OK, so yesterday I come back from my first true vacation in 9 years (Yay me!). My supervisor wants me to check out Roanoke County Governments web page for their Parks and Recreation. I’m thinking to myself “O boy, yet another thing that he wants to try and do”. So, I finish up my coffeeRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my blog, Talking Salmons. Ok. Today I will hash out the “trends versus platforms” speech. It’s something I speak to quite often. Hopefully we can increase awareness and keep ourselves from being wrapped around the axle on certain things. I feel that too often we become tangled up in argumentsRead… Read more »
Twitpic Ross L Grant Google UK launched it’s local government division on Friday August 8 with a day-long event held at their London offices and attended by around 65 people. As I have been talking and writing about their stuff (aka promoting!) for a few years now this day was pretty exciting for me. IRead… Read more »
“Thank you” to Kent Hammer http://www.hammerconsulting.net for requesting this post for his most recent “Hammer Letter,” short posts showcasing positive ideas. Many of the “Thank You” letters I get are a waste of time, occasionally an embarrassment. That’s sad, because executed correctly, a “Thank You” letter can have relationship-changing impact. Three ways to increase theRead… Read more »
I just posted this on my blog about local elected officials who use social media. Any thoughts on whether I am making too much of the language within Facebook? The original post is at http://electing2blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/facebooks-missing-noun.html As Facebook becomes more popular, it seems to become more effective. I posted a note asking for volunteers for ourRead… Read more »
Surviving in a recession can be taxing. This blog is intended to help you thrive, even in this economic state. Make a list of financial problem areas in your business Nuff said.. Putting your problems on paper helps to de-clutter the information from your brain. This will make you a more efficient business owner. OrganizeRead… Read more »
Does anyone else feel overwhelmed with the number of social networks?! I primarily use Facebook. I sometimes use Myspace and Linkedin. I try to use GovLoop. I’m being forced to use a “social” network at work which is not one of those listed previously. I often wonder about the days when my grandparents were kids.Read… Read more »
I am passionately interested in greater engagement between government at all levels and the public. So much so, that I’ve volunteered my time on several projects that seek to enable the transition to a more open, engaged, conversational form of government – the type of government being termed Government 2.0. I’ve been stewing over thisRead… Read more »
Republished from Forbes.com. Column by Tim O’Reilly Original post can be found here www.gov2summit.com Over the past 15 years, the World Wide Web has created remarkable new business models reshaping our economy. As the Web has undermined old media and software companies, it has demonstrated the enormous power of a new model, often referred toRead… Read more »
Macbook.gov Post#1 “OIT (Police) Line Do Not Cross” Since the Mac is scheduled to land on my desk in less than 24 hours, I got a visit from a tech from the IT department this morning. I was told by a co-worker that they would be visiting soon (as they visited her a week ago)Read… Read more »