Wrapping up the Gov 2.0 Boot Camp
So the workshop was over at noon today. We started the morning with a great talk from Monica Luck from Georgia NaviGAtor, the we had the scientific information in a Web 2.0 world session - incredible presentations from Mike Frame (USGS and NBII) and Bryan Gorman (Sensorpedia) and we wrapped up our speakers with none other than Andrew Krzmarzick and a conversation about Social Media in Government. We started the discussion on take aways and next steps so I collected some of the things that were said in the boot camp. I have posted the slides below - now it is *your* turn to comment on them!
Government 2.0 Power Houses Today and Tomorrow!
What an amazing day! Chris Johnsons talked and demonstrated Virtual Alabama. Super incredible app that was produced in partnership with Google Earth and a number of first responders and law enforcers in Alabama. After that we had Rick Martin and Andrew Krzmarzick (Andy was a tropper and stepped in for Dan Mints, who could not make it this morning) discuss what EPA and other government agencies are doing with new media tools. At lunch time Mike Cuddy gave us a historical view of what we call networking and then we treated ourselves to some Linda Cureton wisdom. When we thought things couldn’t get better Lena Trudeau stepped in and gave us a wonderful presentation. We closed the day with a panel that included Ann Aikin, Ken Lowery and David Jacobs talking about Viral Marketing and followed by Alex Koury from GSA talking about policies. The presentations are posted and check our blog roll, we are linking to our speakers blogs and sites. More tomorrow!
Add Facebook to the GSA Agreement List!
Time flies! Tomorrow is the first day of the Government 2.0 Workshop and many things have happened since we started with the idea of getting together. One big development was the General Service Administration signing and agreement with Flickr, YouTube, blip.tv and Vimeo - but now let’s add Facebook to the list! Last Friday it was reported that GSA signed and agreement with Facebook to clear the way for Federal Agencies to use the Social Networking site. It was easier for GSA to sign the agreements with these new media sites because having different agencies sign different agreements would have been convoluted and consistency might have not been a characteristic of the process.
So now that agencies have the way cleared to put these new media tools to use, how is that going to be done? Let’s talk about it at the Crown Plaza in Downtown Knoxville, TN April 14th and 15th.
Come and be part of this great process!
Government 2.0 Boot Camp - this is the time to join us!
BY now you have probably heard the news that the General Services Administration has reached an agreement with YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo and blip.tv so that agencies can use new media tools while meeting their legal requirements - there are already conversations with other new media companies to add them to the agreement. Ah! And in case you are wondering, tweet away! GSA finds Twitter’s standard terms of service compatible with Federal use so there is no need for a formal agreement.
Signing this agreement is a huge step forward because it shows how government is working with new technology to facilitate communication with constituents. This agreement is supposed to cover many standard terms. Here is the tricky part: individual government organizations must decide which tool to use and how.
This is why this boot camp is so important! The idea is to get a group of people ready to work with this technologies -or that are working with these technologies but want to use them to their full potential, and look at how to do that. Come up with steps to move forward and begin creating guidance for the implementation and use of these “new media.” We want to address the tools to be used and how. Let’s find the answer to the questions!
Federal, state and local government have to address these challenges and working together we will design our path to follow.
If your institution is sending more than one person you will receive a 10% discount— registration open until April 10th!
Today is the last day to register online… But you can come on Tuesday and we’ll make you a badge, we won’t kick you out!
Ready for the Government 2.0 Boot Camp?
Web 2.0 has been defined as many things. Wikipedia defines it as “a second generation of web development and design, that aims to facilitate communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications such as social networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.”
But a less formal definition of Web 2.0 is, a conversation. Web 2.0 changed the dynamics from informing users to having conversations with users and allowing them to add value and to cooperate. This “living web” is changing the expectations internet users have - including those who use government information. Today, communication is increasingly through blogging, social bookmarking and social networking, sharing and rating sites, podcasts, wikis, and virtual worlds.
Many Government and public service agencies are implementing Web 2.0 technologies. This is exciting but government has responsibilities that are not shared by the private sector; such as protecting public welfare, ensuring public safety and national security while helping the public. In the Government 2.0 environment, data is tricky.
The Government 2.0 Boot Camp is a workshop designed to address challenges of managing government information in a Web 2.0 world. Public agencies are actively engaging the public and key stakeholders and delivering experiences via whatever electronic media is most convenient to their constituents.
Are you ready?If so, REGISTER NOW!
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