Archive for November, 2008

Mumbai survivor talks about how Blackberry network helped those trapped

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27956139#27956139

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Government 2.0 Slideshow from Slideshare

Government 2.0 — trends and adoption strategies View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: web2.0 media”)

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Public Sector Blogging Guidelines

We will shortly be introducing a blogging tool onto the Bang the Table platform to provide project managers and the communications teams with an easy way to keep their stakeholders uptodate on the latest happenings about their projects and to provide a space for quick responses to hot issues as they arise – rather than … Continue reading →

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Study: time kids spend online not wasted after all

This in today via regular ars technica blogger John Timmer. There have been a steady stream of worries about the dangers that Internet use could pose to children, and many have dismissed these worries as overblown parental concern. The latest group to weigh in is the MacArthur Foundation, best known for handing out the so-called … Continue reading →

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Obama demonstrates how leaders can use online video

The question in mind is, if Obama can do it, why can’t leaders of all varieties use the same tools to talk to their communities of interest… Mayors, CEO’s, Members of Parliament…

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Online Reputation Management (ORM): a strategy

Recently I get asked more and more about risk management in the context of online attacks and criticisms from the community. For the past 12 months we have offered clients a web forum linked to a sophisticated reporting tool. For some this is seen as the most proactive way to forestall web attacks from other … Continue reading →

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Must see video on the anthropology of YouTube

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After banning YouTube, military launches TroopTube

This in today via the Sydney Morning Herald and AP…. November 12, 2008 – 9:51AM The U.S. military, with help from Seattle startup Delve Networks, has launched a video-sharing website for troops, their families and supporters, a year and a half after restricting access to YouTube and other video sites. TroopTube, as the new site … Continue reading →

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Social Media Document Garage Sale

This is today via Mike Kujawski’s great blog that I’ve only just stumbled across, Public Sector Marketing 2.0. Mike says… Once in a while I get sent very comprehensive reports and/or statistical documents on various applications and elements of social media. Unfortunately, even though I read all of them, I rarely get a chance to … Continue reading →

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Obama will take to Internet as Roosevelt took to radio

This in today courtesy of the mainstream media… The Sydney Morning Herald. I’ve bolded the best bits… Barack Obama’s Internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg. “Senator Obama just ran the first true campaign of the … Continue reading →

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The 22 step social media marketing plan

This in via Mashable today… Peter Kim is a Senior Partner at Dachis Corporation. He blogs about social computing and marketing at Being Peter Kim. Over the past couple of months, I’ve been curating a list of social media marketing examples. The list started with 100 examples (including 35+ from Mashable) and has since tripled … Continue reading →

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2008 Sensis e-Business Report

I came across an article by Angus Kidman in Australian Netguide today about this year’s Sensis e-Business Report. The full report can be accessed by clicking on the title of this post. The big findings of the report in relation to home based internet us are: 84% of Australian households now have access to the … Continue reading →

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Advantages & disadvantages of online communication

I found this on Wikiversity, one of the many resources on Wikipedia, today. Whenever we talk about engaging communities online we are inevitably questioned about “exclusion” issues. What socio-demographic group does this technology favour? Who is being excluded from this debate? As with any and all community engagement techniques, online community engagement is not a … Continue reading →

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Age of Consumer and Technology both influence adoption rates

This in today from the ars technica technology news site by blogger Jacqui Cheng. It’s interesting to reflect on what this means for online community engagement as part of an integrated engagement methodology. While internet access has clearly not completely saturated the market just yet, and it tends to be much higher in young family … Continue reading →

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