Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category

Truth hurts, get ready for more in 2013.

Monday, December 31st, 2012
2012 saw many people get foiled by their own attempts at keeping secrets online. General Petraeus is only the most vivid and open example. But this is happening to regular people every day. Expect this trend to continue into 2013. On one hand all these new social tools allow us to Read More....

#Gov20 enters #Cyberwar age or How does Government 2.0 play a role in cyberwar?

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Market maturation comes with ups and downs in any industry. With Government 2.0 we have now reached a point in my opinion, based on being directly involved with part of the trRead More....

Art of Social Listening in 5 ways.

Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Are you listening; really listening to the conversations going on about you and your products? As a CEO and an adviser to governments and politicians, I do a lot of listening. I even wrote a blog post about my Read More....

Mobile medical app regulation or innovation stifling?

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
I have been following closely the debate surrounding the FDA's call to regulate apps like you use on your smart phone as a device, like a heart monitor or diabetes test kit. Is this the right thing to do? I am all for regulation of industries to ensure safety and make sure no one dies becRead More....

It Was Amazing.

Monday, April 30th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="Gov 2.0 L.A. Hybrid Un-conference"][/caption] It Was Amazing. Thank you to all who made Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 a success for the 3rd year in a row. We had over 44,Read More....

Preview of Gov 2.0 LA 2012

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
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Citizen power rocks 2012.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="Gov 2.0 L.A. Hybrid Un-conference"][/caption] As the 3rd annual Gov 2.0 L.A. (Gov20LA) approaches on April 21, 2012; I have been thinking a lot about why I started this conference and what it means for yRead More....

Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 Partnership and Venue Change

Friday, February 24th, 2012
We have some exciting news to share. Gov 2.0 LA will be shifting the Gov20LA event venue to Pepperdine University in Malibu, California for theRead More....

Great early success with Educate Mozambique

Monday, December 19th, 2011
Our project has just begun, and already positive results are showing themselves with promised funding now being placed into Mozambique's education system. We look forward to lots of pictures soon of new schools being built to replace pictures like this below. Read More....