by msweeks
Sydney-based IBSG Director, heading up the IBSG public sector team in Asia Pacific for Cisco. Co-author of the Connected Republic 2.0 More about msweeks
Social media is subversive
In case we didn't already know (and most of the people who read this site probably do), this brilliant little article from Federal Computer Week in the US succinctly summarises why the applicatoin of Web 2.0 to the business of government threatens to be be so subversive ( but in a good way, of course).
Have a read - http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/06/08/feature-social-media-government.aspx?p=1 - and see why they have picked these 5 principles:
Take control by giving up control
keep the finger off the policy panic button
Base for, and embrace, the unexpected
Relinquish your pride in your own expertise
Everything you know about productivity is wrong
Comments
I like the Colbert/NASA story with NASA's efforts to allow the public to name a node/room on the new space station rather derailed by Colbert fans who voted en masse for it to be named Colbert. Amusing but indicative of something !
posted over 2 years ago