Web 2.0

One of the important things to consider in any kind of activism and engagement is pop culture. One of this week’s guests, Sarah Granger, was much more on the ball than me, reminding that the Oscars are Sunday. So, we’ll be moving the live Gov 2.0 Radio tomorrow to 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. I hope you’ll join us as we talk with Sarah and Luke Fretwell of Govfresh!

On this week’s podcast, we’ll be taking a 20,000-foot look at the Gov 2.0 movement. Sarah explains more:

“One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is the whole definition of gov 2.0, the semantics – e-gov, open gov, open data, etc. I was thinking about this before Gov 2.0 Camp LA, but the session with Billy Grundfest where he essentially came up with a summary statement really brought that home for me. We still are such a small movement when you step back and look at the whole of society and where they focus their energies (celebrity watching, reality TV, just making house payments, shuttling kids to and from school). Trying to get more people engaged in the discussion of where they want their government(s) to go in the future may sound obvious to those of us knee deep in it, but for everyone else, I think the novelty of transparency may still be lost.

“As I wrote in my post about breaking gender barriers, there are a lot of practical steps we can take to raise awareness and get more people involved. What are the best strategies for taking the movement itself to the next level in terms of awareness and communication?”