Category: Government 2.0


  • Fall Speaking Schedule

    My fall schedule is quite busy, and I’m looking forward to meet many of my social media friends at several upcoming speaking engagements. So you’ll know where to find me: Citizen 2.0 Workshop – Sunday, Sept. 19, 2-4 p.m., Fairfield, CA – I’ll be leading a session on social media for progressive activists and campaign

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 15, 2010

    In which we look at gaming, mobile and democracy: Niraj Chokshi: Book Exceprt – Can Video Games be Journalism? Dan Gould: Study – Video Games Can Improve Decision Making Lovisa Williams: The Elephant of Change Susannah Fox: The Power of Mobile Greg Ferenstein: How Brazil is Blazing a Trail for Electronic Democracy Alex Howard: We’re

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  • Gov 2.0 is Not Cool Tech

    I’m generally fond of cool tech. I recently bought an iPad, and it’s pretty sweet. I read Wired’s big cover piece on tablet computing, and I agree it has transformational potential. I’ve got a touchscreen desktop, too, and I know of a local school using touchscreens to great effect in special needs education. I love

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 14, 2010

    Growing up and growing out: Rutrell Yasin: 5 ways to use social media for better emergency response Leonard Sipes and Timothy Barnes: Three Years of Social Media – Marketing Lessons Learned Andrea DiMaio: Ohio Governor Shows IT Geopolitics in Action David Eaves: Savings Cities Millions – Introducing CivicCommons.com Kevin Curry: Why Manor? SFGov: Mayor Newsom

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 13, 2010

    Enough podcasts to get you to lunchtime, plus more unconventional wisdom: Andrea DiMaio: What Do Government 2.0 and Cloud Have in Common? Andrew McAfee: Gov 2.0 vs. the Beast of Bureaucracy Adriel Hampton: On Twitter, Engagement Equals Influence for Gov’t Accounts Alex Showerman: Social Media Is For Complainers (But Should Not Be) David Tallen: Quality

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 11, 2010

    It’s your open gov weekend: Walton Smith: For big Gov 2.0 changes, start small Nick Charney: Motivation and Incentives in the Public Sector Michael Hackmer: Gov 2.0 Enters Next Phase – Opportunities and Action Chris Jones: It Takes a Village – Insights on Culture and Community in Local Government Adriel Hampton: Check Out How SF

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 10, 2010

    Standards make the world go ’round: Curt Hopkins: Civic Commons Helps Municipalities Share Code Arindam Mukherjee: Open standards is at hand as the main e-governance platform (India) Steve Ressler: The War of Online vs. Offline Gunnar Hellekson: The government doesn’t look good naked Lewis Shepherd: Contributing to Intelligence Innovation Matt Stiles: Visualizing Foreign Business in

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 9, 2010

    Should it stay or should it go? David Eaves: The Challenge of Open Data and Metrics and An Interview with Alex Howard Andrea DiMaio: Why We Must Get Rid of Open Government John Moore: The Missing Links of Government 2.0 Gadi Ben-Yehuda: Becoming Citizen 2.0 – Step One, Consumer Chris Amico: Gov 2.0 – Challenge.gov

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 8, 2010

    From Addis Ababa to DC: Luke Fretwell: Fresh wrap – sf.govfresh Gov 2.0 Radio: e-Governments of the World, Unite! Scott Thill: William Gibson Talks Zero History, Paranoia and the Awesome Power of Twitter Gregory Care: Accessibility and the Law – How Good UX Can Keep You Out of Court Alexis Tsotsis: With Great Power Comes

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  • Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 7, 2010

    Get your work week on: Ed Chi: Mind-meld in Group Decision MakingMichael Gurstein: Open Data – Empowering the Empowered, or Effective Data Use for Everyone?Dan Woods: 10 Corporate Social Media MistakesEconomist: Untangling the social webAlex Howard: “Spontaneous collaboration” and other lessons from the private sector and Bringing open government to the courts Andrea DiMaio: Is

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