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 tr
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen 2.0, cyber world war, cyber-warfare, Cyberwar, digital bullets, Digital Divide, digital war, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Advisor, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 Strategic Advisory, Gov 3.0, Government Research and Analysis, Mobile Gov 2.0, Semantic Web, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen Engagement, Cyber Warfare, cyber world war, Cyberwar and Gov 2.0, Economy, Emergency Social Media, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov Tech, Mobile, Politics, Private Diplomacy, Semantic Gov 2.0, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog, Smart Phones, Social Media, Social Network Analysis, Social Network Listening | 30 Comments »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
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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 y
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, arab spring, Business, Citizen 2.0, citizen power, Digital Divide, Gov, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 Innovation, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov 2.0 Video, Gov 2.0 Videos, Gov 3.0, Gov2.0TV, Gov20LA, Government, Government 2.0, Los Angeles, Mobile, money, ows, People, Semantic Web, Social Media, Twitter, United States, White House, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen Engagement, Economy, Election 2012, Emergency Social Media, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov20., Partnerships, Politics, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog, Social Media | 11 Comments »
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 the
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen 2.0, Democracy, Digital Divide, Election 012, Engagement, Facebook, Google, Gov, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 Innovation, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov 2.0 TV, Gov 2.0 Videos, Gov 3.0, Gov20LA, Government, Government 2.0, Livestream, Los Angeles, Mobile, Online, OpenGov, Participatory Democracy, Pepperdine University, Politics, Semantic Web, Social Media, TV, Twitter, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service, Economy, Election 2012, Emergency Social Media, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov 2.0 Video, Gov2, Gov20., Govcamp, Partnerships, Politics, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog, Social Media | 8 Comments »
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Remember those old AOL commercials on TV, the"You've got mail" campaign? It was wildly successful as a marketing slogan, as a commercial, and even as the title of a
movie.
Times change. Social media is no longer just a b
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Bing, Celebrity, Crowdboost, Digital Branding, Empire Avenue, Google, Gov 3.0, Government Research and Analysis, Grader, Klout, Kred, Peerindex, Reputation Management, Semantic Web, Social Media, Twitter, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Customer Service, Economy, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov Tech, Partnerships, Politics, Semantic Gov 2.0, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog, Social Media | 22 Comments »
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Anna Hazare. The name sounds like an exotic woman; maybe the name of some foreign thriller in the movie house. But it is actually a man, who may be at the center of one of the largest citizen movements in recorded his
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Anna Hazare, Anti-Corruption, Citizen 2.0, Delhi, Facebook, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Government 2.0, India, Internet, Janlokpal, Mahatmas Gandhi, Mobile, Non Violent Demonstration, Oldest Social Media, Pakistan, SMS, Social Media, Twitter, Word of Mouth, You 2.0, Youtube
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen Engagement, Emergency Social Media, Gov 2.0, Politics, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog, Social Media | 20 Comments »
Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Social Media is a two edged sword. During mid 2009, in the throes of the Iranian election in the midst of a hot summer we witnessed the beginnings of social media being used actively as a weapon against the people. Since that time repression after repression has happened in country after cou
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, British Government, Egypt, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov 3.0, Government Research and Analysis, Law Enforcement, London Riots, Police, Semantic Web, Social Media, Strategic use of Social Media, Tunisia, United States, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen Engagement, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 LA, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog, Social Media | 9 Comments »
Monday, March 21st, 2011

March 2011 will always mark a powerful event in our lives. Japan experienced an unprecedented triple disaster, the uber-powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake, then the historic sized tsunami, then the still ongoing nuclear disaster, with a near miss on that one looking more and more likely.
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Tags: 3g, Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen 2.0, Crisis Management, Emergency Services, Emergency Social Media, Fukushima, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Advisor, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 3.0, Gov2, Government Advisors, Japan, Japanese Government, Mobile, Nuclear, Social Media, Twitter, United States, White House, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Emergency Social Media, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov20., Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog | 57 Comments »
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Gov 2.0 L.A. 2011 is now behind us. Such an amazing experience. Thought leaders and practitioners, entrepreneurs and government leaders all came together in one place, for an out of the box weekend filled with
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen 2.0, data, data.gov, Digital Divide, diplomacy, e-gov, E-Government, Egypt, Gov 2.0 Analyst, gov 2.0 l.a., Gov 2.0 L.A. 2011, Gov 2.0 TV, Gov2, Gov20LA, Government 2.0, listening, nasa, People, SBA, Social Media, Tunisia, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov2, Gov20., Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog | 31 Comments »
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
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Gov 2.0 L.A. 2011 is upon us shortly. As the
founder I could not be more excited about what is about
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Brainjams, Cartney McCracken, chad catacchio, Christina Gagnier, Citizen 2.0, Dan Abele, Evonne Heyning, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Advisor, Gov 2.0 Deals, Gov 2.0 Innovation, Gov 2.0 L.A. 2011, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov 2.0 TV, Gov2.0TV, Gov20LA, gov20tv, Government 2.0 Finance, Government Advisors, Jack Bienko, Jeanne Holm, Jeremy Thompson, John Duncan, Kurt Daradics, Los Angeles, Lovisa Williams, Maribel Lopez, Mobile Gov 2.0, Panels, Semantic Web, Social Media, Speakers, White House, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 LA, Gov2, Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog | 22 Comments »
Monday, January 10th, 2011

So what is it about
Gov 2.0 anyways? Is it because Government needs an overhaul? Or because somehow Gov 2.0 is gaining some sex appeal? Or maybe it is just plain and simple: Power and Truth.
Or is it?
We have witnessed shocking perversions of truth and power
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Tags: Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen 2.0, Gov 2, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Advisor, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov 2.0 Innovation, Gov 2.0 Research, Gov Tech, Gov2, Gov20, Gov20LA, Government 2.0, Government Advisors, Government Research and Analysis, Social Media, United States, You 2.0
Posted in Alan W. Silberberg, Citizen Engagement, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Analyst, Gov2, Gov20., Silberberg's Gov2.0 Blog | 35 Comments »