last year,Read… Read more »
This Friday/Saturday, I’ll be blogging from the official blogger row (I know, so exciting) at the inaugural AMP Summit 2010 – a gathering of thought leaders in Activism + Media + Politics in Washington DC. The mission of AMP Summit is to explore the ongoing, distributed conversation about the people-powered revolution. The speaker lineup looksRead… Read more »
Yesterday during the Mashable.com / UN Foundation “Social Good Summit” in New York, I launched something I’ve been working on for a while behind the scenes at Microsoft’s public sector division. It’s a new website (geeks: WordPress running on Windows Server… and eventually Windows Azure cloud) called SECTOR: PUBLIC. (Get it? Like Mission: Impossible? Hey,Read… Read more »
From USA.gov: September is National-Library Card Sign-up Month, and local libraries across the country are relaying to parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all. Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely toRead… Read more »