Below are the slides from the presentation that Ari Herzog and I delivered at the Advanced Learning Institute’s “Social Media for Government” conference in Washington, DC, on March 26. We walked participants through a process of solidifying their social media ideas, prioritizing them, establishing some metrics and creating an action plan that sets the foundation to gain stakeholder/champion buy-in and creates the initial framework for implementation. By the way, that’s my mom in the photo – she sent me the initial email that connected me to Ari through Chris Brogan: Keep Reading ->

Over the past weekend, I attended the American Society for Public Administration’s 2009 Annual Conference in Miami. I was invited to speak on two topics: Web 2.0/social media and the four generations in the workforce. In addition, I had the chance to attend two great sessions that really energized me. I tweeted the proceedings live. Rather than try to restructure my immediate thoughts here, it may be easier for readers to review the Twitter stream from hashtag #aspa09. Keep Reading ->

NOTE: This post is part of a series entitled Measuring Gov 2.0, But First Web 1.0 Analysis. You may also be interested in the first study in which I highlighted website measurement by the Brookings Institution. Keep Reading ->

During a social networking session between presentations at the ALI Social Media for Government Conference, participants were asked what issues they were having related to Web 2.0/social media. Here’s their list: Keep Reading ->

As I mentioned in this post, I am producing a blog series regarding the measurement of Web 1.0 in preparation for an upcoming presentation with Ari Herzog on Thursday, March 26. I originally blogged about the Brookings Study here on January 25. Consider this post a “Part 2″ with a bit more detail about the study itself and some brief commentary on its application to Gov 2.0 Keep Reading ->