Social Media Strategery

MAY 2, 2009

When we get down to the nitty and gritty of it and figure out why we are doing what we are and what is working and not working (policies…healing from the inside-out), we can start having meaningful conversations and building relationships. web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! is about being helpful. The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

One way in which I do this is through the strategic use of social media tools like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc. DO be ready to walk me through the steps you might take if I told you that I the CEO of a company and I wanted to start a blog. Just be you and be authentic. link] Katherine Tobin Thanks for sharing, Steve.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 12, 2010

For most agencies, the deadlines are completely unrealistic – getting legal approval on anything, much less a policy change, usually takes 45 days by itself. link] RSS Jobs Saw your Blog bookmarked on Reddit. link] RSS Jobs Saw your Blog bookmarked on Reddit. Flexibility. How will missed deadlines be handled? The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

For these internet users, government websites/Twitter accounts/Facebook fan pages/blogs/podcasts have become critical supplements – not replacements – for more traditional forms of communication. Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

isn’t about the tools, but what those tools enable – it’s about more than just creating a blog and engaging in dialogue with the public, it’s about more than just creating a wiki that’s open to multiple government agencies, and it’s about more than just making data accessible to the public.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

From wikis in the Intelligence Community to internal blogs at IBM , many of my clients see these articles and want to use social media to realize these same benefits, but don’t know how to do it. How big of a net should you cast when implementing a wiki or blogs behind your firewall?

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

Read the Twenty Theses for Government 2.0 – if you’re interested in this world, read these basic tenets of how social media and the government works You’re not going to learn this stuff via books and blogs alone – you’re going to have to get your hands dirty and actually use these tools to interact with the people you’re trying to reach.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Whether it’s the “old&# Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff tweeting, the “conservative&# Department of Justice blogging , or the “bureaucratic&# General Services Administration developing a website that asks the public to solve their problems, Gov 2.0 What will be the new DoD social media policy ?

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

We’re already seeing it with Intellipedia , with change.gov , with the TSA’s blog – within virtually every government organization, social media is at least being discussed. Start a blog where you talk about it. They told anyone who would listen about the power of blogging. They eventually changed the policy.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

to the Ballpark ([link to post]) – new blog post up now #gov20 #sportssocmed – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] govwiki (govwiki) Twitter Comment RT Taking Gov 2.0 Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0 The Whole. : The Whole.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 17, 2010

link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] MiaAAquino (Mia Aquino) Twitter Comment Nice blog post by @sradick “Interested in being at the tip of the [social media] spear? Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0 The Whole. : The Whole.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 19, 2009

What blogging platform should they use and how often should they blog? The Department of Defense is supposed to be releasing their social media policy in the next month or so. Other agencies are following suit and issuing their own policies and guidelines. Should they create a Facebook page?

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

If there isn’t a policy stating you can’t do something, then that probably means it’s allowed, right? Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0 web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! htttp://www.scarf8.net The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

Development Social Media An Interview with Blogger Bob From TSA’s Evolution of Security Blog Tue, Mar 10, 2009 Best Of , Government 2.0 When I first started “ Social Media Str ategery &# six months ago, on e of my inspirations was the TSA’s “ Evolution of Security &# blog. thing was possible after all.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 8, 2009

I’m not suggesting that general managers get on here and blog about player transactions or scouting strategies, but they could definitely share their ideas for promotions and community events, best practices for engaging with season ticket holders, or how they’re using social media – things that help the entire league.

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 11, 2010

Through near constant talk of policies, regulations, and costs, The Downer calls attention to every possible reason why an idea can’t and won’t work, yet is unable to see the potential benefits. link] Weekly bits of interest – 19 July 2010 | Innovation Blog [.] link] garywong_BC (Gary Wong) Twitter Comment Wow!

