tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.comments2019-09-28T09:58:54.692-07:00Using Social MediaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12408596683077659072noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-33390610256610810162008-11-10T20:49:00.000-08:002008-11-10T20:49:00.000-08:00Keep up the good work.Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-39190862970111333742007-07-05T10:40:00.000-07:002007-07-05T10:40:00.000-07:00coolcoolTech Trendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00904429964606618440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-70151490571260266642007-05-21T07:45:00.000-07:002007-05-21T07:45:00.000-07:00Oh, do tell us more! I especially want to hear mo...Oh, do tell us more! I especially want to hear more about "we are the people formerly known as audience" AND your thoughts about how this stuff should or should not fit into the FS. Thanks!Toni Stafford Newbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637458169491258432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-53777616550203210892007-04-30T12:50:00.000-07:002007-04-30T12:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for the detailed instructions. We've been t...Thanks for the detailed instructions. We've been talking about using some of these kinds of technologies on a few of the projects with which I am involved. Now I have a sense of how easy it might really be to do it. Thanks!Toni Stafford Newbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637458169491258432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-24791335264102440442007-04-30T12:39:00.000-07:002007-04-30T12:39:00.000-07:00Very helpful notes! I especially appreciate the c...Very helpful notes! I especially appreciate the consideration of leaderships needs.Toni Stafford Newbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637458169491258432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-33202870629860248052007-04-28T09:31:00.000-07:002007-04-28T09:31:00.000-07:00Thanks Steve for motivating me to publish on Socia...Thanks Steve for motivating me to publish on Social Media. <BR/><BR/>Ray, I have the technology to produce a Podcast over the phone as well. So if you have an idea, let's give it a try to customize your own Podcast Theme. If you go to the EMS site on the WO FSWEB, you'll see an example of the quality over the phone. If you'd like to explore further, call me at 605-673-9289. <BR/><BR/>Ref: How Gary C. Chanceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606466664638196288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-23778377051800835002007-04-27T23:41:00.000-07:002007-04-27T23:41:00.000-07:00Gary,Nice audio feeds. Can tell there's been profe...Gary,<BR/><BR/>Nice audio feeds. Can tell there's been professional training/voice. <BR/><BR/>How does this fit w/USDA letter telling all of us to take down our outfacing material until they can develop policy?<BR/><BR/>Don't believe the people passionate/excited about this technology will have the patience to wait, they'll just go on private sites instead of using FS servers.<BR/><BR/>Have you Ray Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815307782153586335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-35205753254181036362007-04-27T14:40:00.000-07:002007-04-27T14:40:00.000-07:00Great summary, and thanks for the insights. I hop...Great summary, and thanks for the insights. I hope we start doing more of this soon around the agency.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408596683077659072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-66931475146207548172007-04-24T20:02:00.000-07:002007-04-24T20:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting these notes. They really capt...Thanks for posting these notes. They really capture the benefits of social media. I look forward to viewing the presentation from the summit. I also hope that more Forest Service folks will attend future social media conferences.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408596683077659072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-90786767196592505472007-04-23T12:50:00.000-07:002007-04-23T12:50:00.000-07:00I find it interesting that an earlier manfiesto ex...I find it interesting that an earlier manfiesto exhorted us to "throw off our chains." In many ways we would be calling for the same thing.<BR/>Hokay, so what would be the elements of this Manifesto? A Preamble that lays out the need? The End State we hope to achieve? Where's Karl now that we need him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-28844607648353985102007-04-22T11:39:00.000-07:002007-04-22T11:39:00.000-07:00Very interesting summary Dave...I think it capture...Very interesting summary Dave...I think it captures the key reasons why people should use social media, and why others a fearful of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408596683077659072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-26094037650342899162007-04-22T11:04:00.000-07:002007-04-22T11:04:00.000-07:00Toni,Regional Foresters Cables and Forsgren are he...Toni,<BR/>Regional Foresters Cables and Forsgren are helping to lead the Foundational Principles effort. Rick Cables has expressed a strong interest in social media, and wants to get an "official" blog up right away. We hope to help with that as soon as the J-Roller blog tool is deployed on the new FSWeb site.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408596683077659072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-44427111990659940732007-04-20T05:40:00.000-07:002007-04-20T05:40:00.000-07:00Travel tweet - I was messing around again...and in...Travel tweet - I was messing around again...and incorporated twitter capability on my personal blog site (www.dwalbert.com) for the sake of exploring ideas on how we might be able to use similar functionality. It looks like I'm able to post blog entries from my cell phone (tweets) and then it can alert twitter friends when new blog posts are made, with the alerts being dependent on their twitterDonavan Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155915635264556332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-47562926501137342122007-04-20T05:38:00.000-07:002007-04-20T05:38:00.000-07:00Travel tweet - I was messing around again...and in...Travel tweet - I was messing around again...and incorporated twitter capability on my personal blog site (www.dwalbert.com) for the sake of exploring ideas on how we might be able to use similar functionality. It looks like I'm able to post blog entries from my cell phone (tweets) and then it can alert twitter friends when new posts are made, with the alerts being dependent on their twitter Donavan Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155915635264556332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-18296654717158546832007-04-19T08:35:00.000-07:002007-04-19T08:35:00.000-07:00I came upon something I thought very interesting i...I came upon something I thought very interesting in the world of podcasting. In scrolling through NEWWest, an online network aimed at covering enviornment, cultural and econimic issues, I came upon this:<BR/><BR/>What is “Blogvertorial?”