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Gov 2.0 – We Need to Get Past the Honeymoon Stage of Our Relationship

Social Media Strategery

The government is using Facebook, Twitter, and other external-facing social media applications to become more transparent to the public, to collaborate with the public, to increase awareness of their initiatives, to get real-time feedback, and a whole host of other reasons. They’re used for two completely different things.

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Grading Social Media

Social Media Strategery

Team Teaching of course enhances the collaboration model of Social Media. Team Teaching of course enhances the collaboration model of Social Media. I had sort of an epiphany though when I was working at Microsoft last summer and since then I’ve really become a power user of SM.

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Six Villains of Gov 2.0 | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

The Silo “We’d love to be more collaborative…as long as no one outside of my team can get in and mess with our stuff.&# Ironically, The Silo is often an outspoken advocate of collaborative tools…as long as he gets final say over who’s collaborating with whom. RT @sradick Six Villains of Gov 2.0

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Twenty Theses for Government 2.0, Cluetrain Style | Social Media.

Social Media Strategery

They all want to know how/if social media can help them become more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. Transparency, participatory, collaborative – these terms do not refer only to the end state; they refer to the process used to get there as well. Agency Secretaries and Department Heads are big boys and girls.

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In Memory of My Grandpa David, a Wonderful Man » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

He had to collaborate this with not only the tenant but the people in charge of access to the parking lot as well. In the ’90s, we gave Grandpa a 486 and I walked him through Microsoft Word (in the absence of any Internet connectivity). Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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