Many public and private organizations are already using social media tools as part of their communications planning to advance their missions and reach target audiences. For organizations still relying primarily on traditional media to get their messages out, curiosity about how to incorporate social media tools are high. Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, YouTube, blogs, podcasts, forums,Read… Read more »
In the last GovLoop poll I asked “When Will Gov 2.0 Take Off?” The answers were pretty interesting: 16.3% This summer 23.9% 6 months 21.7% 1 year 28.3% 2-3 years 9.8% never While we have some people on both sides (16.3% say this summer and 9.8% never), the majority bunch up in the middle withRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance. Here are a few tweets from the tweet stream (have not clicked on any of the links) @Nextgov RT White House launches official twitter feed: @whitehouse #gov20 #obama @levyj413 EPA has launched a new mapping app called My Environment. Check it out http://twurl.nl/pdoau8 #gov20 @ariherzog: Snapshot in Twitter Time: HereRead… Read more »
The Whitehouse has official taken the plunge into microblogging and launched their official twitter account @whitehouse today. Another milestone in government 2.0 and social media has been reached. The Official White House Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/whitehouse The account was set up and first tweet posted about 2 hours ago putting the time of official release atRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance. Here are a few tweets from the tweet stream (have not clicked on any of the links) @WBEZWorldview Economics for the Soul: ethical values & public policymaking. #gov20 folks, take to heart pls http://bit.ly/18nblX @osrin: For those in the US don’t forget to add your 2 cents to www.thenationaldialogue.com thisRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance. Here are a few tweets from the tweet stream (have not clicked on any of the links) @wtneary: Hmm never occurred to me to put twittering as resolution in Lakewood RT @MWEditor: http://ow.ly/4ruG & http://ow.ly/4rsa #gov20 @mweditor: From teachers to business people to municipal councillors, the locals are twittering awayRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @gwynnek: IT & Web leaders push for rewrite of outdated paperwork reduction act rules. Online not = paper! http://ow.ly/3vKK #gov20 (tx @MWEditor) @cdorobek: DorobekInsider.com: Team Obama puts out the help wanted sign for Recovery.gov transparency ideas http://twurl.nl/78oiw4 #gov20 @govloop: New GovLoop Project of Week – Cumberland County and Web 2.0Read… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @securityinfo: Google, AT&T and Twitter executives visit Iraq http://tinyurl.com/cxt8zq #polc09 #gov20 #opengo @debategraph: Slides prepared for yesterday’s Politics Online panel on public debate http://bit.ly/16I3BA #polc09 #gov20 #opengov #edemcamp @sairy: For everyone interested in online politics, check out #polc09 conference feed – great info – wish I could be there! #p2Read… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @krazykriz: #GovLoop Members: Get ready for the Open Gov & Innovations Conference: @OGIConference #ogi Website: http://twurl.nl/1egn0x @krazykriz: “Focus on transparency in government has led to mountains of data on websites.” How do we better share this amount of data? #gov20 #govloop @maherltd: Agree w/ @ariherzog: One way of sharing theRead… Read more »
I attended eDemocracyCamp yesterday in DC. In his introductory remarks, Andrew Cohen tied recent Government 2.0 conferences back to President Obama’s January 2009 Transparency Memo nicely by saying: – TransparencyCamp was about transparency – Government 2.0 Camp was about collaboration – eDemocracyCamp is about participation OGI — the Open Government & Innovations conference — isRead… Read more »