Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Development Social Media Social Media isn’t a Prerequisite for Open Government Fri, Feb 19, 2010 Government 2.0 Open Government/Government 2.0 is about more than wikis, open data , Twitter , Web 2.0, I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 Highlight an interesting article or link.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 12, 2010

Image courtesy of Flickr user remography When I first started my foray into Social Media there were two kinds of people—those who proselytized Web 2.0 Turns out, Web 2.0 And lastly, what’s the next step to scaling this program to a massive organization? Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 26, 2009

Our first group is the Junior Employee - For junior employees - “Yeah, that’s great that I can start a blog that everyone in the organization can read, but what will I say? Show them how they can use their organization’s internal blogs, wiki, bookmarks, etc. What if I disagree with something that my manager says?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 For junior employees - “Yeah, that’s great that I can start a blog that everyone in the organization can read, but what will I say?

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It’s great that there’s a vibrant community of these experts (check my blogroll on the right for a list of these experts, all much more established than I) actively sharing ideas and experiences. I think I bring a unique perspective on the challenges that government agencies face in bringing social media to their organization.

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 25, 2010

This story resonated with me because it not only made me think of all the companies and brands that have earned my loyalty over the years, but also of the the interactions that I have had with our government, be it at the Post Office, at the DMV, as the Social Security Administration, the IRS, etc. LCD TVs that you had.

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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. I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 The point is that there’s demand for social media expertise in the public sector.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Development Social Media Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0 So, in your mind, the stock exchanges should be eliminated because every company should be public? So, in your mind, the stock exchanges should be eliminated because every company should be public? Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 25, 2008

Sat, Oct 25, 2008 Social Media Image courtesy of Flickr user hiyori13 As I mentioned in my last post , one of the key success factors to deploying social media in an organization is that someone is “a champion.&# This approach has proven to be incredibly beneficial to my organization’s social media efforts and to my career.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Using Facebook to organize your local PRSSA chapter is very different from using Facebook to invite your friends to a kegger. 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. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Development Social Media Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside Tue, Feb 9, 2010 Best Practices , Social Media Quick – who recently said this in reference to his organization’s social media efforts? Sound anything like what us in the Gov 2.0 “We’re kind of different. .&#

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 12, 2010

First, it was led by the Department of Transportation, not by a commercial company or a non-profit. There are a lot of really good conferences, events, and seminars on Gov 2.0 The organizers told me yesterday that they’re hoping to have these workshops every six to eight weeks or so. Is it the CIO? A cross-functional team?

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

They have to understand that a blog is about creating a culture of open and honest dialogue within their organization. The executive has to realize that to effectively use social media, you can’t designate somebody or some group as “the Web 2.0 They have to understand the bigger picture. guys&# handle that.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

Analysts assist in coordinating, planning and facilitating joint meetings of Academy staff, our Panel members and client organizations. Maintains and executes organization’s social media strategy. Manage organization’s website content. Manage organization’s website content. Open until filled U.S.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 19, 2010

When was the last time you just sat down and thought about your project/organization/contract/initiative and wondered? I had a great conversation recently with one the senior leaders at my company and he told me that’s the one thing that separates the good from the great. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2010

Barcode Software Gov 2.0 Expo will be the gathering place for government related IT professionals looking to make their purchasing decisions on the best Web 2.0 Cluetrain Style Social Media is Driven by the Person, Not the Position How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media The “Getting Started with Government 2.0”

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 I’ve got the Web 2.0 I’ve got the Web 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 26, 2010

Unfortunately, IT departments at large companies and government agencies are too often doing the equivalent of developing Android apps at work and using the iPhone at home. bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Development Social Media Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Government 2.0 , Prof. Development , Social Media Who leads your organization’s social media initiatives? The best person right now might be Joe over in Marketing, but what if Joe leaves the organization?

