Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

Despite the Government 2.0 community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!).

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For example, I volunteer with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (ypfp.org) and we’re always looking for volunteers to help design and implement our social media strategy. bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The sports community is a very insulated community – teams and leagues generally look inside the sports industry to hire their communications and marketing professionals, but maybe they should take a look at the Government 2.0 industry to find that next pool of communications talent and innovation.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

Social media and government started not with some policy or memo from the senior leadership, but from regular people sitting in a cubicle who saw an opportunity and decided to do something about it. They eventually changed the policy. Becoming part of the community and collaborating is a huge piece of successful social media.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Development Social Media Sports Can Learn a Few Things From Gov 2.0 With the right education and change management support, an Intranet like this could help raise the quality and consistency of communications across the league, thereby selling more tickets and making more money for everyone. and non-profit 2.0 (for

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 19, 2009

The Department of Defense is supposed to be releasing their social media policy in the next month or so. Other agencies are following suit and issuing their own policies and guidelines. Achieving Government 2.0 I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 RT @cheeky_geeky: Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 17, 2010

bah , boozallen , champion , change management , cm , E20 , evangelist , organization , social media , spear , web 2.0 I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

Development Social Media Gov 2.0 I’m hoping to use this series to help publicize some of the openings specifically of interest to the Gov 2.0 community, congratulate those of us on new career moves, and help connect potential candidates to new positions too. Mark’s done a lot of fantastic work in the Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Start by understanding what social media/new media/Web 2.0 Bookmark the blogs on my blogroll found to the right. Read the blogs that you find on those blogs’ blogrolls. link] Andrea Baker I used to think I was annoying the community in that first year I took on the role as a community manager/advocate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

If you are going down the free route, use Google Blog Search, Technorati, and blogrolls to find relevant blogs. BuzzStream is a brilliant new tool that lets you gather contact names and addresses and chart your history of communications with each individual blogger. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

For me, Government 2.0 It’s about updating policies because of the conversations you had on the blog, it’s about using a wiki to deliver better intelligence analysis to our country’s decision makers, and it’s about opening up government data to crowdsource IT development , saving money increasing innovation.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Discussions on Day Two centered around the right balance of policies, rules, guidelines, and best practices for internal wikis; the risks of open vs. closed networks; and the need for open/transparent communication between IT and the user community. 1) Enterprise 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

So here’s what I’m going to do – I’m going to let you in on the secret and tell you how you can BE a good consultant in this world and add value to the Gov 2.0 community (it’s not all that hard!): Be active within the social media and Gov 2.0 communities, both online AND offline.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

iCommandant.com does have a comment policy that closely resembles that of the Official iCommandant website, with one exception “No Moderation.&# Comment Policy: We welcome your comments on postings at iCommandant.com. Comment Policy: We welcome your comments on postings at iCommandant.com. Coast Guard Domain.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

I know many IT professionals who are huge social media evangelists, and I know communicators who are terrified of losing control of the conversation. There are very real privacy, security, and policy barriers to social media implementation, and we must actively work with our IT counterparts to develop collaborative solutions.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The executive has to realize that to effectively use social media, you can’t designate somebody or some group as “the Web 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

I’ve worked with clients from across the government who are all seeing social media succeed in helping organizations communicate, collaborate, and share information better than they ever have. Let’s look at my top six: Risks - From Mark Drapeau’s excellent Government 2.0 The government has a higher standard.&#

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

From what I’ve heard and read, one of the largest hurdles to clear is getting leadership to buy off on Web 2.0, Legal also played a major part in crafting our comment policy. This gives the public confidence that they are interacting with the government and not a “phishing&# (fake) government Web site.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

What am I missing in my social media policy? We have a blog, Twitter account, podcasts, and other social media already, but no one is using them – what’s the best way to build more community? If you’ve ever left a Gov 2.0 conference , g2s , gov20 , government , social media , technology , web 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

This is why so many social media initiatives fail – not because of technology or policy, but because of people. Not whether that’s the Chief Marketing Officer or the Director of Public Affairs or the Community Relations Lead, but actual names of people. Remember, social media is driven by the person, not the position.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 7, 2010

As you might imagine, neither of these conclusions bode well for the long-term health of a virtual community behind the firewall. Will I get an opportunity to influence future policy? Lastly, be a community manager. I wanted to model the behavior that people could/should take when participating in that online community.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2009

Development Social Media What’s Your Government 2.0 Wed, May 27, 2009 Government 2.0 Over the last few years between starting the social media practice at Booz Allen and getting involved with the broader Government 2.0 You’re more than likely older than most of the other Government 2.0 Personality Type?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 21, 2009

Enterprise 2.0 Make sure you give it every chance to succeed and address the people, policies, and processes too. core values , E2.0 , enterprise 2.0 , firewall , social media This post was written by: sradick - who has written 82 posts on Social Media Strategery. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 25, 2010

At the end of this chapter of the book, Randy tells the story of how he still serves as a consultant to Disney and at the end of his meetings, he ends by asking, “If I sent a child into one of your stores with a broken salt and pepper shaker today, would your policies allow your workers to be kind enough to replace it?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

I’ve already stated that I love apps built on the Digg API , and anyone with some programing know-how can build an excellent web-based or standalone utility. Examples include: Instant Domain Search (with its AJAX glory) Website Monitoring Tests Think about it this way: MyBlogLog has a widget , statistics, and a community.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

These could be the university VLE, the workplace LMS or a collection of so-called Web 2.0 All the while, the individual may wish to link selectively to an evolving parade of Web 2.0 This diagram shows how PLEs are situated at the intersection of VLEs, Web 2.0 and an expanded view of ePortfolios.

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 11, 2010

Through near constant talk of policies, regulations, and costs, The Downer calls attention to every possible reason why an idea can’t and won’t work, yet is unable to see the potential benefits. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 FASTForward FedScoop Governing People Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 12, 2010

For most agencies, the deadlines are completely unrealistic – getting legal approval on anything, much less a policy change, usually takes 45 days by itself. I hope we can, as a community, help drive toward actions and not get too hung up on the myriad challenges in our way. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

If there isn’t a policy stating you can’t do something, then that probably means it’s allowed, right? For us social media and Government 2.0 bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 23, 2009

You start thinking things like, “If the intelligence community can collaborate on a wiki, then why isn’t every organization? This is where you will most likely be brought back to earth by the policies, management, and politics of the real world. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

The Starter Videos Go to [link] and watch their videos on technology – great starting point to understand the basics Watch the Social Media Revolution video as it will give you some great stats on the impact of social media) The Us Now Video (warning: it’s an hour long, but it’s a fantastic, inspiring piece on Government 2.0) Events My Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 23, 2010

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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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 7, 2010

Development Social Media The Public Doesn’t Need to Know What Gov 2.0 is, But They Do Need to Experience It Mon, Mar 8, 2010 Government 2.0 “Dear U.S. There have been a multitude of new policies , conferences , guidelines , platforms , and even awards for things related to something called Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Policies are not written in stone. With justification, passion, and knowledge, policies and rules can and should be changed. making a change to an outdated policy. Twenty Theses for Government 2.0, The wrong answer is: to fulfil a policy that has been passed down to us as Govt. Do NOT take this lightly.

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