Social Media Strategery

JULY 12, 2009

In collaboration with Chris and a few other team members, we pitched the idea to our leadership as a low-cost, low-resource opportunity to network, collaborate on some of the tough issues facing our team, learn from other members of the team, and have an opportunity to get involved with the rest of the team beyond their individual project teams.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

They identified a need to bring people people together in a collaborative environment. They researched the latest collaborative software. They issued memos to their users telling them that this collaborative tool that they’ve all been clamoring for is now available. Are they rewarded or punished for collaborating?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 7, 2010

While it’s garnered a lot of publicity , won awards , and really changed the way we think about virtual collaboration here, I get asked this question and others like it (e.g., These aren’t trivial questions – people take the time to create a blog post or add content to a wiki because of the promise of emergent collaboration.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 1, 2010

Team Teaching of course enhances the collaboration model of Social Media. Team Teaching of course enhances the collaboration model of Social Media. How would you grade the use of social media in today’s college environment? web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! FASTForward FedScoop Governing People Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 21, 2009

holds a lot of promise: Increase collaboration! Consider incentivizing employees to share information and collaborate with each other. By embedding collaborative tools into the daily flow of work, companies can indeed change their cultures to become more transparent and collaborative. Enterprise 2.0 Break down stovepipes!

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

My goal for 2009 is to build on this humble base and collaborate with all of you in bringing social media to our government. I want to be the leader within my organization in getting folks to use email less and our internal collaboration platforms more. Likewise, appreciate your shoutout for Cluetrain Manifesto. And remember them.)

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. If your organization already uses Instant Messaging, microblogging offers the potential to turn those one-on-one conversations into group collaboration. Think of it like an IM platform where every IM you send is open to everyone else in the network.

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