Government 2.0 Camp Recap and Next Steps

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by corbett3000 in Blog

Thank you everyone for participating and co-creating Government 2.0 Camp this past weekend. So much transpired that I would be impossible for me to recap it all in one blog post…but…let’s give it a shot anyway!

Friday (Day 1) Recap:

0) I created the Government 2.0 Club Google Group for you all to join and that’s where some conversation is happening at the moment and will be the first place for other events like this. Please join that and keep in touch on GovLoop, Facebook and Linkedin too.

1) I can’t recap all ~55 sessions, but they can all be found here. If you attended any of these sessions, PLEASE COMMENT on the posts to leave your own notes and links. Session leaders, please post links to your presentations there and also edit the wiki as well.

2) Barry Page took some great pictures and posted them here. Andrea Baker created a #gov20camp Flickr Group as well so if you took pics and uploaded them to Flickr please drop them there too.

3) Diane Cline created those super awesome session visualizations you saw up on the walls. Hire her for your next conference! She added so much to ours :)

4) We hosted the US premier of Us Now, a film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet.

5) We went to the bar.

Saturday (Day 2)

1) I can’t recap all ~55 sessions, but they can all be found here. If you attended any of these sessions, PLEASE COMMENT on the posts to leave your own notes and links. Session leaders, please post links to your presentations there and also edit the wiki as well.

2) Barry Page took more great pictures and posted them here.

3) Bev Godwin and Macon Phillips of the White House new media team hosted a session asking for input into their efforts. We created #askWH for people to track and continue the conversation on twitter.

4) We discussed what/how Government 2.0 Club would work moving forward. A special thank you to Chris Heuer, founder of Social Media Club, for flying in from California to provide us with insight into how best to organize a community such as this. We received terrific input and for now the plan is very simple: we’re going to focus on bringing the DC community of government 2.0 practitioners together on a consistent basis without a formal organization. Please join the Google group so you can connect and contribute. We’ll support other chapters however we can.

Blog post round-up:

Government workers debate online citizen engagement

Government 2.0 Camp Meet World Cafe

Playing Along with Gov 2.0 Camp

Gov2.0 Camp is over, but something else is starting

Government 2.0 Camp in Australia

Creating a Citizen Driven Idea Sourcing Platform - from Government 2.0 Camp

More transparency, fewer lobbyists?

Miscellaneous:

@levyj413 found a really nice raincoat left at the school, plus a lightweight shirt. Are they yours?
And last but not least, it looks like a couple #gov20camp items came in under budget and there’s ~$500 to spend so we’ll be announcing a happy hour or something some time soon. If you’re not already on the mailing list, please use the “find out about the next one” ticket here to get a notification.
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