September, 2010

Social Media Strategery

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Entrepreneurs: Celebrated in the Private Sector, Hidden in Government

Social Media Strategery

Webster’s Dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. It’s the “American dream&# – owning your business, being your own boss, creating and growing something new and doing it better than anyone else. Kids are encouraged to dream big, to innovate, to invent, and to be ambitious.

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Make Sure Your Social Media Evangelists Feel the Love

Social Media Strategery

While writing my last post , I got to thinking about all of the conversations I’ve had with the talented, ambitious, entrepreneurial colleagues I’ve gotten to know over the last few years. Most of these individuals serve, in some fashion, as social media evangelists – they’re the ones leading the charge to get their organizations on Twitter, to start blogging, to start using new technology to really change how their organizations operate.

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Do You Have What it Takes to Change Government and Create Gov 2.0?

Social Media Strategery

The 2010 Gov 2.0 Summit. As I’ve said many times before, Government 2.0 isn’t about technology, but what that technology enables. When the TSA rolls out an initiative like the IdeaFactory , developing and implementing the technology is the easy part ( disclosure: my company has supported the IdeaFactory project ). When the GSA implements the Better Buy Project , getting UserVoice up and running was probably one of the easiest tasks on the whole project.

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