FollowYourGov » blog http://followyourgov.com Social Media and New Technology for Government and Public Administrators Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Tips on Government Blogging http://followyourgov.com/2010/03/30/tips-on-government-blogging/ http://followyourgov.com/2010/03/30/tips-on-government-blogging/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:29:05 +0000 Chris http://followyourgov.com/?p=422 Governing People put together a great list of 20 thoughts on government blogging.  While they are good tips for blogging in general, I like the usefulness:

  1. Post at least weekly to maintain an audience. Less than weekly tends to lose your audience as they don’t develop a habit.
  2. Keep a couple of posts in hand at all times to cover busy periods. Otherwise you can easily miss a few weeks and start losing your audience.
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Phil Bertolini, CIO of Oakland County, Mich., established a Cost-Reduction/Investment blog in summer 2009 on which employees, regardless of rank, could propose cost-cutting ideas. Suggestions from the blog have slashed $600,000 from the county’s annual IT budget so far.

]]> http://followyourgov.com/2010/01/09/saving-money-with-an-internal-blog/feed/ 0 How to Use an Internal Blog http://followyourgov.com/2010/01/08/how-to-use-an-internal-blog/ http://followyourgov.com/2010/01/08/how-to-use-an-internal-blog/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:21:47 +0000 Chris http://followyourgov.com/?p=303 In this video on Government Technology, Seattle CIO Bill Schrier talks about how he helps his organization with an internal blog.  On the blog, he can communicate with his employees, explain technology changes to other department heads, and recognize high-performing employees.

]]> http://followyourgov.com/2010/01/08/how-to-use-an-internal-blog/feed/ 0 Harvard Business Review on Twitter http://followyourgov.com/2009/11/24/harvard-business-review-on-twitter/ http://followyourgov.com/2009/11/24/harvard-business-review-on-twitter/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:18 +0000 Chris http://followyourgov.com/?p=199 The Harvard Business Review has two great articles on using Twitter in business (very relevant to government): on getting your CEO to use Twitter and using current technology instead of looking for new trends in social media (like your website, intranet, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter).

]]> http://followyourgov.com/2009/11/24/harvard-business-review-on-twitter/feed/ 0 Better Methods to Get Public Input http://followyourgov.com/2009/11/06/better-methods-to-get-public-input/ http://followyourgov.com/2009/11/06/better-methods-to-get-public-input/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:10:02 +0000 Chris http://followyourgov.com/?p=159 This FederalComputingWeek article identifies 3 methods that different jurisdictions have used to get public input.  Includes UserVoice for public input on budget priorities, WikiPlanning for a long-term plan, and blogging for public dialogue.

]]> http://followyourgov.com/2009/11/06/better-methods-to-get-public-input/feed/ 0 More Local Governments Using Web 2.0 http://followyourgov.com/2009/10/05/more-local-governments-using-web-2-0/ http://followyourgov.com/2009/10/05/more-local-governments-using-web-2-0/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:18:08 +0000 Chris http://socialgovt.com/?p=38 National Association of Counties: More local governments using web 2.0.  Uses include RSS feeds, Twitter (to push news to citizens), Facebook, YouTube, blogs (external and internal), wikis, and others.

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