About Social Media Today
The world's best thinkers on energy & climate
The world's best thinkers on CRM and customer service
The world's best thinkers on the urban future
The world's best thinkers on business intelligence & data analytics
The world's best thinkers on the healthy enterprise
The world's best thinkers on healthcare
The world's best thinkers on sales and marketing
The world's best thinkers on venture funding and growth
The world's best thinkers on social media
The world's best thinkers on e-government and open democracy
Social media is a valuable way to engage constituents in an ongoing dialog and build support for legislative/agency initiatives. So why's everyone so afraid of it? For years, government didn't have to engage constituents on an everyday basis - they could rely on communications efficiencies (the lack of social media) to effectively limit... [read more]
So presently the City of Vancouver only shares its garbage schedule (which it divides into north and south) as a PDF file. This is a pity as it means that no one can build any apps around it. Imagine a website or Iphone app that mashed up google maps with a constantly up to date city garbage pick up schedule. With such a application one... [read more]
At the end of the most tumultuous week in British politics since May 1997 it is easy to forget the resignation of the low-profile loyal junior Cabinet Office Minister, Tom Watson MP. Devoted readers of the blog will recall that I have met Watson and praised him for his role as Minister for Digital Engagement. However, as observers... [read more]
Citizen engagement is a big ticket item in all parts of government these days. That’s wonderful – long overdue. But I wonder – will government leaders really listen?Here’s something you may not know. Web managers have been “engaging” with citizens from since 1995 and – more important – listening to, and using, what we learned from the... [read more]
I'm helping launch a campaign for a citizen's convention this afternoon in Parliament. Why? Well, I've come to the view that if government answered to Parliament and Parliament was accountable to the people, we'd all be better governed. In fact, I thought that was how it was supposed to work.... [read more]
This week’s discussion topic on the National Conference on Citizenship’s (NCoC) recently revamped Web site is about transparency in government, which is an aspect of social government that is quickly evolving. I would argue that transparency 1.0 is the ability for citizens to see what is going on in their government. In 1966, President... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
John Kamensky is a Senior Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government. More »
Steve Radick is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
I understand that there's always a need to experiment for new design to make it better but they also keep in mind that the more they add details, the more they make it complicated. The CFPB, which opened up for business last summer, said Wednesday that it will next be going after loan providers ...
By the way, thanks for the useful info's.
Talking about transparency and actually doing it are two different things. It ...