Talking Social Media with FedNewsRadio
Check out my interview with Francis Rose (@frose1500) this afternoon on Federal News Radio In-Depth talking about social media strategies and activities. Bonus points for making the connection via Twitter!
Posts Tagged: Web
Role of cloud computing, web 2.0, and web 3.0 semantic technologies in an era of transparent, collaborative, connected governance?
Brand Niemann (EPA) and I recently organized a a one-day conference / workshop held in Washington, DC on February 17, 2009 on the role of information and communication technologies in an era of connected governance. This wiki page contains the program and all proceedings including presentations, videos, and handouts from the event: From E-Gov toRead… Read more »
Facebook is For Children
I admit, like a number of my friends, I first opened a Facebook account in order to have a window on my children’s world. Some of my friends have told me that their children would be embarrassed to have them as friends — and so they are locked out. Others tell me that one reasonRead… Read more »
Tech-enabled Community Building Best Practices
Of late, I’ve been having lots of chats with social media practitioners and would-be practitioners, as well as working with locals on activating our neighbors through “Citizen 2.0” trainings. I’ve also worked hard to connect with the Government 2.0 reform community through sites like LinkedIn, GovLoop and Twitter. These conversations have led to me aRead… Read more »
Social media marketing author, speaker, columnist Dave Evans coming to town Monday, March 9 @ Rockville, MD (6-8pm)
GovLoopers … please join us in giving this social media marketer from Texas a warm Washington DC welcome! You are invited to free social media marketing event @ Rockville, MD For those interested in social media marketing mindset, approaches, tips and strategies, ClickZ.com’s (www.clickz.com) own social media marketing columnist and author of Social Media Marketing:Read… Read more »
It’s time for (top-level, serious, intentional, formal) web governance
Anyone who knows me knows how hard it is for me to keep my mouth shut or not add my own perspective to, well, anything. But this blog post from Candi Harrison, HUD’s former web manager, is so perfect I have nothing to add. If you want to know how the web should be runRead… Read more »
Are your automatically-generated emails messing up your 2.0 mojo?
This weekend, when I was in dire need of a good scallops recipe, I went onto FoodNetwork.com to see what looked good. Over the past year, they’ve become my website of choice for recipes because their site is so easy to use, and their user comments section helps me decide whether or not to tryRead… Read more »
Role of Web 2.0 in Parks and Recreation.
OK, admit it. When you think of Parks and Recreation you don’t necessarily associate that with web 2.0 or Social media. Think though, for a minute, and you will see that there is a tremendous opportunity here for these tools to permeate through. For instance, if you have an online calendar of events, what ifRead… Read more »
Top 10 Best Practices for Government Websites from the Federal Web Managers Council
More goodness from webcontent.gov … Top 10 Best Practices for Government Websites 1. Meet all laws, requirements, policies, and other directives for public websites 2. Document your governance structure, including roles, relationships, responsibilities, rules, and review processes 3. Develop, document, and implement a strategic plan that both incorporates visionary changes and corrects problems with webRead… Read more »
Information management and policy in a Web 2.0 World
Web 2.0 is not new but we have yet to address some of the challenges this technology brings to us. As a tool, W2.0 gives us the flexibility of supporting the task of providing constituents with access to information – in a way that is easy, understandable and transparent. But how do we deal withRead… Read more »