So, in the Government 2.0 discourse, we’re constantly saying that “it’s not about the tools and technologies.” Rather, it’s about a shift in the way we do business — a shift to collaboration. So why is it so tough to get organizations to adopt collaborative tools, mindsets and practices? Why are so many organizations pushing back on using […]
Catalyzing Congressional Collaboration
This morning a colleague of mine forwarded me Nancy Scola’s Personal Democracy Forum post Are Congressional “New Media” Clubs Missing the Point? In short, Nancy challenges whether Congressional new media caucuses are “simply self-serving clubs dedicated to winning the YouTube-Facebook-Twitter arms race.” (Just perfectly articulated, I think.) If so, she explains, they are missing the point and losing an […]
The “unorganization” phenomenon
Over the past few weeks I have come across a number of projects and initiatives being led by “unorganizations” — groups of people who come together for a common cause, but who are independent agents and not a formal corporation, organization or association of any sort. The first was, of course, the recent unconference that […]
The Catch-22 of Collaboration & Social Media
I Need Social Media! Clients regularly approach MiXT Media Strategies requesting social media help: Can you help me set up a Facebook page? How do I “do” Twitter? I want to “use” bloggers to broaden the reach of my marketing campaign—where do I find them? These are the wrong questions for two reasons. First, these […]
Which is the Cause, Which the Effect?
I’m here at the WeMedia conference today and tomorrow in Miami, FL. You can check out the Twitterfeed for #wemedia. There are great discussions going on here about the future of our country and world, communications, collaboration and media. I’ll share with you some of the concepts and thoughts here. Not the most coherent blog post […]
Collaborative Government: Recapturing Our Founding Principle
I had coffee this morning with Mark Drapeau, National Defense University fellow and author of two terrific recent and impressive articles on Mashable about government 2.0. As I was driving to my DoD office afterwards, I was thinking about the implications of government 2.0 and began to establish this concept of collaborative government. Now, for the first […]
