Social Media Strategery

The Public Doesn’t Need to Know What Gov 2.0 is, But They Do Need to Experience It

“Dear U.S. Government, There’s been a lot of media coverage about you becoming more open and transparent. There have been a multitude of new policies, conferences, guidelines, platforms, and even awards for things related to something called Government 2.0 and Open Government. You people in DC sure are talking a good game – trotting out your [...]

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Social Media isn’t a Prerequisite for Open Government

Open Government/Government 2.0 is about more than wikis, open data, Twitter, Web 2.0, or social media—it is about the strategic use of technology to transform our government into a platform that is participatory, collaborative, and transparent. Sure, social media can help facilitate this transformation, but starting a blog or Twitter account is by no means [...]

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Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside

Quick – who recently said this in reference to his organization’s social media efforts? “…if our consumers are younger, and they love video games, and they have shorter attention spans, and they love interactivity, and they love social media, and everyone blogs, and everyone’s on Facebook, why wouldn’t we put [...]

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Gov 2.0 Jobs, Moves, and Opportunities

  Inspired by Jeremiah Owyang’s excellent “On the Move” series of blog postings meant to track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions in the social media community, I wanted to to start this semi-regular (maybe once every other month?) post series focused on the jobs and people within our [...]

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