Social Media Strategery

JULY 21, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 That’s what I said almost three years ago when Walton Smith and I started our social media practice here at Booz Allen. and the role social media is playing in the future of our government.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Most of these individuals serve, in some fashion, as social media evangelists – they’re the ones leading the charge to get their organizations on Twitter, to start blogging, to start using new technology to really change how their organizations operate. It’s not that they aren’t appreciated – they are.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 They said, “that’s what we want!&# They installed a wiki. And they waited… They soon discovered that their users weren’t actually, you know, using the wiki. Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 5, 2012

I particularly like it because it illustrates the period many organizations find themselves in when trying to integrate social media internally. Before wikis were used by the Intelligence Community to develop reports on IEDs , people were creating user badges to show off their favorite NFL teams.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Government Use of Social Media – “In Addition to,&# Not “In Lieu of&# Tue, Apr 27, 2010 Government 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 30, 2011

implementation – be it a wiki, a blogging platform, discussion forums, microblogging, or Sharepoint – fail miserably because they forgot to focus on the fundamentals. vendor out there offers a similar set of features – blogging, microblogging, wiki functionality, profiles, tagging, search, etc. Everything looks great.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media is Driven by the Person, Not the Position Sun, Jan 18, 2009 Prof. Social Media Club DC Government 2.0 Government 2.0 in his spare time.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Luckily, I work for a firm where I have had the flexibility to pursue my interest and passion for social media, and over the last two years, have been able to grow this capability to where we are today.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Luckily, I work for a firm where I have had the flexibility to pursue my interest and passion for social media, and over the last two years, have been able to grow this capability to where we are today.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 8, 2011

However, over the last few years, a new Community Manager role has emerged – the internal Community Manager, responsible for increasing and maintaining user adoption for social media tools behind the organizational firewall. Comedian - You can’t take the ‘social’ out of social media.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Gov 2.0: is about more than just social media – As Tim O’Reilly told me in this tweet , Gov 2.0 What will be the new DoD social media policy ?

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Government 2.0 , Prof. Who leads the social media initiatives then?

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 6, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media What Kind of Impact Has Social Media Had on Your Organization? One can’t measure the value of using social media in a government agency in sales or revenue.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I won’t stop preaching that social media isn’t about the tools. Jason’s first point above is one that I’ve been harping on with my colleagues since I started our social media practice.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Over the last year or so, the term communities of practice has entered the social media buzzword lexicon along with virtual collaboration, engagement, platforms, and Enterprise 2.0. Nowhere in the definition above does it mention the words website , wiki, blog, or social network. What are you building?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 26, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 So, what can you do to address the myriad reasons for social media being scary? Show them how they can use their organization’s internal blogs, wiki, bookmarks, etc. Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

” She went on to say that instead of talking about social media, social business, building communities and why your organization needs to use blogs, wikis, and microblogging, you should be talking about increasing sales, increasing productivity, and cutting costs. Last night, while flying home from the Enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Do You Know Where Santa is Tonight? christmas , dod , gov20 , government , holiday , norad , radar , santa , social media , web 2.0 Social Media Strategery [.]

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media and IT Security: Adversaries or Partners? and social media depends on the both of you putting aside your differences and working together.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Over the last few years, I’ve seen dozens of failed wikis, blogs, microblog platforms, forums, and idea management deployments, and I’m sure I’ll see many more. Secondly, I know that because of these failures, these organizations will most likely write off social media behind the firewall as some sort of snake oil.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 2, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I had to be in total control of whether each would happen or do not happen, they had to be realistic, and they were somehow related to the work I do with social media and communications. Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 23, 2012

As CIOs and Chief Knowledge Officers bring tools that have been used on the Internet – blogs, wikis, microblogs, profiles – behind the firewall, they tend to expect the same results. "We'll So, if you're deploying social tools internally, what kind of community is your organization creating? Total Silence. "Call

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 3, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media My Upcoming Social Media Presentations Sun, Jan 4, 2009 Prof. panel discussion at the next Social Media Club of DC meeting. Government 2.0 The Whole. :

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 2, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 In my experience, this is the stakeholder group that is most skeptical, opposed, and confused about social media. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 12, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Taking a Break!! In fact, while I’m out, look for a guest blog post here from Michael Dumlao on social media, the swine flu, and Crisis 2.0. Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I love thinking about the potential that social media has in fundamentally changing the way our government operates. I also love telling my clients that they’re not ready for social media.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media My Social Media Resolutions for 2009 Wed, Dec 31, 2008 Social Media The Internet is filled with end of year reviews , highlight articles , and wrap-ups.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Resilient and Engaged, DHS Charts a Path Forward Thu, Oct 1, 2009 Government 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media Wed, Oct 28, 2009 Best Practices , Government 2.0 Be active within the social media and Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I’ll be giving a presentation followed by a panel discussion on how social media is changing public transportation. Start by understanding what social media/new media/Web 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 26, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating? I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 30, 2011

In the fall I wrote a guest post entitled, “ But I Don’t WANNA Change ” about using change management techniques to encourage the adoption of social media within organizations. One thing I have learned, however, is that even though social media is sweeping the world, that doesn’t mean your internal platform will engage your employees.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 As a social media consultant for my government clients, this is a powerful concept, but it’s not new. This same concept applies, albeit in a different way, to social media. Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Is Enterprise 2.0 Practitioner Certificate program, a two-day course focused on learning the principles and best practices of Enterprise 2.0 – social media behind the firewall.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Whether we like it or not, social media has changed the way we communicate and interact with other people. For some that change has been exciting for others it has been exhausting, but for anyone engaged in social media, they have already accomplished one thing – they have changed their behavior. The answer was no.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 Government 2.0 Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I’ve already talked about how to justify social media to the big-wigs. Social media isn’t about the tools – it’s about what the tools enable. Social media cannot exist in a vacuum.

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