Bringing content to people, not people to websites
Content comes first when it comes to delivering sustainable digital public services at Devon County Council. Carl Haggerty, Digital Communications Manager for the Council shares his insights on the importance of a digital content strategy, where his approach to designing services, not websites or platforms, is transforming the way the organisation interacts with its citizens.
When ROI = Return-On-Influence: Social communication for local government in Monmouthshire
From deploying Yammer for policy and program support, to creative use of YouTube for recruitment, and through to using QR codes to create the world’s first Wikipedia town, the UK’s Monmouthshire County Council is a leading example of how local government can move beyond social tech to social communication for internal and external engagement.
Reno’s GovGirl
Join us for a chat with Kristy Fifelski, of GovGirl.com and Reno.gov. Kristy will shares with us the plans for Reno’s inaugural civic hackathon, as well as updating us on her GovGirl video…
Gov 2.0 and the Municipal CIO
Join us for a chat with Louis Shallal, CIO of the York Region in Canada and organiser of the massive MISA Ontario Conference on municipal IT and shared services. Loius shares with us…
Opening Chicago
We interview Chicago’s new CTO, IBM veteran John Tolva about bringing innovation and emerging technologies to his new role. John talks about how his IBM background is shaping his thinking and approach to…
Building Gov 2.0 Community in San Francisco
CityCampSF, OpenSF, Code for America, oh my!: Some of San Francisco’s top social media, tech and civic innovators discuss the use of new communications technologies in the Egyptian revolution, and how to build…
Local Gov – Mobile and Social
Brooks Bennett, technology specialist for the City of Round Rock, TX, joins Gov 2.0 Radio discussion of how this medium-sized city uses low-cost technologies and agile development processes to engage with citizens and…
Social Media, Local Gov and NAGW
Join a conversation about social media and local government with Morris County, NJ, Web Manager Carol Spencer, treasurer of the National Association of Government Webmasters. A veteran of IBM, Spencer calls social media…
SFPUC: Making a Social Media Splash
Join a conversation with Amy Sinclair, who has helped turn the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission into a social media powerhouse, with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogging, video contests and more. How you can…
Oklahoma Trailblazing Gov 2.0
We talk with Sid Burgess and OK State Rep. Jason Murphey, chair of the Government Modernization Committee, about the Gov 2.0a conference and open government legislation and practice in Oklahoma. How you can…
