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Insulate Open Government Efforts From Budget Cuts

Social Media Strategery

“Our datasets have been downloaded more than 1,000 times this month!&#. Instead of pointing to how many times your open datasets have been downloaded, try showing how the number of FOIA requests your organization has received has declined because the data are now freely available.

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Just Because You Run the Same Plays Doesn’t Mean You’ll Get the Same Results

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Over the course of eight years in the consulting industry, I’ve noticed an increasing number of colleagues, peers, and clients thinking that just because they read/downloaded/heard a white paper, strategy, or presentation, (a play, a swing, or a catch) they too can go out and be a communications or social media expert too.

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Do You Have What it Takes to Change Government and Create Gov 2.0?

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For more information on this study: Download the executive summary. Download the full report. Here’s the full presentation as it was given at the Summit: . Do you have what it takes to change government? bah booz booz allen change management cm DC g2s gov20 summit government government 2.0

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A Community of Practice Is More Than a Website

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People visit a website to download what they need. Are you creating a community of practice or are you just creating another website? How does your CoP stack up to some of these statements? People voluntarily spend time helping others in a community of practice. CoPs focus on adding value to their members. Websites focus on getting new users.

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Drive for Show, Putt for Dough – a Lesson for Enterprise 2.0 Platforms

Social Media Strategery

Why can I download a movie from iTunes in 3 minutes, but it takes me 25 minutes to download a Powerpoint presentation? Day 19: &*%$ I’m DONE!!! Why is this thing so slow? What does Facebook have 500 million users yet is always up?

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Create Better Content by First Creating a Better Relationship with Your Lawyers

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Like it, comment on it, but don’t download it and share it on Twitter with your own take on the photo. Retweet it but don’t imply that she endorses your brand because of it. A fan uploads an Instagram photo of him drinking your brand’s beverage?

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Set Your New Social Media Manager Up For Success

Social Media Strategery

Not only that, once they get to their desk, they realize that Twitter and Facebook are blocked, their company-issued Blackberry is prohibited from downloading any apps, and even when they do complete all the request forms to gain access, they're told that any and all social media content needs to be approved by legal and compliance.