For today’s Movie Quote Monday, I am dating myself and reaching way back into the time machine to “Karate Kid” – the first one. I have to admit that I never really liked this movie, but I’ve found its lessons keep popping up throughout my life. While some may think that the lessons are veryRead… Read more »
Here’s the article: Social Media in the Public Sector Posted By John O’Leary | October 4, 2010 A recent study from the National Association of State CIO’s (NASCIO) found an increasing shift toward the use of social media such as Twitter, YouTube, and the like, as a way to better reach constituents. According to theRead… Read more »
Niccolo Machiavelli is probably most well known for The Prince, but I wonder what advice he might have for organizations in the era of social media. Maybe it would look something like this … People and Tactics Make sure you have the right people running your social media efforts; Give those people robust rules ofRead… Read more »
*************************************************************************** GovLoop is proud to have HP as one of its 2010 Partners. *************************************************************************** Many in the government 2.0 community are taking stock of the current state of the movement, asking questions like: Steve Ressler: Is Gov 2.0 in a sophomore slump? Adriel Hampton: Is the Gov 2.0 movement losing steam? Andrea DiMaio: How DoRead… Read more »
I hope you take a moment to check out what’s going on the month of October. Plenty of things that require your awareness as a member of this planet. I’ve gone ahead and made it easy for you, and have listed events which impact you, your environment, and the world we live in – nowRead… Read more »
Putting open data to work: Join Adriel Hampton and Steve Lunceford for a fast-paced discussion with Walter Luh and Gilbert Guerrero of Ansca Mobile discussing their new Pillbox app for iPhone and Android, and Andrew Wilson of SAMHSA on health mashups and the state of government social media. (Plus, check out our first show aboutRead… Read more »
When the little, happy, happen-chances come our way, we usually consider it a good thing. So much of everything can seem random, after-all. The world is full of opportunities – opening doors, closing doors, missed doors, halfway doors, and if there is only one thing we know, it’s that we’ll never know what is aroundRead… Read more »
Image via Wikipedia One of the laws of social media that I regularly hear is “don’t feed the trolls“. There is, to be honest, many good reasons for this, including, but not limited to: They waste precious resources, often driving focus away from real issues, real goals. They can never be pleased. They are peopleRead… Read more »
In Egypt where increasingly women face undesirable attention from men , HarrasMap is a an independent community watch project, planned to launch in the coming few weeks, it will enable women to report harassment instantly by sending a text message to a centralised system, the reported incidents are used to build a detailed, public mapRead… Read more »
With the State Department warning to Americans traveling in Europe regarding possible coordinated terror attacks, I’ve just uploaded to Slideshare my preso @ the State Dept.’s Foreign Service Institute in April about smart use of Twitter & other social media apps. in a disaster. Hope you’ll pass it on to anyone at risk. Thanks.