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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

Regarding the topic of followership and technology, particularly in the realm of social media there seems to be a gap in the literature that should be resolved as it pertains to participation, technology, followership and public administration. Image: Faggard, 2013. These complex networks are optimal when fully connected and ?

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Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

Research on Canadians’ social media activity during the pandemic revealed that many expressed concern over both the government’s reaction and their safety. (1) Interactive digital media systems offer real-time user interaction, including online games, VR apps, and social media networks. Welch, V.,

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City of Kenmore Officials Find the Fun in 2017-18 Priority Based Budget

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The City of Kenmore, Washington was the second organization to implement PBB, along with the City of Bainbridge Island , and both have been practitioners since 2013. Sign-up for our social media pages so you stay connected with TEAM CPBB! “Our major theme of the next two-year budget is ‘Where’s the fun?’”

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NonProfits & Branding – The Paradigm Shift

Public Policy Blog

Two basic elements are changing and shaping the environment in which nonprofit organizations operate: changes around social media and the proliferation of partnerships. The Hauser Center for NonProfits at Harvard has published research that attempts to illustrate a paradigm shift in the nonprofit branding model.

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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Howerton, who served Ennis for 32 years before retiring in 2013, became an early mentor to Earp. My peers, what we’re seeing are more and more people being elected to office because they’re popular on social media for throwing mud,” Earp says. All they want to do is embarrass government whenever they can.”

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the near term, we are supporting returning customers with more rapid social media engagement, and extended customer service hours Monday through Friday 7 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.