Cynthia Boris writes: When it comes to social media usage, Forrester categorizes the world using their patented Social Technographic Ladder. Creators (23%) are at the top. These are the people who create blogs, upload videos and write articles for the web. (I’m one of those. Are you? Read More…
Yesterday, I published an article called Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study on the new SECTOR: PUBLIC blog. The post is about a recent, massive use of social media by celebrities to raise $540,000 for a Haitian orphanage. While certainly “good” was done, there are also questions about how much tweeting about a causeRead… Read more »
The food and beer at last night’s Tampa GovUp (a casual meetup for GovLoop members in the area) was really, really good 🙂 If that doesn’t convince you to check out a GovUp coming to your town, here’s what else rocked: Getting to meet and network with other GovLoop members face-to-face. Hearing two great speakersRead… Read more »
“. . . nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.” (President Barack Obama President, The United States of America, Inaugural Address, January. 20, 2009) ~~~~~ Space and Nonrenewable Resources:yes””> One of my post-retirement writing experiments in the late 70’s wasRead… Read more »
I’m super pumped that the 2nd wave of our GovUps are here. For those who haven’t seen the awesome map of cities, we are criss-crossing the country connecting government innovators at all levels (Fed, State, Local, Contractors). Last night’s GovUp in Tampa was awesome…GovLoop blogger Chris Bennett was there and is writing a recap. ButRead… Read more »
Posted to the ChatterBachs blog and re-posted in its entirety below. I know for some Twitter is a big mystery, a riddle placed before us to perplex the souls of all who dare enter! Therefore, I’d like to provide a quick tutorial on the use of Twitter. If you’re just getting started, there are aRead… Read more »
**Register for GovLoop Training – Social Media – Why It Matters & How to Do It** Fortunately this year, I’ve gotten the chance to speak at a lot of conferences from federal to state/local government, from U.S to Canada, from HR to IT to Security conferences. Since GovLoop is a social network, most people wantRead… Read more »
Mobile payments – the ability to send and receive money from your phone – is a big emerging trend I’ve been watching. It was only a matter of time before someone turned an iPhone into a credit card swiper (see Square) or enabled me to split a check for sushi by paying my friend withRead… Read more »
This blog entry was originally posted on http://acronymonline.org by GovLoop member, Caron Beesley Green buildings, green transportation, green computing, in fact all things green, is a hot trend. In the public sector, “green” isn’t just the ideal – “green” is mandated. Since the Obama administration moved into the White House, green legislation and “green IT’Read… Read more »
As co-chair of the Federal Web Managers Council’s Metrics Sub-Council, I’ve gathered some white papers and other stuff from WebTrends on their social media measurement capabilities. While I won’t post them here, many Federal metrics folks use WebTrends; contact me off-line and I’ll e-mail them. [email protected] If you have info about social media measurement inRead… Read more »