Today I read a recently released white paper, Government 2.0: Building Communities with Web 2.0 and Social Networking. Overall, I thought the paper did a good job summarizing much of the ongoing, online discussions and research on this topic. However, I sensed an underlying attitude that concerned me as a government employee. This unspoken, read-between-the-lines [...]
Posts Tagged ‘MuniGov 2.0’
Who’s Leading the Charge to Web 2.0?
December 26th, 2008 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse, Social Media 
Tags: Bill Greeves, Government 2.0, MuniGov 2.0, Web 2.0 
Comments OffMuniGov 2.0 – Not Just a Buzzword Anymore!
November 11th, 2008 Pam Broviak Web 2.0, Web 3.0, virtual worlds: are these buzzwords and their related technologies something you really need to worry about? Studies, reports, and white papers seem to be saying “Yes.” And that is a big fat “yes” even if you work for government. In fact there are already a few of us government folks headed [...]
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: General Government, local government, MuniGov, MuniGov 2.0, second life Comments OffMuniGov 2.0 is Launched
September 7th, 2008 Pam Broviak A few weeks ago, I was introduced to Greever Wemyss (Second Life name) by a mutual friend who realized we both have an interest in local government and its use of Web 2.0 and virtual worlds. After a few discussions, we decided that we would create a Second Life group that is specifically focused on [...]
