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Blogging In Government Agencies

Blogging In Government Agencies. Spring 2008 Government Leadership Summit Williamsburg, VA June 2008. Overview: Blogging in Government. The Workforce Is Changing Government Is Playing Catch Up to Join the Web 2.0 World Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Blogging

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Blogging In Government Agencies

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  1. Blogging In Government Agencies Spring 2008 Government Leadership Summit Williamsburg, VA June 2008

  2. Overview: Blogging in Government • The Workforce Is Changing • Government Is Playing Catch Up to Join the Web 2.0 World • Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Blogging • Ten Tips for Blogging by Government Executives

  3. The Workforce – And How it Works -- Is Changing Adapted from The New Workforce by Harriet Hankin and Educating the Net Generation by Diana and James Oblinger

  4. Author: David Wyld, Maurin Professor of ManagementSoutheastern Louisiana University The Blogging Revolution: Government in the Age of Web 2.0 • First Survey of Blog Activity at all Levels of Government • Federal • State • Local • More than 400 links

  5. Playing Catch Up: Blogging in Government http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/News/blog.shtml

  6. Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Blogging • Have a Boss That Wants To Do It • Working with the Lawyers • Working with Public Affairs • Working with the Chief Information Officers • Starting Internally Rather Than Externally

  7. 10 Tips for Blogging by Government Executives • Define yourself and your purpose • Do it yourself • Make a time commitment • Be regular • Be generous

  8. Have a “hard hide” Spell check Don’t give too much information Consider multimedia Be a student of blogging 10 Tips for Blogging by Government Executives Web 2.0 tools such as blogging, can “increase civic engagement and serve to strengthen our democracy for the 21st century.”

  9. Resources • IBM Center for The Business of Government • “The Blogging Revolution: Government in the Age of Web 2.0,” by David Wyld • www.businessofgovernment.org • Federal Community of Practice – “Collaborative Expeditions” • Susan Turnbull, GSA, susan.turnbull@gsa.gov , (202) 501-6214 • http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop • John Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center • john.kamensky@us.ibm.com, (202) 515-4102

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