Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Some Federal agencies are experimenting with fascinating approaches to public engagement online, even in the absence of specific guidance about how they should approach these online opportunities. These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin.

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

What is the new normal? My last post left off asking some questions: what are the realizations that have now hit us about how people look for work and workers? What’s “the new normal” from … Continued.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

[link] In this alleged scam , an Illinois business defrauded employees and vendors alike, including at least two staffing companies, one of which took the high road in his comments: “I’m a big guy. I’ve been around the block,” said Val Shebeko, a partner in A+ Staffing. “If we get our money back, that would be terrific. But we can’t allow this kind of behavior in our local community, because most business that gets transacted around here is done on open terms.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2009

Over the past month, I had the privilege of being the Forum One Project Manager for a fun, open-source web application development contest: the Apps for America 2: Data.gov Challenge. In celebration of the release of Data.gov, the Sunlight Foundation sponsored this coding showdown that asked entrants to make a useful web or iPhone application using at least one data feed from the new Data.gov site.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? and valuable ? for the public. Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web. And they're doing it in ways that allow people to build web applications on top of the data. By now, most folks in the web development and Gov 2.0 communities (and readers of this blog) have heard about the federal government's Data.gov initiative (and the winner of a certain Apps for America compe

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Forum One

JULY 14, 2009

Forum One co-sponsored the Open Development Barcamp at the World Bank on Friday. Over 100 people showed up to talk about how we can make aid more transparent and do a better job of sharing knowledge and lessons learned across organizations, projects, topics, and countries. Owen Barder of Aidinfo ( www.aidinfo.org ) kicked off the day, watch or read his remarks.

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Forum One

MAY 19, 2009

As the health reform debate heats up, here's a new way to stay on top of the most relevant news and opinion from major newspapers and other media outlets. Check out this web widget that you can embed on your own site or blog. The news items are updated weekly by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Cover The Uninsured staff. Simply click on "Get Widget" and copy the code into your blog, Facebook profile, or other site.

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Forum One

APRIL 24, 2009

I recently was able to spend an amazing evening enjoying one of my new fave artists, Habib Koité and his band Bamada , based in Mali. You likely do not read this blog for its concert reviews (and if you do, you have likely been pretty frustrated to date), so, other than to say it was a fantastic show, I want to focus on two web management principles that struck me while taking in the African grooves.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The Obama Administration released the long anticipated Open Government Directive on Tuesday. It lays out some ambitious steps for executive departments and agencies to take over the relatively near-term to be more transparent, participatory, and accountable, such as: Within 45 days, each agency shall identify and publish online in an open format at least three high-value data sets and register those data sets via Data.gov.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The folks at IOM are looking to hire a Manager of Web Communications, to serve as the primary point of contact for the IOM?s interactive activities as well as the producer and editor of the IOM?s website. "It is a critical role in this 175-person organization focused on improving health." More info here. Tags: Jobs.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The folks at IOM are looking to hire a Manager of Web Communications, to serve as the primary point of contact for the IOM?s interactive activities as well as the producer and editor of the IOM?s website. "It is a critical role in this 175-person organization focused on improving health." More info here. Tags: Jobs.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

We have described previously on this blog how Forum One approaches social media in general , as well as our experience with SlideShare and Scribd. In this post, we'll discuss the current glamour child of social media, Twitter. Twitter is impossible to ignore. It has been embraced by celebrities ( Britney Spears , Oprah ), adopted by journalists ( Anderson Cooper , Nicholas Kristof ) and appropriated by politicians ( Nancy Pelosi , Sarah Palin ).

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Many of our clients at Forum One produce large numbers of PDF documents (reports, studies, policy briefs) which then are placed in a "documents" section on their web sites. The challenge these organizations face is then making these documents as widely accessed as possible. One way to increase attention to documents is to use Scribd, a third-party document sharing site (or in shorthand, "YouTube for documents").

