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Do You Care That @BarackObama Doesn’t Tweet?

Nov. 16, 2009

The blogosphere is abuzz in the wake of President Barack Obama’s statement in Shanghai last night that he doesn’t use Twitter, nor has ever typed a tweet. MG Siegler at TechCrunch reacts and opines:
This is interesting considering the Internet, and social media in particular, was considered a large part of his ascension to the Presidency. [...]

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7 Twitter Messages Encapsulating #G2S

Sep. 10, 2009

#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 [...]

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Hire a Federal Manager or Use the Web?

Jul. 28, 2009

How many federal managers are necessary to get the job done? Whether creating a new position or filling a vacant one, it seems I’m continually reading about new people recruited and appointed into the Obama Administration.
The latest leadership vacancy, which chief information officer Vivek Kundra is pushing to get filled, heads the White House Office [...]

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Stop Spinning Business and Government

Jul. 7, 2009

Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist (and widely known for marketing the Macintosh computer in 1984), responded to me last year when I asked him to explain the difference between Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0:

Guy may as well compare Web 2.0 and Government 2.0–or Enterprise 2.0 and Government 2.0. Or any version with any [...]

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How @StatueLibrtyNPS Celebrates July IVth

Jul. 4, 2009

Lady Liberty is tweeting today.
From the laptop of whom I assume is a National Park Service ranger stationed at the Statue of Liberty National Monument, I see tweets in the form of broadcast messages, replies, and links to Flickr-hosted photos in celebration of the first visitors to the crown since 9/11.
Katelyn Sabochik, the new media [...]

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Starting My Week with Government and Enterprise

Jun. 22, 2009

a href=”http://generationshift.blogspot.com”>Andy Krzmarzick–who I co-presented a workshop on metrics with at a social media for government conference in Washington, D.C. in March–landed in Boston yesterday in advance of two workshops he leads later today, hosted by the Greater Boston Federal Executive Board.
A senior coordinator with the USDA-affiliated Graduate School, Andy invited me to attend one [...]

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