Happy 5th Anniversary, Social Media in Government. Are We Still in Love?

Happy 5th Anniversary, Social Media in Government. Are We Still in Love?

Some would cite 2008 as the year when social media was introduced to government as a viable partner for increased transparency and engagement with citizens and collaboration with each other. You could almost pin the date of their meeting and hitting it off to the Open Government memorandum in January 2008.So that means we've had 5 years for the social media relationship in government to blossom - and it has to a large degree. But not all social media connections have been created equal.In some instances, leadership was on board and drove beautiful, innovative agency-wide initiatives (Retro love song: "I'm so into you.").In other situations, there

What the influencers are saying

  1. Steve Ressler

    150.0 days ago

    #SocialMedia and #Gov - Five years later, are we still in love? http://t.co/RoITFbRR

  2. cdorobek

    150.0 days ago

    Reading @govloop @krazykriz: Social Media and Gov: Are We Still in Love? http://t.co/8nPREs0H #gov20

  3. GovTwit

    150.0 days ago

    On @govloop - #SocialMedia and #Gov: Are we still in love? http://t.co/BaMhYgwS

  4. Andrew Wilson

    150.0 days ago

    RT @cdorobek: Reading @govloop @krazykriz: Social Media and Gov: Are We Still in Love? http://t.co/8nPREs0H #gov20

  5. Andrew Krzmarzick

    150.0 days ago

    "Happy 5th Anniversary, Social Media in Government! Are We Still in Love?" #opengov #gov20 http://t.co/Fka9yI3S

  6. The Partnership

    150.0 days ago

    RT @GovTwit: On @govloop - #SocialMedia and #Gov: Are we still in love? http://t.co/BaMhYgwS



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