Alex Howard (@digiphile) posted notes from the CongressCamp session we and Nisha Chittal and Scott Eagle ran, focusing on:
- A list of case studies of elected officials online to check out for ideas and comparisons, and
- a list of tools to check out and consider using for any government office or elected official just getting online.
Take a look at Tools & Case Studies from “Picking Tools & Strategies” Session. I used my usual POST process slides to discuss deciding how to reach constituents. Thanks to all who contributed ideas in the session.
ForumOne’s blog has a nice set of takeaway lessons – #2 (“Congressional use of social media and related Web 2.0 technologies frequently is not guided by an underlying digital communications strategy.”) and #3 (“Congress is in the initial stages of social media maturity – typically leveraging Web 2.0 technologies to broadcast their message and respond to negative PR.”) were definitely part of our session.
