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The. Story. Why. Millions of government employees working on similar issues but no safe place to connect and share best practices. Problem:. ?. Solution:. Online community. Hub to connect disparate conversations/events. New technology leveraged to collaborate. U.S. Statistics.

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  1. The Story

  2. Why Millions of government employees working on similar issues but no safe place to connect and share best practices. Problem: ? Solution: Online community. Hub to connect disparate conversations/events. New technology leveraged to collaborate.

  3. U.S. Statistics • ~20 Million Government Employees • 2.1 million federal employees • 19,429 Municipal Governments • 21,300 Distinct organizations across federal legislative, executive, and judicial ARE WE RECREATING THE WHEEL? lS THERE ROOM FOR COLLABORATION

  4. At Work, Where Do People Go to: • Ask a question about their project • Find out about other similar projects in government • Get career advice or mentorship • Get best practices about a specific technology or project • In past, simply asked peers at work or people you already knew • How do you expand the network to solve government problems

  5. What is Find and contribute best practices Research the latest trends MISSION: “Connect Government to Improve Government” Solve government problems ? Learn about the latest solutions Connect with peers

  6. Founder • Do-Gooder:3rd Gen Public Servant, DHS Fellow, Multiple Gov Agencies • Innovator:Co-Founder, Young Government Leaders • Award Winner:2006 Rising Star Award, 2007 Fed 100 Winner • Speaker:25+ Conferences, Brookings, Harvard Kennedy School • Author:Wikinomics, Federal Times, Public Manager • Athlete: Used to be good at golf – 3rd in State • Scholar: Miami (OH) and UPenn • Gentleman: Likes Cats and Babies

  7. Evolution SEP 2009: 20,000 Members Adding New Features JUN 2009: 10,000 Members Passionate Federal Employee JAN 2009: Community Leaders President, Build Team JUN 2008: GovLoop Launched Passionate Volunteers Recognized Need for More Resources JAN 2008: Idea Conceived

  8. Members 40,000…and growing rapidly • Obama Political Appointees • GSA Assistant Commissioner • Canada Deputy CTO • California CTO • 30+ Federal CIOs and CTOs • 60+ State/Local CIOs • 125+ City Managers • 500+ Contract Specialists

  9. Support “GovLoop.com is a great community site for public servants. It's pretty much their Facebook.” – Craig NewmarkFounder of Craigslist.com “New technologies and social networks such as GovLoop are great for cross-agency collaboration and public-private partnerships.” - Beverly Godwin, GSA Director of USA.gov and Former White House Office of New Media

  10. Accolades Honored Finalist: 2009 Intergovernmental Solutions Award Featured

  11. All Kinds of Groups

  12. All Kinds of Activities

  13. All Kinds of Involvement

  14. Incubation

  15. Incubation

  16. International

  17. France

  18. What I’ve Learned about Community Building • It’s REALLY REALLY Hard • Most people fail • There’s a talent/skill • Hard to be consistent • There’s a difference between just doing it and doing it well • Many similar reasons to why conferences or associations or magazines succeed/fail

  19. How to Engineer an Awesome Online Community • Find a Great Topic • Define scope and success • Give it resources • Reach out to target members • Treat everyone like a guest • Need great content • Remind remind • Monitor and metrics • Make it fun

  20. What Problems are You Trying to Solve? Grants Collaboration Acquisition Research Employee Collaboration Partner Collaboration Non-profit to Gov’t 6. Decrease Citizen FAQs 7. Increase Innovation 8. Increase Revenue 9. Replicate Best Practices 10. ??? Tell Us?

  21. What Problem Are You Trying to Solve? SEND US YOUR PROBLEM AND WE’LL SEND YOU THREE IDEAS

  22. What You Can Do? Join Today and Learn Ask for Help Volunteer to Be Community Leader GovEngage – Helping government communicate/collaborate

  23. Questions Steve Ressler President and CEO Founder@GovLoop.com @GovLoop 202 445 0084

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