Week in Review for May 25th
Pretty slow week for government and social media news, but the President did host an unscheduled twitter chat on the 24th. See below for details.
RT @lukefretwell: With @Twitter’s help, @WhiteHouse ‘bootstraps’ a new digital strategy bit.ly/KfzaLO cc @twbootstrap #gov20
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Katie Jacobs Stanton (@KatieS) May 24, 2012The @whitehouse has posted a @storify of @BarackObama's surprise @Twitter Q&A this afternoon: storify.com/whitehouse/pre…
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Twitter Government (@gov) May 24, 2012President Obama hosting a @Twitter #WHChat now. Photo by @PeteSouza: http://t.co/6Byew0Mw (p.s. that's @macon44 in the background)
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Twitter Government (@gov) May 24, 2012Using Online Tools to Engage – and be Engaged by –The Public ow.ly/b80ln #gov20 (h/t @gbyehuda)
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GovSM (@govsm) May 24, 2012President @BarackObama is beating @MittRomney across all Twitter metrics on 2012twit.com - New followers, mentions, & retweets.
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Election Analysis (@2012twit) May 25, 2012A big deal: Obama admin launches a huge, bold set of digital initiatives: platforms + APIs + open data + mobile. whitehouse.gov/sites/default/…
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Andrew McLaughlin (@McAndrew) May 23, 2012The New and Not-So-New In Obama's "Dashboard" | TechPresident: ow.ly/b71LP #gov20
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GovSM (@govsm) May 24, 2012Everything should be an API wh.gov/digitalgov #digitalgov #tcdisrupt
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Steven VanRoekel (@stevenvDC) May 23, 2012The President's Tech Gurus Want A Few Good Men And Women At TechCrunch Disrupt NYC ow.ly/b6hZC via @techcrunch #gov20
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GovSM (@govsm) May 23, 2012 WH.gov: Roadmap for a Digital Government goo.gl/fb/ngH8x
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The White House Blog (@blog44) May 23, 2012Putting Twitter’s “Do Not Track” Feature in Context ow.ly/b2hbE #gov20
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GovSM (@govsm) May 21, 2012
The Twitter Q&A was a nice touch.
Really creative look.
Nicely put together
Interesting, yes, but does it change my opinion of our President, no
It’s not supposed to change your opinion of him, but of what government is capable of doing with social media and technology.
As a citizen I want our government to leverage the latest and best communication tools to save time, money, and gasoline. I am glad to see that the White House and NASA are using technology available from the private sector, rather than waste money on duplication.
Huh? This blog and my website are non partisan – whichever politician uses social media productively will be lauded, those who fail will be criticized.
Got me thinking about the requirements for politicians in the future to be seriously social media savvy.