Social Media Strategery

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

Social Media Strategery

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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A Challenge to Government 2.0 Camp Attendees

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Search Twitter for the tag #gov20 and start clicking through to people’s Twitter accounts and blog posts. Become intimately familiar with your organization’s strategic plan and develop a briefing or write a white paper advocating why social media would help your organization. Powered by Wordpress.

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Stop the Posturing About Government 2.0 and Do It Already

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Write a white paper justifying why it shouldn’t be blocked. Had a higher up pinhead trot around a recent ABC News article about how terrorists use Twitter. Had a higher up pinhead trot around a recent ABC News article about how terrorists use Twitter. Trot out reports of all the good things that Twitter is doing.

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Implementing Social Media at Large Organizations

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I constantly looked for ways in which social media could enhance or replace existing processes (couldn’t we just post this white paper to a wiki and edit it there instead of sending it around over email?), Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! Powered by Wordpress.

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Implementing Social Media at Large Organizations

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I constantly looked for ways in which social media could enhance or replace existing processes (couldn’t we just post this white paper to a wiki and edit it there instead of sending it around over email?), Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! Powered by Wordpress.

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

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Do you want cross-team collaboration on a white paper? Contact the author [link] cbdawson (Cian Dawson) Twitter Comment This is on the mark! 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. Give people an action.

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Taking a Break!! | Social Media Strategery

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However, thanks to Booz Allen , I’ll be taking a much-needed two week break away from the hundreds of emails, tweets, Yams, blogs, white papers, and proposals that have slowly taken over so much of my free time. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email! Powered by Wordpress.

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