We had a great Government 2.0 Camp volunteers meeting this past Sunday. Everyone left with lots of motivation and excitement that yielded great tweets, blog posts and….the Government 2.0 Camp Field Guide! This video, recorded by my co-organizer, Peter Corbett, explains what an unconference is, how an unconference works and what you need to do to […]
Less Ironic
Per my post below entitled Government Irony, Transition 2009 reduced their ticket price today to $495… getting closer…. 😉
Government Irony
So, back in October 2008, I received a “save the date” e-mail from my alma mater, Georgetown University, about Transition 2009, a conference by The School of Continuing Studies that would be taking place soon after the inauguration of now President Barack Obama. I selected the “learn more” option and signed up to receive e-mail updates as more […]
Government 2.0 Camp is happening!
Per a conversation that started here on my blog, I am pleased to announce that I (in partnership with Mark Drapeau and Peter Corbett and in cooperation with Jeffrey Levy) have, indeed, decided to move forward and initiate a Government 2.0 Camp unconference. It will take place in DC, March 27-28, 2009. This is a 100% participant-planned, not-for-profit event […]
Peter Kim Calls it Social Business
Per my last blog post, I’ve been grappling with the contradiction between “marketing” and “social media.” Though usually viewed as a progression from old to new, the terms more often seem like opposites to me. Today I read and commented on Peter Kim’s blog post, “It’s Time to Transform.” I couldn’t agree more with his assessment […]
Becoming a Truth Organization
What we refer to as “social media” really has very little to do with media. Media –from cameras to demographics–is a set of filters. Filters obscure the truth by focus as well as by omission. Social media strips away the filters upon which content shops–news organizations, marketing consultancies, ad agencies and PR firms–have relied over the past century, and […]
Is Twitter replacing your RSS?
More and more, I find myself checking Twitter when I’m waiting at traffic lights, in line at the grocery store or killing time when a meeting begins five minutes late. I realized that though Google Reader is technically just as accessible via my PDA, checking it while on-the-go is not my user habit. It feels cumbersome and too […]
The Fallacy of Opacity
Do you remember the game show “Let’s Make a Deal” from the ’70s? Basically contestants had to choose between the “deal” that was presented to them by the emcee and what was behind “curtain #1,” or #2 or #3… Now even though they knew they could end up with 150 jars of peanut butter or a […]
Will Twitter Kill the Holiday Card?
I spent way too much time this weekend gathering snail mail addresses for the 250 (!) family photo holiday cards that we ordered and obligated ourselves to send. As I e-mailed address requests to a few friends and contacts for whom I didn’t have up-to-date info, I wondered why the heck we were doing this in […]
What if Obama’s Work Progress projects were digital?
“The country demands bold, persistent experimentation. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something!” -Franklin Delano Roosevelt There have been a number of news articles over the past week, e.g. CBS News’ FDR’s New Deal Blueprint For Obama, that liken Obama’s economic recovery plan to the Work Progress Administration […]
