A few weeks ago, we featured the Armed With Science podcast as the GovLoop Project of the Week. Since I am located in Durham, NC, and the team was based in our nation’s capitol, I conducted the interview using Talkshoe, a web-based tool like BlogTalkRadio (the preferred podcast tool of Armed With Science and Gov 2.0 Radio). Talkshoe enables the producer to host and record a podcast similar to the way that you’d conduct a conference call by phone. It’s simple, free and makes your content immediately available to an audience. Even the digital immigrant who travels a mighty distance to meet you on social media will be comfortable with the format…and it mitigates the barrier of real, physical distance that could hinder the recording of a live podcast. Keep Reading ->

Originally posted on GovLoop – “Facebook for Government” Keep Reading ->

Originally posted on GovLoop – “Facebook for Government” Keep Reading ->

Per this post from Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at the UK central government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), below is a “Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments.” It’s a helpful document as it includes a very brief overview of Twitter, offers some objectives and associated metrics, explores the risks of use and provides an outline for identity management. Have you been developing something similar in your organization? If so, please share. If not, I hope you find it it be a helpful tool. Keep Reading ->

As someone who is studying the intersection of social media and generational diversity in the workforce (with an emphasis on the public and social sectors), I am intrigued by a couple key questions right now: What drives people to become engaged in social media? What are the decisive moments or key motivations that move a person to recognize social media as a viable tool for advancing their personal or professional pursuits? I would like to take the lessons learned and assist organizations to overcome the barriers to adoption so that they might accomplish their mission more efficiently and effectively through collaboration tools. Keep Reading ->