Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Marketing degree’s are really lacking in training on basic social media training and I really feel for all of the graduates from the past 5 years. There are several middle/high schools I can think of that are requiring Twitter accounts for 9th graders, iPads for 6th graders, and blogs and wikis for collaborative learning.

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Education Social Media Gov 2.0 Class 135

Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Now that GovLoop is part of a commercial organization, is there any risk that it will fall out of favor with government employees because they don’t want to be seen as “endorsing” a commercial product? I’d love to give training scholarships so those govies who want to advance their career can get the training they need.

Gov 2.0 89

Gov 2.0 Collaboration Communities Web 2.0 89

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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Gov 2.0 Social Media Social Media Management Organization 139

Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

I think these are two principles permeate everything we do in PR today – we have to be able to write, and we have to understand the interconnectedness of PR to everything else in the organization, especially in customer service. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof. The Whole. :

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Education Gov 2.0 Class Web 2.0 88

Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Not surprisingly, they also held a common interest in social media – what it means to them, what it means to their organizations, and how (and if) they might be able to use these tools. There isn’t going to be a point when your organization flips the final switch and says, “Ta-da!! web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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Gov 2.0 Policies Web 2.0 Conference 66

Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2009

You are deliberate and entrepreneurial and have developed a piece of software, a platform, or a website that is meant to help the government, but is ultimately meant to make you or your organization money. You are probably one of the most active and vocal people in your organization and in the Government 2.0 or social media.

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Gov 2.0 Types Meme Social Media 94

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

Because sometimes all it takes is one blog , one wiki , or one presentation to inspire someone else, I wanted to interview one of TSA’s bloggers, Blogger Bob , to find out what made TSA take a risk like this in the first place, how it’s been working out for them, and what we can look forward to in the future.

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Blogger Gov 2.0 Policies Survey 81

Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I’m merely suggesting that government agencies and mainstream media need to place a greater emphasis on mining these sources, and training their staff on how to use the informaton that’s available to them. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof.

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Gov 2.0 Social Media Twitter Web 2.0 50

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 Gov 2.0 Committee Collaboration 122

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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Gov 2.0 Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki 56

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 7, 2010

You people in DC sure are talking a good game – trotting out your iPhone apps , Twitter feeds , blogs , and wikis - and I suppose I should care about those things, but in reality, I haven’t got the slightest clue why any of that matters to me. guest health internal leadership OReilly opengov organization Personal pr Prof.

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Gov 2.0 Forums Collaboration Data 119

Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Your Government agency/organization/group/branch/division is not unique. Before going out and hiring any social media “consultants,&# assume that there is already someone within your organization who is actively using social media and who is very passionate about it. Stop assuming that they are. Find them , use them, engage them.

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Gov 2.0 Social Media Web 2.0 Policies 134

Social Media Strategery

MAY 21, 2009

The Marine Corps has two sites with significant numbers, recruit training and an air station, both in California. The Marine Corps has two sites with significant numbers, recruit training and an air station, both in California. That matters because nearly 5% of the known cases are military or military related.

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Gov 2.0 Social Media Chemicals Report 94