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Government Managers' Guide to Citizen 2.0

Thursday, October 28th, 2010 - 12:10
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 13:00
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about the other half of Gov 2.0: Citizen 2.0.  My goal has been twofold: first, to help citizens understand that engaging government isn’t all-or-nothing.  Citizens can participate in meaningful ways both from home and outside it.  They can work in and for their community by themselves and as a team effort with their neighbors.  They can engage in civic activity by putting on work gloves, writing insightful comments on blogs (with links, please!), or writing code.
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Becoming Citizen 2.0: Step Four, Co-ordinator

Thursday, October 7th, 2010 - 12:07
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 11:58
If most of government, and Gov 2.0, is about ordinary people doing ordinary (though necessary, ennobling, and underappreciated) things, Coordinators are the people who are doing extraordinary things.  Both within government and beyond it, coordinators are the ones who are looking at the big picture and creating the tools that co-deliverers and creators use.   What do coordinators do?
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Thank you very much for including me on such an impressive list. The fusion of people and ideas is one of the primary drivers of the rapidity of growth in Gov 2.0.

Alan W. Silberberg

10/07/2010 - 14:42
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Citizen 2.0, Step 3: Co-Deliverer

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 - 7:20
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 08:08
In his book, "The McDonaldization of Society," George Ritzer points out an invisible obvious fact: McDonald's is able to keep its costs low in part becuase its patrons perform essential functions for the store.  They pour their own drinks, bus their own tables, get their own napkins and other table settings, and in some locations even add their own condiments to their burgers.
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Becoming Citizen 2.0: Step Two, Creator

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 - 14:17
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 15:03
To be a creator is take the step from merely accessing information online (in the form of data or content) to adding new information (again, content or data) online.  Using online tools to submit forms or payment also falls into this category.  There are countless venues through which people can do this: through apps, government Web sites, and nongovernment Web sites.  More on each of these in a moment, becuase to talk about any of them requires an understanding of why anyone should visit any of them.
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Becoming Citizen 2.0: Step One, Consumer

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 - 9:04
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 09:13
What does it mean to be a consumer and why should anyone bother? These are the first two questions that we, as Gov 2.0 advocates, should ask ourselves when exhorting our compatriots to take a more active role in their own governance.  The first question is easily answered: to be a consumer is the least time-consuming way to become involved in government.  It means that you read the information that government bodies publish with the goal of understanding three things:
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Meeting half-way: Becoming Citizen 2.0

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 - 9:47
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 09:35
In 2005, William Eggers released a book titled "Government 2.0."  Its cover shows two parallel cables  sending information between them wirelessly.  Yes, parallel cables, and only 5 short years ago.
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Can You Hear Me Now?

Friday, August 27th, 2010 - 11:22
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 11:42
In February, Rasmussen Reports released a poll that found that only 21% of Americans feel that their government has their consent.  This is despite the fact that we have more communications channels with our government than any time in American History.  So how do we fix this?
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Federal agencies will be ready on GovSM Monday Aug 30th. http://www.govsm.com/w/Federal_Agencies

08/27/2010 - 14:20

Thought you may be interested in this list I compiled of 50+ online directories that are tracking government social media presence/IDs: http://www.blog.govtwit.com/2010/08/25/50-government-twitter-and-social-...

08/31/2010 - 14:41
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Weekly Round-up August 27, 2010

Friday, August 27th, 2010 - 10:21
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 10:55
Here are the articles that caught our attention this week: Gadi Ben-Yehuda
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Yes We Can . . . Compare Apples to Oranges

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 - 15:43
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 16:20
One of the criticisms of the current state of the federal government's open data feeds is that they have yet to produce much measurable change in people's daily lives.  The cartoon below makes that point, as does Matt Rosenberg's 3/17/2010 post, "Mark Drapeau: Gov 2.0 Apps Need Staying Power" in Social Capital Review.  The problem isn't lack of data.  What is missing is two components: First, visualizations of the data that incorporate all t
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Of Trees and Teleworking

Friday, August 13th, 2010 - 9:09
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 09:57
In the past couple of weeks, the DC metro area was wracked by massive storms that compounded commuting woes (and split an apartment building in half).  My commuting time more than doubled.  Much-
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Thanks for writing about telework - couldn't be a better time to discuss. It's a benefit that impacts employees, agencies, and the environment alike. More agencies are implementing these programs and are seeing significant benefits - increased productivity, recruitment and retention, saving in real estate, etc, etc. The key is to get management on board with this program. It's really a win for them too.

08/13/2010 - 12:13

This was thought-provoking and personal. Thank you for adding links to web calculators and statistics.

09/15/2010 - 10:38
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