Author: adrielhampton
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Twitter is Work – A Quick Thought About Lists
I like Twitter Lists, a lot. Since their inception, I’ve been slowly adding to groups that I think are pretty good uses of the tool. I’ve also been added to a good number. But what strikes me is that out of all the public lists out there, very few people are following lists compiled by…
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Politicians, Officials Will Find Twitter Friendlier Than Facebook
Do other people’s tweets show up on my page? That’s a common first question from officials contemplating Twitter. And the ‘no’ answer is why, as social media use by politicians, officials and agencies goes increasingly mainstream, Twitter will beat out Facebook as platform of choice. This will hold true especially for official use, as public…
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CrowdCampaign turns Twitter into a Crowdsourcing Engine
I recently wrote about giving your suggestion box a 2.0 twist with low-cost online collaboration and voting technologies. Crowdsourcing from stakeholders and front-line employees is one of the key areas where Web 2.0 technologies can help government, and last week I had the opportunity to talk with Clinton Bonner about CrowdCampaign, a Twitter app that…
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Diabetes Fighters Win GovLoop Charity Contest
I want to give a quick shout out to GovLoop and Adventures for the Cure. GovLoop, the “Facebook for Government,” wound down a great year with a charity contest that used crowdsourcing tech to allow members to nominate and vote for charities and to raise money by inviting friends and completing challenges. The contest ended…
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Is 2010 the Year #Gov20 becomes #Gov2?
Did you know that the term “gov 2” simply crushes all other variations of the Gov 2.0 meme in global Google search traffic? Check it out – more than triple the searches for “government 2.0” and more than 10 times “gov 2.0.” I wish I could explain what this means. (O’Reilly Media is onto the…
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