1 Feb 2010
Forum One Communications is pleased to mark the start of Black History Month with the launch of ForLoveofLiberty.net!
We at Forum One believe that the sacrifice of African-Americans on behalf of our country is a story that needs to be told in order for people to better understand American history,...
22 Jan 2010
Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti.
Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. I explained how technology...
19 Jan 2010
President Obama sends his first "tweet" for the Red Cross at their headquarters Monday. Photo courtesy of the Red Cross.
The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably...
11 Dec 2009
The Obama Administration released the long anticipated Open Government Directive on Tuesday. It lays out some ambitious steps for executive departments and agencies to take over the relatively near-term to be more transparent, participatory, and accountable, such as:
Within 45 days, each...
3 Dec 2009
The folks at IOM are looking to hire a Manager of Web Communications, to serve as the primary point of contact for the IOM’s interactive activities as well as the producer and editor of the IOM’s website. "It is a critical role in this 175-person organization focused on improving...
23 Nov 2009
We have described previously on this blog how Forum One approaches social media in general, as well as our experience with SlideShare and Scribd. In this post, we'll discuss the current glamour child of social media, Twitter.
Twitter is impossible to ignore. It has been embraced by celebrities (...
17 Nov 2009
We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available — and valuable — for the public. Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web. And they're doing it in ways that allow people to build web applications on top of...
17 Nov 2009
A number of federal agencies are experimenting with fascinating approaches to online public engagement, even in the absence of specific guidance about how they should approach such online opportunities.
This was the theme I heard echoed throughout the interesting Open Government: "Strategies...
11 Nov 2009
Many of our clients at Forum One produce large numbers of PDF documents (reports, studies, policy briefs) which then are placed in a "documents" section on their web sites. The challenge these organizations face is then making these documents as widely accessed as possible.
One way to...
6 Nov 2009
First came "Web 2.0" in which we (the people) got the power to publish, share, comment, friend, follow, tag, and organize online.
Then came "Gov 2.0" and the trumpets sounded for transparency of government data and innovation.
Now, Hope Street Group (a Forum One client) has...
Influence covers innovations in communication, Internet technology and strategy to generate influence on important public policy issues. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area.
