The Gov 2.0 Camp session’s already been fantastic, with candid, insightful and motivated discussion among nearly 300 Federal, State and Local employees, contractors and service providers – at least half of the attendees are government. Blackstone (Ted McLaughlan) helped facilitate a discussion on Social Media Governance and Policy Management. The “unconference” topics ranged from “Twitter 101″ to discussions on the use of social media in emergency communications, ROI of social media, and the “Emergence of the Goverati” (which Blackstone also facilitated – Tchad Moore).
Here’s a photo of the conference real-time agenda and session-setting outcome – basically a crowd-sourced exercise in aggregating topics and requests, prioritizing, and volunteering leadership…

April 4, 2009 at 2:58 pm
[...] Blog/News coverage: CNET Craig Newmark (Craigslist) SFGate.com, and Huffington Post. Air Force Dorobek Insider Network Solutions Federal Times Nextgov Personal Democracy Poynter Online Seattle’s CTO Sarah Bourne Future gov You2Gov 13th Floor Governing.com Ellen Perlman (videos of agenda making), (videos of posters Gov 2.0 Camp Recap Steve Radick, BAH Viget Labs Gov Social Media Diane Cline Doug Watson Future Fed – Microsoft Federal Blog – Trip Report from Gov 2.0 Camp Paul Canning Tony’s Place – an Outsider’s Take on Gov 2.0 Camp Blackstone Technology [...]
April 4, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Great post, and the photos are excellent. I added your blog to the list of all the news/blogs that referenced the Gov 2.0 Camp Event.
If you like, go to my blog, at
http://joyrenee.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/gov20camp-wdc/
and see a full list of not just the blogs, but also upcoming similar events and groups.
Cheers!