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. They’re just told to “give us a wiki&# or “develop a blog for me.&# Actually using the blog or wiki isn’t a requirement.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

is about more than wikis, open data , Twitter , Web 2.0, So, for those who maybe might not be ready for social media, here are eight things you can do now that can help your organization become more open, and none involve social media: Update the content on your website a few times a week - And not just with more PDF downloads.

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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. Enter Intellipedia , the gold standard of wikis behind the firewall. Development Social Media Your Organizationopedia – Make it Stop!!

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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

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

MAY 12, 2010

This “light bulb” discovery led me to the second step in my social media adventure—creating a program that would do the same thing for others on a massive scale (20,000+ employee company). And lastly, what’s the next step to scaling this program to a massive organization? web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Fri, Oct 9, 2009 Government 2.0 “Dear [fill in your favorite sports team], You may think of me as a fan or as a ticket-holder now, but if you give me the chance, I’d gladly be a marketing specialist, brand ambassador, web developer, community organizer and data cruncher. web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

I work for a growing software company and they don’t have much of a footprint in the social media world. Like many companies, they didn’t know the difference between Twitter and a blog or that Facebook was for more than keeping in touch with their friends and family. That is until recently. That someone was me.

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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. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof.

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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? It’s the same sort of problems that companies and organizations and governments have had for decades.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

I work for a growing software company and they don’t have much of a footprint in the social media world. Like many companies, they didn’t know the difference between Twitter and a blog or that Facebook was for more than keeping in touch with their friends and family. That is until recently. That someone was me.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Ive talked with a lot of people recently about the KM opportunities and challenges facing their organizations. Today Im posting an excerpt and link to Davenport s thoughts on "Government 2.0," or the use of social computing inside government organizations. KM Blogroll. Multigenerational Knowledge Sharing: Whats in It for Me?

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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. How big of a net should you cast when implementing a wiki or blogs behind your firewall? The government has a higher standard.&#

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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. web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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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. The point is that there’s demand for social media expertise in the public sector. Just DO something!

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 1, 2009

Club did this past weekend in organizing the inaugural Government 2.0 I saw very senior government employees chatting it up with very junior consultants, employees from two different companies sharing time on a panel session, and groups of consultant/government folks hashing out a solution to a problem one of them was having.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

It’s about the group of people who self-organize a Government 2.0 This blog, my presentations, my internal blog, my wiki pages, etc. Use you as an example – you’ve made some really good traction at your company with what you’ve actually accomplished, not with what your title is. in his spare time.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 2008

I’ve seen Intellipedia , TSA’s Evolution of Security blog , DoDLive , the DoD’s Blogger’s Roundtable , FEMA’s YouTube channel , GovLoop , and many other examples of “Government 2.0.&# I’ve also seen plenty of failed blogs, dormant wikis, and other failed attempts at using social media.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Development , Social Media Who leads your organization’s social media initiatives? Adding “social media&# to that junior public affairs officer’s job description isn’t suddenly going to turn your organization into the next Zappo’s. Remember, social media is driven by the person, not the position.

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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. It helps to have examples of other social media/networking successes by organizations similar to yours, so they don’t feel like they’re mavericks. They have to understand the bigger picture.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2010

guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof. web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof.

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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. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof.

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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

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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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Development Social Media Wanted: People Who “Know&# Social Media and Communications Tue, Oct 7, 2008 Enterprise 2.0 , Social Media My company, Booz Allen Hamilton , is actively hiring consultants who “get&# social media. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof. Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Use email less (internally) – One thing I’ve realized is that if I keep answering people’s emails, people will continue to send them to me, even if I explicitly tell them that they’re more likely to get a hold of me by posting their question/comment to my internal blog, contact me on Yammer, use my internal wiki page, etc.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Read other people’s blog posts, wiki edits, forum questions, and tweets and help out if you can – even if it’s just sending a helpful link, providing a good point of contact, or giving a restaurant suggestion to someone in a different city. Get to know your companies strengths and weaknesses, and be honest about them.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2010

First, it was led by the Department of Transportation, not by a commercial company or a non-profit. held by commercial companies and non-profits, but when a conference on government is hosted and led by government, it takes on a different feel and usually results in greater sharing, trust, and relationships. Is it the CIO?

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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

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

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

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

APRIL 2, 2010

Set up a Google Alert for your name/organization so that you’re notified whenever someone writes a blog post, news article, etc. about you or your organization. Search your organization’s Intranet to see who in your organization is already doing something with social media or Government 2.0.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

I started doing this at a previous job when I had my Franklin-Covey binder and followed those techniques to stay organized. I think she’s struggling a bit with the idea that the company would benefit from her spending some time on personal growth. Wikis (13). would work better. Read/Write Web (33). Research (2).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Create Blogroll â?? Produce a readable and organized content with white space, short sentences, bullet/number list. Create blog design that complements the rest of the personal or company brand. Have clear blog tagline. Always remember the readersâ?? want is more important than what the bloggerâ??s t be a Lone Ranger.

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