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Understanding the Meaning of ‘FTFY’: A Guide

BeingOptimist

FTFY: The Reflection of Internet Conversations and Evolving Trends One of the key aspects about the Internet is its conversation-based nature, with a community that thrives on a shared understanding and common guidelines. ” Responder: “FTFY – I hate going to the gym, it’s my torture chamber.”

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

Social Media Strategery

Discussions on Day Two centered around the right balance of policies, rules, guidelines, and best practices for internal wikis; the risks of open vs. closed networks; and the need for open/transparent communication between IT and the user community. Constructive post as well, with the good and the bad. 1) Enterprise 2.0

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What Does Government 2.0 Mean to Me?

Social Media Strategery

They BELIEVE people are motivated by the fear of getting in trouble (whereas most people in fields like this are actually motivated by constructive relationships). They BELIEVE people are motivated by the fear of getting in trouble (whereas most people in fields like this are actually motivated by constructive relationships).

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I Started a Blog But No One Cared | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

As you might imagine, neither of these conclusions bode well for the long-term health of a virtual community behind the firewall. Lastly, be a community manager. I wanted to model the behavior that people could/should take when participating in that online community.

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Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside

Social Media Strategery

and social media communities have been telling our bosses and clients for years now? In 2007, he proposed using a construction tool that vibrates cement to keep it in liquid form as it pours. Sound familiar? Sound anything like what us in the Gov 2.0 “We’re kind of different. discussion. Or Tim O’Reilly.

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Digital and Dollars – Successfully Adding Online Marketing to Your.

Convince & Convert

While having some measure of Web design and programming capabilities is almost a requirement, being in the business of constructing Web sites and applications per se, is typically a losing proposition for most agencies that are not involved in that business at scale. Note that I didn’t include Web design.

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

Social Media Strategery

It showed me people asking the tough questions , demanding more out of the community, and tackling some very polarizing legal issues. Behind the firewall, the government is using things like MediaWiki and WordPress to power the Intelligence Community’s wiki and blogging platform. relationship. Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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