(Original post at www.kristyfifelski.com.) It should simply be another step in the event management process to select and promote an appropriate Twitter hashtag for any contemporary event. I attended the 2010 Women’s Summit in Reno, Nevada, on June 1. Attendees were very excited for keynote speaker Michelle Obama and several expert panels, and were tweetingRead… Read more »
Ogilvy Worldwide and Netvibes developed this tool in January, although I discovered it today. Selection of RSS feeds evidently is customizable if one sets up an account on Netvibes. This could be the best English-language aggregation of Word of Mouth marketing sources. I think studying these sources can help us motivate employees to engage inRead… Read more »
MAYBE just POSSIBLY if enough people brought this issue to the attention of the carriers and FCC maybe this thing will get legs and the results will be the same as what happened when David Pogue NY Times blog brought to everyone’s attention regarding charges for the providers waiting 5 seconds to allow voice mailRead… Read more »
Performance measurement is all about storytelling, but as with most things, it helps to have a logical framework to build that story arch. Best practice tells us we should measure success in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction > both internally to government and externally to public. Since there may not be proven examples outRead… Read more »
Many of us in government want to change the way our agencies work. These changes can take many forms. Some of us may want to fix a process or change/eliminate counterproductive rules. Others may wish to shoot for more ambitious goals that require a change of culture. The current push to expand the use ofRead… Read more »
I’ve recently conducted some research on how medical practitioners are using social media in their profession. This blog post lists down some examples of how medical practitioners can use social media. Check out the weblinks to see it in practice. Hopefully these examples will inspire people in government to use social media in more creativeRead… Read more »
I know alot of the people that read this blog already have a blog, but for those who don’t have a blog.. I’d like to tell you why you should start blogging. First of all, take a look at some of these questions… Do you feel like you’re in a rut? Do you feel thatRead… Read more »
I often get asked what is it that motivates me to write and how do I get inspired. Well to tell you the truth, I don’t have a specific method when I’m writing a blog… well at least not one that I would say I stick to. There are different types of blog posts andRead… Read more »
The 2010 World eParliament Report is now available. The report — produced by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament — presents the results of a 2009 survey “of 264 chambers of unicameral and bicameral parliaments in 188 countries and [] two regional parliaments. 134 responses were received […].” The survey addressed six aspects ofRead… Read more »
Scottish social media These slides highlights some examples of how Scottish public agencies are using social media to engage with citizens. View more presentations from LGEO Research. Hope this was useful!!! Liz xxx This blog post is sponsored by Semantix Ltd.