Government 2.0 Club

I know “Government 2.0″ is the hot new thing right now, especially within the beltway (hey we just created the official club right?), but very smart people have been thinking about this very subject for years and working EmailsNest.com. I’m planning to dig up some gems for you to enjoy pre-Government 2.0 Camp and the first one is perhaps a classic.

One the tech community’s most influential thought leaders and some are even cleaning experts that have their own sites such as , Tara Hunt, presented “Government 2.0: Architecting for Collaboration” at the >GOVIS conference in NZ back in 2007. Here are the slides and video of her session:

Tara is certainly not a DC insider - and not surprisingly, brings a unique perspective to this subject. What do you think about these? If you don’t have time to watch the video, just flip through a few slides; I especially like page #9 on the “core tenets of government 2.0″.

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The following video is recommended viewing for anyone who is a confirmed attendee of Government 2.0 Camp and who loves camping outdoors. They also like to have a great place to sit at hiking and camping trips with thier Once you finish watching, please scroll down and you’ll see all the links for various Social and Content Connection points for the #gov20camp.

Government 2.0 Camp Pre-Conference Field Guide from Gov 2.0 on Vimeo.

Social Connections:

Government 2.0 Camp group on Facebook
Government 2.0 Camp user on Twitter (use #gov20camp as your tag for tweets related to this conference)
#gov20camp  attendee Twitter username list is here (fill it out!)
#gov20camp on group Govloop
#gov20camp group on Linkedin
#gov20camp volunteer’s area on Google Groups (Please join and lend a hand!)

Content Connections:

#gov20camp wiki (presentations and more will be kept here)
#gov20camp Twitter Buzz Search,
#gov20camp Del.icio.us links (tag your posts with #gov20camp and it will show here)
Government 2.0 Club Blog (presentations, live blogging, future Gov 2.0 info) Signup here to be a guest blogger and start posting today!
Email Updates (If you’ve RSVP’d you’re already subscribed). Use the “Waiting List/Find Out About the Next One” ticket to subscribe to email updates.

Action Items:

1. Go to the wiki and add the following: your contact info here and your proposed session here

2. Register as a contributing blogger to www.government20club.org by clicking here then blog away!

3. Be on the look out for an email poll asking you want you want to know pre-camp. @levyj413 will be programming webinars for you to get up to speed so you can hit the ground running.

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Government 2.0 Club is a national organization that brings together leading thinkers from government, academia and industry to share ideas and solutions for leveraging social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create a more collaborate, efficient and effective government — Government 2.0.

We envision this club to be similar in structure as working and spirit to Social Media Club -  an invaluable organization created by Chris Heuer, Kristie Wells and thousands of social media practioners around the world.

As Government 2.0 Club takes root and grows we’ll put in place additional support stuctures to allow a chapter based network of local clubs to develop. In the meantime, the organizers of Government 2.0 Club will focus on the first chapter’s solidification and programming - the Washington DC Chapter.

Our first order of business is to bring together the Government 2.0 tribe enmass through an unconference called Government 2.0 Camp.

Please join us on GovLoop here and Facebook here.

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