In December 2008, the New York Israel Consulate held the first government press conference on Twitter and in doing so public diplomacy took one more step into social media. The purpose of the 2-hour open conversation in 140 characters was to engage and provide the public with a platform where citize...

Using Digsby for IM, Email, and Twitter - http://twitter.digsby.com # ReadWriteWeb über TwitterThoughts: http://bit.ly/12xObf “It’s endlessly fascinating.”; Twitter Thoughts direkt: http://bit.ly/2pjLL # Bitter http://is.gd/eilT - interessantes Feedback Forum - ist ein nettes Tool...

“ Pudgy, white men in suits spewing corporate bioler-plate crap,� barks Steve Crescenzo in his 1-hour presentation on “creative� writing for social media at IntraTeam in Denmark. “Compare 10 newsletters and they're all the same.� Steve cites the emergence and proliferation of “Buzz wor...

Intranet and portal specialist Jane McConnell of NetStrategy highlights the latest trends identified in her Global Intranet Trends Report for 2009 (226 participating organizations around the world; from under 5,000 to over 100,000 employees in Euope, North America and Asia-Pacific). Important ingred...

OLCV worked hard to re-elect Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy for her commitment to sustainable local solutions to a range of issues, including traffic and transportation issues, and climate change. It was a worthy investment: Piercy’s environmental work is reaching far beyond Oregon, across the U.S. bor...

David Cameron has enlisted Lord Turnbull, the former cabinet secretary under Tony Blair, as an adviser on making preparations for government, in a further sign of how power is shifting in Whitehall, the Observer can reveal. The news that such a seasoned former mandarin, closely associated with New L...

Following in the vein of the the “25 random things about me� that is sweeping through the profiles of Facebookers around the Web, here's “25 random things� from an anonymous intranet following an exclusive interview with IntranetBlog.com (yes, I provided the translation): Executives don't se...

Background: Screening invitations have traditionally been brief, providing information only about population benefits. Presenting information about the limited individual benefits and potential harms of screening to inform choice may reduce attendance, particularly in the more socially deprived. At ...

Oregonians are facing what many are calling the state’s worst budget challenge in almost thirty years. Environmental advocates, including OLCV’s Legislative Affairs Director Evan Manvel, are working hard to keep environmental solutions in the forefront during this legislative session. We know th...

I don't have any deeply conceived topics of conversation here; just  a bit of out-of-context Buddha imagery in turn of the century nude photography, for your thoughts and amusement.  (Not work-safe, but incredibly tame; just toplessness.) :)   Buddha Worship It did get me thinking bac...