Creating a Culture of “Need to Share” in Government 5
This past Thursday I had the privilege of attending Gibraltar Associates first annual “Social Media Resolutions” event, held here in Washington, D.C. Although I could only stay for the first half of the event, what I witnessed was probably one of the best panels I’ve seen. Not only did I learn far more than I realized I would, but I gained some incredible insight into how our government is (surprisingly) acting very progressively to get a hold on social media.
Panelists were:
- Brent Colburn, Director of External Affairs for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Roxie Merritt, Director of New Media at the U.S. Department of Defense
- Richard Boly, Director of eDipomacy at the U.S. Department of State
It’s difficult to sum up over an hour of panel conversation. Throughout the course of the presentation, much of the discussion focused on challenges the government is facing to get into social media and take advantage of it in order to perform better in their respective functions as government agencies. So I’ll focus on that here, as well. Here’s, from what I heard, the three biggest challenges for government right now and how their working to overcome them.