by Debbie Weil | Jul 21, 2009 | Events, Uncategorized
My grand plans to live blog Open Government and Innovation dwindled within minutes when I saw two Twitter boards behind the speakers displaying the live Twitter stream for hashtag #ogi. Live crowdsourcing is mesmerizing. The hundreds (thousands?) of individual tweets...
by Debbie Weil | Jul 21, 2009 | Events, Uncategorized
I’m liveblogging today’s Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington DC. Should be pretty interesting. Some key players in Pres. Obama’s open government directive are speaking, including Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer...
by Debbie Weil | Jul 13, 2009 | Social Media, Uncategorized, Writing
Authenticity, as I’ve written countless times, is the key ingredient of successful blogging, Twittering and other forms of social networking. It’s also key to a successful e-newsletter. Authenticity means being genuine, trustworthy and credible (see...
by Debbie Weil | Jul 10, 2009 | General, Uncategorized
by Debbie Weil | Jul 10, 2009 | ROI, Uncategorized
Another blast from the past: originally published on July 25, 2003. Interestingly, copywriter Michael Fortin said the same thing recently in a post titled: Don’t Be Transparent, Be Authentic Instead. In the 2nd anniversary issue of my e-newsletter, WordBiz...