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Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

First came "Web 2.0" in which we (the people) got the power to publish, share, comment, friend, follow, tag, and organize online. Then came "Gov 2.0" and the trumpets sounded for transparency of government data and innovation. Now, Hope Street Group (a Forum One client) has opened up the policy making process with a new collaboration platform: Policy 2.0.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

It's election day in the Commonwealth of Virginia -- the state in which most Forum One staff call home. Today we'll elect a governor, a lieutenant governor, attorney general, and 100 house delegates. Thousands of people woke up this morning seeking answers to these three questions: How do I found out if I'm registered to vote? Where do I vote? What's on the ballot?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

We recently described how we use social media at Forum One. Today we'll talk about the category leader for posting and sharing PowerPoint presentations, SlideShare. Since we're a consulting firm, we (and many of our clients) produce a lot of PowerPoints. Some of them are not too bad. We've used SlideShare actively for the last three years posting our better efforts, as well as presentations from many of the events we host.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This opportunity may be of interest to Influence followers or your colleagues: The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?" We are looking for fresh, innovative approaches to global health problems.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

At Forum One, we spend a lot of time thinking about social media: we run the Online Community Research Network , we lead many social media events every year, and we have provided consulting services to several hundred organizations. We have even published the Online Community Report newsletter for 13 years (yikes). So when it comes to designing our company's own social media strategy, it should be simple, right?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Tonight, (Tuesday, October 27) at 7 PM (EST), Bill and Melinda Gates will give a multimedia presentation to challenge the current problem-based global health narrative through illustration of success stories. The presentation is brought to us through the ONE Campaign Team. I just RSVP'd to watch and get a special reminder email when the video and chat go live on Tuesday night.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2009

We're pleased to be partnering with ReadWriteWeb on an exciting conference this week - " The Real Time Web Summit ". If you will be in the SF Bay area you should really think about going! The real-time web is creating new opportunities in business, media, communication and collaboration. We are bringing together industry leaders using the real-time web in social networks, financial services, media and nonprofit groups to discuss: * the state of the art, science and business of the real-time web.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2009

It's that time again. Folks are getting excited about next year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. Last year, Forum One brought you great panels in user experience, data visualization, digital storytelling, and who could forget: Iron Chef ! This year, we have nominated a number of great new sessions. But they won't get selected unless people score them highly.

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Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright

Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Our friends at HealthMap have created a very useful iPhone App for those in the global health community who need to track and/or report disease outbreaks--from swine flu to diseases affecting crops and animals. HealthMap brings together disparate data sources from all over the web to achieve a unified. and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious. diseases and their effect on human and animal health.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Obama administration is close to unveiling a new Open Government Directive to push agencies to become more transparent, accountable, and collaborative. The directive builds upon the memorandum on transparency and open government released by the administration in January, and was announced by US CTO Aneesh Chopra during the Gov 2.0 Summit. Since the announcement, there has been a lot of discussion focused on the expected component of the directive that pushes federal agencies to make data ava

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Data.gov In brainstorming ideas to create Datamasher , the team spent a lot of time perusing data.gov and thinking about making government data more accessible by the average informed citizen. We actually spent quite a while trying to find data we thought we could understand well enough to present it to others in a compelling way, but it was difficult.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Last weekend, Forum One participated in CongressCamp at George Washington University. CongressCamp was an unconference focused on the Congress side of Gov 2.0. Participants explored the use of web-based social and collaboration technologies and their use in transforming congressional engagement with the public. The event attracted a breadth of experience, including congressional staffers, public policy specialists, advocacy practitioners, software vendors, and professional service providers.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

In 2004, I wrote an article entitled ? Building Online Professional Networks: Three Stages to Success ? with my colleague Jim Cashel, a Forum One founders. At the time, we were co-managing a prominent online network for economists, policy makers and researchers focused on the economic and policy issues surrounding the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, called the IAEN.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

By now, most of you have probably heard that our DataMasher application won Apps for America 2 via our press release or our celebratory tweets. The competing applications were impressive and the voting was close. Apparently, we won by only 12 votes! So to all of our fans who voted -- thank you very much for your support! And are hats are off to second and third place finishers govpulse.us and thisweknow.org.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

We're attending the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Washington, DC today. The day will be capped by a demonstration of the top three finalists in the Apps for America 2 contest. This will be accompanied by a quick final call for votes prior to an announcement of the winner by Sunlight Labs. The first place winner takes home a $10,000 prize. Speaking of which, there is still time to vote for Forum One's DataMasher.

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