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Entrepreneurs: Celebrated in the Private Sector, Hidden in Government

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Google , the search engine that processes more than a billion searches a day, was founded by two graduate students. “According to policy X, that’s not allowed&#. Silicon Valley has been built on the backs of these risk-taking entrepreneurs. “That’s not your job – let so-and-so deal with that&#.

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Why Implementing the Plain Writing Act Will Take Decades

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Would the world end if the lawyers were the ones writing the first drafts of these policies and regulations and then let the communications professionals edit their work, instead of the other way around? When budgets get cut, who goes – the communications/public affairs guy in the front office or the engineer in Operations?

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

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Will I get an opportunity to influence future policy? What drives readership is a slowly building witches’ brew of search engine exposure, awareness within your target community, subscriptions to your feed, etc. Tell them what’s in it for them. Is creating my profile required for my performance assessment? So, patience.

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Who Owns Social Media? Everyone and No One | Social Media Strategery

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I’m finding that I’m no longer justifying the use of social media, but helping develop the processes, policies, and personnel that will move the use of social media from interesting experiment to a long-term way of doing business. fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people.

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Disagreements and Debates Are Good Things

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If there isn’t a policy stating you can’t do something, then that probably means it’s allowed, right? A problem, at least from an engineering perspective, is generally something that must be solved to make something work. I want to work with people like that because that’s how I am.

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The Public Doesn't Need to Know What Gov 2.0 is, But They Do Need.

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There have been a multitude of new policies , conferences , guidelines , platforms , and even awards for things related to something called Government 2.0 Government is a machine, like a car engine. Government is a machine, like a car engine. Development Social Media The Public Doesn’t Need to Know What Gov 2.0

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