As DC prepared for what is being called a late-winter “Snowquester” storm, a couple hundred business leaders from the Government and IT industry walked to the Marriott at Metro Center in sunny, soon-to-be 50° weather. We all gathered there to attend the Alfresco Content.Gov…
As the idiom goes, “Two heads are better than one,” and now, with the power of internet crowdsourcing, we can see that a million heads are better than two! Crowdsourcing isn’t a new technique, of course, but the internet, along with social media outlets such…
Your friends have shared their life with Facebook. Now, Facebook is making sure you can actually find what they’ve shared. The social network unveiled a new search tool, Graph Search, that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg described as the “third pillar” of Facebook, alongside News Feed…
Click here Doctors tell how they use social media as professional watercooler A survey describes how physicians check sites to filter information and gauge what developments are the most meaningful. By PAMELA LEWIS DOLAN, amednews staff. Posted Oct. 22, 2012. David May, MD, describes Twitter…
They say word of mouth is the best way to do business, but these days, word of mouth is onscreen, via social media platforms. So how can social media help small business owners? Sage finds out. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Delicious, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon – there’s…
My personal relationship with Twitter hit a milestone on Christmas Eve. For the first time, a Promoted Tweet – an ad, essentially — made me want to laugh and share rather than grimace and push on through my news feed. Even better, from Twitter’s perspective, is the fact that…
The use of Social Media networks in Spain is still growing according a study of Nielson “Spain is digital”. According to this agency the use of Twitter in Spain has grown 162% over the last twelve months but Facebook is still leading the rankings. Also…
One of the questions that often comes up when I’m speaking with clients about social media data is, “How do I know if my social media is working?” It’s a good question, but it’s misleading because it frames the question just around social media. The…
Can government and social media exist? In a lot of ways the initial answers comes back with a resounding “yes.” Ironically, despite the fact that most government levels tend to be the epitome of bureaucracy and don’t trust their personnel to be independent, much less…