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Here’s the thing – unless your organization is ready for transparency and authenticity, and has instilled a culture of sharing, you’re going to have a lot of trouble successfully spreading social media. And even if your organization is ready for the tools, it may very well not be ready for what those tools will bring.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 23, 2010

Everyone and No One Tue, Mar 23, 2010 Best Practices , Social Media Over the last few weeks, I’ve been involved in a number of meetings both within Booz Allen and with my clients to discuss social media, and I’ve noticed that more and more organizations are moving beyond the social media experimentation stage.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

&# Their response ranged from the dismissive – “why would we have a class on learning to Twitter – only old people use it anyway?&# – to the inquisitive – “it’d be great if we could learn more about how these tools are being used by companies so we’d know before we got hired.&# The Whole. :

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Your company needs to be part of that conversation. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. If your customers and prospects feel like your company is more human and actually cares about them, they’ll want to be part of it.

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 21, 2009

Development Social Media Enterprise 2.0 Reflects the Culture Thu, Jun 18, 2009 Enterprise 2.0 If you think that the enterprise-wide wiki you’ve been pushing to install is going to change the culture of your organization, think again. That wiki is going to reflect the culture of your organization, not change it.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

For the most part, everyone involved in Gov 2.0 If you suddenly start promoting another organization’s wares, disclose that you have a relationship of some sort with them. Just because you’ve helped one organization use social media doesn’t mean that the next one is going to work the same way. and Gov 2.0,

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In this world of Web 2.0, Publicity, pitching, media relations, yada yada yada are just one part of doing this, i.e. building relationships with the “press&# (whatever that terms means today), but that ignores the usually several other audiences an organization usually has. That is what needs to die. Absolutely not.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Mon, Nov 10, 2008 Social Media Image courtesy of Flickr user Douglas Staas As I sat down the other night to write another blog posting for my company’s internal social media platform, I thought to myself what would happen if I were to stop. What’s my legacy if I were to leave my company? Stop blogging. Stop Tweeting.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

The Starter Videos Go to [link] and watch their videos on technology – great starting point to understand the basics Watch the Social Media Revolution video as it will give you some great stats on the impact of social media) The Us Now Video (warning: it’s an hour long, but it’s a fantastic, inspiring piece on Government 2.0)

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Members of GovLoop organize tweetups and attend Social Media Club events Government agencies hires web programmers by the truckload to create websites Government agencies are creating entire teams dedicated to social media It’s easy to get so caught up in the world of President Obama’s Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

The theory that everyone’s information had to be safeguarded from others’ nefarious schemes within their own organization dominated the traditional Intranet culture. Because building and maintaing a large enterprise-wide wiki like Intellipedia or the wiki available behind my company firewall, is a LOT of hard work.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

I’ve worked with clients from across the government who are all seeing social media succeed in helping organizations communicate, collaborate, and share information better than they ever have. Let’s look at my top six: Risks - From Mark Drapeau’s excellent Government 2.0 What other differences do you see?

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Company promotions and advertisements were broadcast through television, magazines, billboards and the occasional internet banner. Employers do not want to hire a person whose Twitter or Facebook page could make their company look bad. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

It’s about the group of people who self-organize a Government 2.0 It’s about the IT specialist who starts an entire social network dedicated to Government 2.0 Speculating about Obama’s CTO or the impact this Administration will have on Government 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I want to be the leader within my organization in getting folks to use email less and our internal collaboration platforms more. In 2009, I want to do more to illustrate the “What’s in it for me&# to our everyone at my company, especially our managers. I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 23, 2009

Since that first day back in 2006, when I realized the opportunities that social media presented me, my company, and my government, I have evolved from an opportunist to a leader (I hope!), In this initial phase, you’ve identified an opportunity – this can be for you, for your team, your division, or your organization.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 1, 2009

Yet that’s just what the members of the Government 2.0 Club did this past weekend in organizing the inaugural Government 2.0 Best part of all was that it was being done without the typical political and cultural roadblocks of pay grades, political affiliation, company affiliation, etc. The organizers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

in other words to facilitate knowledge management in an organization. My company deploys Microsoft SharePoint for portal and content management. Fast Company Now. Read/Write Web. In that article, though I also discussed how certain free, public social bookmarking sites could also be suitable for enterprise useâ??

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