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

The Director, New Media and Web Communications has specific responsibility for training and guiding Department Web Managers and for overseeing implementation of web policies and procedures. link] DaveMurr (David Murray) Twitter Comment Blog to feature people on the move and jobs in Gov 2.0 Development Social Media Gov 2.0 The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 23, 2010

I’m finding that I’m no longer justifying the use of social media, but helping develop the processes, policies, and personnel that will move the use of social media from interesting experiment to a long-term way of doing business. We’ll be blogging internally about what we talk about. Melissa Melissa Reilly Hi.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Allen, recently discussed the need for the Coast Guard to start using social media like Facebook and blogs to improve communication amongst one another and with the public ( Read the full article over at MarineLink ). However, will the Coast Guard middle management buy into using blogs to communicate with the public and with each other?

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

Joshua Salmons stated it best in a recent blog post – “If the president left his travel agenda scheduling up to the Secret Service, he’d never leave the White House bunker (”Safer” is easier.). Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 23, 2009

You start thinking things like, “If the intelligence community can collaborate on a wiki, then why isn’t every organization? This is where you will most likely be brought back to earth by the policies, management, and politics of the real world. If available, you’re one of the most active bloggers or wiki editors.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

If you decide that you want to be the social media change agent within your organization and start blogging, creating and editing wikis, uploading videos to YouTube, etc., Bookmark the blogs on my blogroll found to the right. Read the blogs that you find on those blogs’ blogrolls.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

As my colleague Brian Drake discussed in this blog post , we both spoke with a number of people who would like to see a Gov 2.0 What’s the best way to get people to contribute to our organizational wiki? What am I missing in my social media policy? Expo Showcase or Gov 2.0 Should they? The Whole. : The Whole. :

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

There is a large reference of these tags on their developer wiki. The format is very simple, and if you are familiar with HTML or XML you’ll pick it up very quickly. To learn FBML you’re going to want to check out Facebook’s documentation and reference on FBML tags.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

This is the second ( the first one addressed the junior employee ) of four blog posts tackling each of the demographics that I brought up in the original posts one by one and illustrate how I handle the “social media is scary” line. No chart that says blogs are the best tool to use when you’re first starting out with social media.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Policies are not written in stone. With justification, passion, and knowledge, policies and rules can and should be changed. Today’s employees will also probably spend an hour at 10:00 at night answering emails or responding to a work-related blog post. making a change to an outdated policy. agencies and bodies.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

This is why so many social media initiatives fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people. Not because of technology or policy. “…so many social media initiatives fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people.&# Are humble -People mess up in social media.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 7, 2010

There have been a multitude of new policies , conferences , guidelines , platforms , and even awards for things related to something called Government 2.0 I, like 95% of America , don’t use Twitter, I don’t have any idea how to mash anything up, and I don’t care enough about your agency to read your blog.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Now, consider this blog post a public service announcement for all you consultants and contractors out there (including all you Booz Allen guys too!) – I don’t want you to become the next Gov 2.0 If someone comments on your blog, comment back. community (it’s not all that hard!): Stay on top of current Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2009

Laborer – You are the “do-er.&# You’re the foot soldier who’s drafting the social media policies, who’s gardening the internal wiki, and who’s developing the briefings, talking points, and speeches for the Rockstars. Thinker – You’re not on Twitter, nor do you maintain a blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it). Allen Stern , Founder of a Blog on Social Media : A social media marketer is someone who possesses first marketing education and/or experience. For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Why not work with small businesses and those affected most by this policy change to find something that would work better for them that does not complicate the process or require a substantial financial investment? I have debated doing a blog or video on this, but Im glad you contributed!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Streaming only your blog’s RSS feed on Twitter. (If In a recent instance, a “bury&# on a popular social site upset the submitter so much that he resorted to an unprofessional attack on the person who buried the story by blogging about her. Using content from another blog without attribution.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

or “So do you blog on the interwebs all day, or sumthin?&# So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). You can follow him at @tweetamar or on his blog at itamarkestenbaum.com. Photos by Shutterstock.

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