Posts Tagged ‘government’
How the Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District uses social media
This guest post is by Miri Zena McDonald, a strategic communications consultant. She tweets at @miri_orgchange. She attended the Advanced Learning Institute’s Strategic Internal Communications Conference in Chicago. Sean McBride, public affairs specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District has shaken communications up a bit and introduced social media into the mix. [...]
Hearing the call for protecting personal information online
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues. Last week’s poll question: Would you be in favor of legislation that gives consumers more control over their personal information online? Yes — it’s about time Congress took action 61.75% No — [...]
Anil Dash on entrepreneurship, government and the future of the social Web
Today’s Q-and-A is with blogger and entrepreneur Anil Dash. Anil will be speaking at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, at SmartBrief on Social Media Advisory Board Member Debbie Weil‘s Sweets and Tweets event in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood. I’ll be there, too, so come on out and we’ll share a cupcake with Anil. As a [...]
Before they head online, send your employees back to school
You can’t tell your employees how to use social media — you need to teach them instead, Tanya Hilleary and Mahdi Gharavi of MetroStar Systems argued today during a presentation at Social Media for Defense and Government. Getting your employees involved in your social-media strategy can pay huge dividends, but it can also present enormous [...]
Still seeking transparency
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues. Paul Chaney, Internet marketing director for Bizzuka, author of “The Digital Handshake,” and member of the SmartBrief on Social Media Advisory Board, helps create the questions and analyzes the results. We run [...]
A cheeky look at Gov 2.0: Questions for Mark Drapeau
In advance of tomorrow’s Sweets and Tweets event, Social Networking: the Two Dirtiest Words in Gov 2.0, we had the chance to fire some questions at one of the speakers and leading voices on Government 2.0, Mark Drapeau. Mark (@cheeky_geeky) is a biological scientist, as well as a government and private-sector consultant. He writes on [...]
Live from TWTRCON ’09: Navigating the world of immediacy
So what do the FDA, HHS, Sprint and Dunkin Donuts have in common? They all operate in the world of immediacy — using Twitter to tackle pressing customer service and communications issues. A panel as diverse as they come at today’s TWTRCON DC nailed some key points that we think can be put to work [...]
Talking social media strategy, policy with the DoD
SmartBrief on Social Media is helping to sponsor the upcoming Rethinking Corporate Communications conference here in Washington, D.C., this week. I was lucky enough to get a head start — landing some advance time with Jack Holt, chief of new media operations at the Department of Defense and one of the event’s speakers. ROB: Explain [...]
