#G2S is a Twitter hashtag for the Government 2.0 Summit, a two-day social media meets government conference in the nation’s capital.
As the second day winds to a close, the takeaway is clear:
Is it fair to surmise they–and me–will have little memory retention 30 days down the road? While the presentations and panels over the past two days were engaging with content, only a select few stick out in my head with best practices and case studies I can remember and relate to others. That is, without doing a conference Twitter search.
I learned a lot, but I can say with fair accuracy that little challenged my brain or forced me to think and rethink presuppositions.
To other Summit attendees, what do you think?
To everyone else, is this a fair representation of other conferences you attend–lots of content, wonderful conversations, but few best practices?
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Ari Herzog is an online media strategist and Newburyport City Councilor-Elect.
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Lots of people asked me, “Have you learned anything?” And my honest answer is “no.” But that’s not why I’m here. I’m an early adopter and quite frankly an alpha geek when it comes to all this.
The exciting thing to me (other than the schmooze factor, which *was* very high…and fun) was to see and hear all the “A-ha!” moments among the audience. This was an event tailored to the hordes of govies who know nothing about Web 2.0/social media/etc. and I think it was a success.
My $0.02… I may have more later.
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What did I learn? Since, I am most interested in building my theoretical model–anthropology, sociology, network theory, business processes, etc., I care less about how industry THINKS govt should function and more about realistic analogies. My tweet above was about less throwing noodles on wall and more about a real basis for decisions and resource allocation. The former just leaves a greasy mess, the latter is using our brains to actually make progress.
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