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 […]
On C-SPAN Today
This afternoon I was fortunate enough to moderate the Engaging the Public in Conversation panel at the Potomac Forum& GovCollab.org’s Gov 2.0 Leadership, Collaboration and Public Engagement Best Practices Symposium at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in DC. All four panelists were really outstanding in both the content of the case studies they […]
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 […]
I talked about Government 2.0 Camp on Federal News Radio today
I was honored to be interviewed by Chris Dorobek on Federal News Radio this afternoon. Here’s the clip: Medication errors can happen anywhere, but you can protect yourself. There are many of legal online drugstores that will offer legitimate discounts. Certainly it isn’t all. If you’re concerned about sexual disease, you perhaps already know about sofosbuvir […]
Social Media 101 Presentation
Here is the Social Media 101 presentation that I gave this morning as part of the the Advanced Learning Institute’s Social Media for Government Social Media 101 Pre-Conference Workshop. [slideshare id=1185070&doc=socialmediaforgovernment3-23-09-090323112920-phpapp01] Ken Fischer and I then co-led the workshop and he did a great presentation on Information for the Greatest Good. I am looking forward […]
A Few Valuable Social Media & Government 2.0 Resources
I just finished up at SXSX in Austin, TX. There was so much amazing content and conversation that it was truly overwhelming. A few sessions that I found particularly noteworthy were: Charlene Li’s talk about The Future of Social Media Networks (Twitter #sxswfsn) and her assertion that social networks will be like air — everywhere and all […]
Rethinking community management
I’m at TransparencyCamp today. It’s phenomenal, exciting and overwhelming. I participated in a great session this afternoon before lunch called “Drinking from the fire hose: how is a community manager to handle citizen participation in the Web 2.0 age?’ Here are some of my thoughts inspired by this session. Social media is not about joining THE conversation, it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
