It seemed like an event worth passing on. In fact, I’ve tried to pass on many of the government 2.0 conversations of late, but last week’s Congressional Tweeting during Obama’s speech last week was flat out disturbing. While Congressional tweeting from 50 elected officials highligh...

Marketing communications services are usually one of the first things to get cut in a down economy, and also one of the last things to come back (image: clearing the gate by cmaccubbin). The current freeze (more like slow flow, as contracts are starting to come in again) is something many executives...

“Don’t play semantic games with the prospect. Advertising is not a debate. It’s a seduction.� - Al Ries and Jack Trout, Positioning Advertising stopped working a long time ago, prompting Positioning theories and strategies from Ries and Trout. We’re discussing it next week in our weekly Ge...

Well, it’s certainly a hot topic with some, err, interesting posts going up right now. One of my favorites is this Mark Drapeau “goverati” post, which encapsulates the phenomena of the social media public sector swooning that’s going on currently. It seems like a little conte...

Perhaps you saw the trashing of Scott Monty on Jalopnik by Ray Wert (full disclosure, I did some work for Ford last summer under the Social Media Group masthead). The issue seems to be the factual questioning of Monty’s superhero status as reported in a F@st Company blog (image: tension by DCJ...

Let’s be frank, many people are distracted these days.  More so than normal. Of course, the economy is the big reason.  But there are many things that can cause distraction in one’s life. And as David Mullen reminded us, sometimes life offers damn good reasons to become distracted. In ...

It’s a great fortune to learn the art of genuinely connecting with people. Sometimes people remark that meeting me provides real connectivity; that they feel listened to, and a genuine sense of comradery. I think about this brick and mortar connectivity as it applies to online communities and ...

Ah yes, I should have seen this one coming.  Here they are, your latest version of social media carpetbaggers: The Government 2.0 Expert.  Hey Obama is here, let’s cash in (original image by brtpropshop)! This is not to demean the many notable public sector projects and efforts that are ...

by Valeria Maltoni (cross posted at Conversation Agent) and Geoff Livingston Yup. Times are tough! Whether it’s yourself, a friend or family member, everyone knows someone who has been affected by the economic situation. Jobs are less secure and hard to find, every sector has been hit, the news is...

Well, it’s a new year, and yes, we’re having many of the same old conversations here and other places.  Realistically speaking, the repetition is necessary because a great deal of the market still needs to come up to speed on social media communications (Viva Pinata by peasap). Some of the ...