Influence
1 Apr 2011
Forum One is a digital consulting firm, so we are frequently asked, “How good is my website?”
When we hear this, we typically have two thoughts. First, what really matters isn’t your “website,” but really your organization’s full digital strategy. Second, this...
16 Mar 2011
I had a chance to catch up with Tim Bonnemann of Intellitics.com. During our conversation, he mentioned how much of the recent focus of "open government" has been on transparency and open data, and he sees less attention to online consultations and online participation. And some of the...
30 Dec 2010
The Santa I know typically operates in the currency of choo choo trains, gumdrops, and candy canes, but this holiday season, it seems he’s branched out. Kids around the country received an early and much-needed gift this December in the form of — you guessed it — broccoli and...
11 Dec 2010
So, you've decided to invest in a tool for collaboration and content management. Great! And you are ready to begin. Even better.
But what good is your investment if noone takes advantage of it?
User adoption is tricky. Naturally, everyone tends to focus on the technical aspects that surround...
10 Dec 2010
I had the displeasure of spending much of the evening reading one of the worst requirements documents I have had to wade through in some time. It wasn’t that it was poorly written (it was) or poorly organized (check). Its greatest crime was that those who had written it had clearly failed to...
22 Oct 2010
HealthCare.gov, the federal web site that is officially charged with helping consumers make sense of the new health insurance landscape, was substantially improved this month.
For starters, they added information from over 200 insurers on 4,400 plans. As data is added in the coming months, the...
4 Jun 2010
I was invited to present last week at the University of Maryland's Human Computer Interaction Lab's workshop on Government and Social Media. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some...
18 May 2010
In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. With...
17 May 2010
When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim relations. In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." A key message was...
5 May 2010
As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasn't sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.
Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the...
