So why was Gary Vaynerchuk, @garyvee of #crushit fame, asked to keynote the Gov 2.0 Expo this week in Washington DC? He is not a tech guy. He doesn’t work for government. For all I know, he doesn’t have anything to do with government (except his contempt for interstate wine shipping laws). I believe heRead… Read more »
The Book ‘Theory of Everything’ by Stephen W. Hawking is one book with rich deposits of scientific fundamentals which can reign in on one’s thought-train forever. The emeritus scientist Hawking delves in to direction of time, expansion of universe at a critical rate, ever increasing disorderliness of things and even absolute truths like remembrance ofRead… Read more »
So I’ve been working with ACT/IAC Voyagers at the Management of Change conference interviewing a number of the attendees. Here are some of the videos so far: Gary Galloway, State Department and conference chair Denise Hill, on Biggest Tech Innovation in 30 years – results on ideas.govloop.com Dave Rogers on Mobile Favorite
So I’m in Philly at Management of Change and Martha Johnson, head of GSA spoke about one cool example of affecting change. When she came in, she met with Casey Coleman, CIO of GSA to discuss IT Modernization – it was a long plan with end dates of 2011. They decided to push and tryRead… Read more »
I’ve been unabashed about the high points of KDOT’s social media operation, so it’s only fair that I note our missteps–like this one, cross-posted from K-TOC. — Here’s a link to KDOT’s informational video discussing the four proposed alternatives for Kansas passenger rail expansion detailed in the recently released AMTRAK study. That’s the third iterationRead… Read more »
On May 25, CiviGuard will launch what it’s calls the next big thing in disaster response. In less than a week CiviGuard will launch the first city government partnership with Manor, Texas – just east of Austin – enabling the city’s first responders to tap the pervasiveness of smartphones to more effectively send out crucial,Read… Read more »
Check out Recovery.gov on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/groups/recoverydotgov/ People taking photos from Recovery funded projects I think if promoted right this has mass appeal. I’ve driven by hundreds of ARRA projects and I think it would be cool to have people take photos and submit them to Flickr and other sources. Could also be used as recoveryRead… Read more »
Kristin Bockius, the SLG Relationship Marketing Manager in Microsoft’s Public Sector group was nice enough to take time out of her busy schedule to answer a few questions about Microsoft’s Gov2Social platform and other Government 2.0 initiatives taking place at Microsoft. Q. Microsoft has taken many positive steps on the Government 2.0 front, what isRead… Read more »
The Australian Public Service (APS) Management Advisory Committee (MAC) last year commissioned a report on public sector innovation and what could be done to encourage innovation in the APS. That report, Empowering Change: Fostering Innovation in the Australian Public Service, has now been released. The report looks at the innovation ‘state of play’ in AustraliaRead… Read more »
The original post can be found at my other blog: The Place of Social Media Participatory Chinatown launched on May 3 in Boston’s Chinatown. It’s a 3-D interactive game designed to augment the traditional community meeting. Instead of the traditional model of people responding to a powerpoint presentation about the neighborhood, participants in this meetingRead… Read more »