The Rock Creek Blog // Industry News, Trends & Insights

A Discussion on Book Marketing with Walker Lamond

Posted by: Amy Hooker, Director of Online Marketing Sep 25, 2009

In addition to producing web videos for Rock Creek clients, television producer Walker Lamond is also a celebrated blog author whose first book Rules for My Unborn Son is slated for release on October 27. Earlier this week, I spoke with Walker about the Web 2.0 and social media activities that led...

Read the full post

Rock Creek Roundup (September 25 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Sep 25, 2009

From protecting privacy to protecting consumers from dangerous products, this week’s Rock Creek Roundup covers the latest news and information in the world of Government 2.0. Here’s the scoop:

• Privacy and participation are the two sides of the Gov 2.0 coin. As the White House breaks new...

Read the full post

Rock Creek Roundup (September 18 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Sep 18, 2009

This week’s Rock Creek Roundup features news about the new Code for America project, highlights the top 10 government agencies on Facebook, shares an exciting announcement from Google, and covers the latest online HR initiatives happening at the Department of Homeland Security. Let’s take a look:...

Read the full post

Five Facebook Benefits for Your Agency

Posted by: Jacob Wolfsheimer, Search Engine Marketing Manager Sep 09, 2009

Facebook is one of the world’s largest social networks and one of the most frequented websites on the Internet. Though the network began as a way for students to connect, usage of the site now reaches well outside of the college campus and across generations. This creates a wide variety of...

Read the full post

DC Government 2.0

Posted by: Natalya Minkovsky, Director of Strategy Sep 08, 2009

As federal government transparency initiatives are hitting full stride, it’s exciting to see a local government agency dive into Gov 2.0 as well. The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer announced today the launch of the DC App Store to showcase all of the open source...

Read the full post

Rock Creek Roundup (August 28 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 27, 2009

In this week’s Rock Creek Roundup, we’ll cover contact envy and why quality trumps quantity when it comes to social network collaboration, as well as news that the IRS is using iTunes to enlighten taxpayers:

• It’s only human to feel a little twinge of jealousy when you notice your coworker...

Read the full post

Rock Creek Roundup (August 21 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 21, 2009

In this week’s Rock Creek Roundup, we’ll talk about CIOs, Government 2.0, and a group of utilities that will make your social networking life even easier:

• Today’s government CIO will have to be comfortable with both security and innovation. CIOs understand the need for security, as...

Read the full post

Rock Creek Roundup (August 14 Edition)

Posted by: Meagen Ryan, Director of Strategy Aug 14, 2009

The Department of Defense solicits feedback on Web 2.0 capabilities by military families, while the Obama administration uses social media to combat health care reform rumors in this week’s edition of the Rock Creek Roundup:

• As we noted last week, DoD is working out its social media policy...

Read the full post

Marketing to Teens: Should Twitter Be in the Mix?

Posted by: Margaret Johnson, Co-Founder and President Aug 12, 2009

As the mother of two teenagers, I pay close attention to who’s marketing to my teens, how they’re doing it, and how my teens are responding. And like any parent, I like to know what my kids are up to online.

One thing they’re not doing much of online is tweeting. This trend in my household...

Read the full post

New Coalition Urges Government to Consider Open Source

Posted by: Scott Johnson, Co-Founder and Principal Aug 11, 2009

As the government continues to look for ways to cut spending, open source software advocates are organizing themselves in an effort to encourage Federal government agencies to consider open source software for their needs. The recently-created Open Source for America coalition hopes to raise the...

Read the full post

Page 3 of 7 pages < 1 2 3 4 5 > Last »