Helping Government Professionals Jump On Board The

Social Media Train

MuniGov 2.0 is a coalition of federal/state/local/municipal and international governments focused on exploring the use and

principles of Web 2.0 in an effort to improve citizen services and communication via technology

Pam Broviak - EngineerMunicipal Employee

Illinois

Bill Greeves - ITCounty Employee

Virginia

Pam Renoir Greever Wemyss

Second Life

HISTORY

•Registration of members•Introduction to Social Media Tools•Tutorials for Social Media•Security Related Resources•Articles and Papers Related to Social Media

MUNIGOV WEBSITE

•Regular discussion takes place using the Google group forum

•Discussion topics range from Facebook issues to policy development

GOOGLE GROUP

SECOND LIFE MEETINGS

•Virtual conference held April 10, 2009

•Web 2.0 related presentations

Let's Get Together: Using 2.0 for Internal CollaborationJack D. Pond (SL jdpond Turbo), Chief Information Officer, Montgomery County, PA

Shifting the Gears of Local Governance: Introducing Cities to Web 2.0Mark Faul (SL KC Titanium), Business Analyst, City of Ottawa

Training Comes to You - Courtesy of Web2.0 Bill Shields (SL Zeppo Romano), Hydrogeologist & Lecturer in Geology, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University

This Ain't Rocket Science: How NASA is Using 2.0 to Become More Accessible Erika Vick (SL Universa Vanalten), NASA Strategic Communications Specialist

The Impact of Web2.0 on Government(Panel Discussion) – Federal, State, County

Trade Show Area

Orientations regularly held in Second Life

Current and future projects:

•Ebook development providing guidance and examples for use of social media by local government

•Application to Linden Lab to serve as a community gateway in Second Life

Other places to find MuniGov

http://www.twitter.com/munigov20

http://www.govloop.com

Skype: pam.renoirTwitter: http://twitter.com/pbroviak

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pbroviak

Second Life: Pam Renoir/CivilE Writer

E-mail: pbroviak@geneva.il.us

Website: http://munigov.org