<BR/>As part of our advertising packages, New West offers a new way for our advertising partners to promote their businesses, events and products by essentiallyForest Service - Northern Regionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443143375743093067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-73226445746917600502007-04-18T14:46:00.000-07:002007-04-18T14:46:00.000-07:00I think we will be plesantly surprised to see how ...I think we will be plesantly surprised to see how easily passionate, committed-to-a-cause people will find each other to "self-organize around a particular topic, inspiration, etc."<BR/><BR/>The technical problems of finding one another, and self-organizing are not the big problems. At least I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>The biggest single problem is, as W.Edwards Deming pointed out long ago, "Dave Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733075014330557760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-13288853804110557812007-04-18T14:41:00.000-07:002007-04-18T14:41:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dave Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733075014330557760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-50890706948191498872007-04-16T09:51:00.000-07:002007-04-16T09:51:00.000-07:00Hey Steve,Why not set up a PB Wiki for this?(or so...Hey Steve,<BR/><BR/>Why not set up a PB Wiki for this?(or some other easy Wiki) That way you can get your feedback directly. If and when the FS gets its Wiki act together, you can migrate it over. Alternatively, just post it up as a blog post and let the comments begin. Maybe do both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-67125069881750491692007-04-13T12:37:00.000-07:002007-04-13T12:37:00.000-07:00Yes! Let's do it!And I'm sure you are aware that ...Yes! Let's do it!<BR/><BR/>And I'm sure you are aware that the National Transformation Management Team lead by Rita Stevens is calling for a collaborative re-design of the agency and plans to employ social media in the process. Bill Williams, if you see this, what would you add from that perspective?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the Pinecone Manifesto is a container for one of the many generative Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-3199100829095584422007-04-13T09:19:00.000-07:002007-04-13T09:19:00.000-07:00Great list! I'm particularly interested in leaders...Great list! I'm particularly interested in leadership blogs. Once or twice a year I find myself in the presence of a stellar thought leader and I'm always quite impacted by his/her view of the agency. My performance and my attitude both skyrocket after such encounters. It'd be great to feel "in the loop" more often. <BR/><BR/>Maybe not everyone cares what's going on in the minds of our leaders,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-18667277690817508752007-04-10T13:54:00.000-07:002007-04-10T13:54:00.000-07:00Great to see so much excitement about Podcasting i...Great to see so much excitement about Podcasting in the ranks. The Black Hills National Forest has been developing Podcast content for several months. The outsourcing of storage for our audio and video content has proofed so far to be very productive. I produce a podcast for an audiocast or videocast and then upload to streamhoster.com. The site automatically generates a url and I link it to the Gary C. Chanceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606466664638196288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-42847204593500912272007-04-10T08:04:00.000-07:002007-04-10T08:04:00.000-07:00Seems to me that both blogs and wikis play a usefu...Seems to me that both blogs and wikis play a useful role re: conferences. Much like library indices, we need to search by author or "presentor" as well as by title and/or subject or date. Hence the need or desire for a wiki. <BR/><BR/>Blogs are useful too, to add perspective on the conference as it is being set up and advertised, and while the conference is ongoing. Blogs are usefl as well for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-86372730147886395802007-04-10T05:07:00.000-07:002007-04-10T05:07:00.000-07:00I tinkered around with the Google Maps API and plu...I tinkered around with the Google Maps API and plugin for WordPress last night - it layers blog content on top of a Google Map – at least one flavor of mashup. There are some things I like about it and a few things that I don’t. Here’s the link (click the marker) - http://www.dwalbert.com/?page_id=5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-39616708274126312682007-04-09T09:27:00.000-07:002007-04-09T09:27:00.000-07:00I want to add that while I'm not about to act like...I want to add that while I'm not about to act like a 'cyper-cop,' there is clear direction from OMB on using domains that are exclusive to the government (and, thus, the use of commercial servers):<BR/>http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/getting_started/naming/domains.shtmlBill Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005119902308057166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1698909606206666126.post-36836529560249848102007-04-09T09:22:00.000-07:002007-04-09T09:22:00.000-07:00Nice list. I like the Wiki approach for documentin...Nice list. I like the Wiki approach for documenting/recording conferences; for example, event calendar or proceedings, presenter information/bio/notes, attendee feedback, or travel, hotel, and restaurant guides. A goggle search for 'conference wiki 2007' will return several results as more ideas for using such an approach.Bill Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005119902308057166noreply@blogger.com