Gov 2.0 Camp Rocky Mountains
Government 2.0 Camp is the unconference about using social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies. The camp will bring together the leading thinkers from government, academia, and industry to share Government 2.0 initiatives that are already in process and collaborate about how to leverage social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create a more collaborative, efficient, and effective U.S. government on all levels (local, state, and federal).
In 2009, the first
Government 2.0 Camp was held in Washington D.C. to bring together leading thinkers from government, academia, and industry to share Government 2.0 initiatives that were in progress and to collaborate on ideas about leveraging social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create a more collaborative, transparent, and effective government- Government 2.0. That event was a success and laid the ground work for other Government 2.0 Camps throughout the United States.
Government 2.0 Camp Rocky Mountains is the first Government 2.0 camp for the Rocky Mountian Region. This camp will bring together government leaders, policy makers, scholars, students, contractors, and government employees to discuss and work collaboratively on improving government through technology. This event is open to anyone interested in improving government. Our focus will be the use of technologies, like Web 2.0 and social media tools, to create a more collaborative, transparent, and effective government.
The inaugural Government 2.0 Camp was organized by the
Government 2.0 Club, a national organization that creates opportunities for government, academia, and industry to share ideas and solutions for leveraging social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create a more collaborative, efficient, and effective government. This camp is not organized by that group, but formation of a Rocky Mountian chapter may become an action item of our camp.
Event details
When
June 12, 2010
Where
Registration
Where to stay?
The planners will make arrangements with local hotels for any attendee who need a place to stay.
And, a side note, we are not planning to provide name tags at the event. We have several reasons, such as unnecessary cost, they often just get thrown away, we'd rather have people learn names when they meet, and the inspiration of our friend Micah's blog post: 750 Words on Relationships,
http://learntoduck.com/750words/relationships.
Google Group
A google group has been set-up for e-mail updates and other important information. (We will try to keep traffic to a minimum. i.e. no spamming)
Sponsors
If you are interested in supporting the camp as a sponsor, please follow the registration link or contact the planners at
rmgov20camp@gmail.com.
Any contribution is welcome. Please limit your donation to a maximum of $300.
Camp sponsors:
- VisionTek, Inc.
- Corner Aliance
- Colorado.gov
- Microsoft
- Craig Newmark
Camp supporters:
Schedule (tentative)
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Opening / Introduction
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Changes in communication and leadership (Aaron Templar)
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CSC Labs/OpenColorado (Sean Hudson/Michele Hovet/Brian Gryth)
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM 5-minute break
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM Citizen participation & collaboration (TBD)
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Emergency Management & Web 2.0 (Corey Reynolds)
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Sponsor demonstrations & presentations
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Discussion session
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Discussion session
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Break
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Closing / Wrap-up
Proposed Sessions
- Why is Gov 2.0 important for your agency and how do you sell it to management?
- How does Gov 2.0 support government’s role? What is government’s role?
- What role do/can/should citizens play in Gov 2.0?
- The importance of data catalogs and how to develop them
- Discussion and presentation about a community driven project called Colorado Smart Communities (aka CSC Labs) which has the goal of creating a universal data catalog for Colorado
- A presentation about Law.gov, a proposed data catalog of primary law sources in the United States
- State legislative transparency and making the legislature more open to citizens
- Examples of successful implementation of organizational change in government
- How is Gov 2.0 applicable to public information officers?
- Is Gov 2.0 successfully supporting government collaboration with the public?
- Records retention issues (e.g. Library of Congress & Twitter)
- Copyright and other related legal issues
- Buyin / consensus building for government website portals
- Funding models for Gov 2.0 efforts
- The impact of budget shortfall on Gov 2.0
- How does the digital divide affect Gov 2.0 efforts
- How the FCC's broadband efforts might support government agencies
- Using social media internally
- Recent legislation that is of interest
If you’d like to present or lead a discussion on any of these topics, or, if you’re interested in any other topics, please let us know. Also feel free to suggest a different topic or if you have a presentation that you would like to present, please share. In addition, we have a few rooms available, so if a smaller group wants to split off into a breakout room, that’s no problem
Planners
Volunteers
Task List
(please -cross out- when it's done)
Tech
- Wifi
- Projectors
- Photo
- Video
- Audio
- Streaming video or Stickam or Skype
Non-tech
- Logo design (currently have assistance from VisionTek, thank you!)
- T-shirt design
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Coffee/Tea/Soda/Water
- Tables & chairs (mainly for registration)
- Extra pens
- Chalk & erasers (Yes, we get to use chalkboards)
Tags for twitter, flickr, delicious, technorati etc.
Please use the tag RMcamp on delicious and flickr and the hashtag #RMcamp on twitter for content related to this event
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