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

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Ever hear the phrase “Drive for Show, Putt for Dough?&# It’s time-honored sports cliche that refers to the oohs and ahhs that a huge golf drive off the tee will elicit from the crowd. vendor out there offers a similar set of features – blogging, microblogging, wiki functionality, profiles, tagging, search, etc.

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

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is about more than wikis, open data , Twitter , Web 2.0, Sure, social media can help facilitate this transformation, but starting a blog or Twitter account is by no means a prerequisite. Sure, social media can help facilitate this transformation, but starting a blog or Twitter account is by no means a prerequisite.

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Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You're Creating.

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Now, take a look at the official support areas for WordPress , Telligent , MindTouch , Jive or any of the dozens of social software vendor sites. They’re just told to “give us a wiki&# or “develop a blog for me.&# Actually using the blog or wiki isn’t a requirement. Notice anything?

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

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Why isn’t anyone editing the wiki pages?) These aren’t trivial questions – people take the time to create a blog post or add content to a wiki because of the promise of emergent collaboration. Post your blog entry, wiki content, forum thread, etc. at least once a week. Cross-promote. Give people an action.

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

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For these internet users, government websites/Twitter accounts/Facebook fan pages/blogs/podcasts have become critical supplements – not replacements – for more traditional forms of communication. Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0

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What Does Government 2.0 Mean to Me?

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isn’t about the tools, but what those tools enable – it’s about more than just creating a blog and engaging in dialogue with the public, it’s about more than just creating a wiki that’s open to multiple government agencies, and it’s about more than just making data accessible to the public. Mean to Me?

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