Rialtas.net – Government 2.0

I just came across this useful collection of articles on Social Media on Business week – ‘An executive guide to social media’
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I have just returned from attending (and speaking at) the ‘Seminar – Citizen Participation in the Wiki and Facebook Era ‘ at the IPA in Dublin. An interesting and worthwhile day..
All of the presentations were very interesting and will all be online shortly. I will update you on their availability and provide a full report [...]

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I Have just finished attending an excellent symposium  ‘Government 2.0 and Beyond…Harnessing Collective Intelligence’ which was hosted by the US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) DOD Chief Information Officer and the Information Resources Management College, US National Defense University.
Government 2.0 Symposium in the IRM Government Center in Second Life

The Panelists were
• David [...]

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A few months ago Google announced that they were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Yesterday, they made Knol available to everyone.
The web contains vast amounts of information, but not everything worth knowing is on the web. An enormous amount [...]

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From Iain Thomson at Vnunet.com
A survey of 1,000 office staff has found that nearly a third of younger employees would consider quitting their job if Facebook was banned in the workplace.
The survey by IT services firm Telindus found that 39 per cent of 18 to 24 year-olds would consider leaving if they were not allowed [...]

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Jakob Nielsen has released his latest Intranet Design Annual. In it he lists the 10 best Intranets for 2008, discussing why they won. While the winners are interesting to know, what’s even more important are the reasons why they won – offering best practices and guidance to companies who want to make their own Intranet [...]

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