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Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0

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Development Social Media Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0 Sincerely, Joe Sports Fan In a recent post , I discussed some of the similarities that I saw between the government’s experiences with social media and the challenges that professional sports teams are facing in diving into the world of social media.

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Taking Gov 2.0 to the Ballpark

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If you aren’t familiar with my background, this was a dream come true for me – bringing together my love for social media and communications and my love of sports. I’ve always been a huge sports fan and used to work in public relations for a minor league hockey team , so I was extremely excited for this opportunity.

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A Challenge to Government 2.0 Camp Attendees

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Camp, I want you to stop complaining about the policies or the skeptics or the lack of time that are stopping you from doing social media. One of the things that I’m actively focusing on right now is reaching out to the IT, security, and policy folks within my organization to open up the lines of communication.

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“I want a Twitter for All the Various Parts of the Government”

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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. Chris is always a wealth of information… He is correct, 2.0 is about being helpful.

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

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You don’t have to wait until you hammer out a Twitter policy or get legal approval for your blogging guidelines to start this transformation.You don’t need to create all kinds of widgets and mashups with your data. If this is still a policy at your agency, show them this and get the policy changed.

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So You Just Graduated and You Want a Job

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For example, I volunteer with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (ypfp.org) and we’re always looking for volunteers to help design and implement our social media strategy. Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0 Powered by Wordpress.

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Government Use of Social Media - "In Addition to," Not "In Lieu of.

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to Internet for government data, policy and services&# by Alex Howard at O’Reilly Radar Government Use of Social Media – “In Addition to,” Not “In Lieu of” by Steve [.] Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0 Powered by Wordpress.

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