IBM Report: Social Intranet – Insights on Managing and Sharing Knowledge Internally

IBM The Center for the Business of Government has published my new practitioner report titled “The Social Intranet – Insights on Managing and Sharing Knowledge Internally”. The report highlights four different social networking sites (think: Government’s own internal Facebook) that are designed to increase collaboration and knowledge sharing opportunities among public servants. The insights are based

New article: Networks in Public Administration in PMR

My co-authors Jesse Lecy (GSU), Hans Peter Schmitz (SU) and I have published an article in Public Management Review: Lecy, J., Mergel, I., Schmitz, H. P. (2013): Networks in Public Administration, published online DOI:10.1080/14719037.2012.743577, in: Public Management Review. [Link to pre-publication version on SSRN] Here is the abstract: Network-focused research in public administration has expanded rapidly

New IBM report: Working the Network – A Manager’s Guide for Using #Twitter in Government

Here is the executive summary of the report: Twitter—a microblogging service that allows for short updates of 140 characters—has grown to over 540 million registered accounts as of early 2012.News organizations, corporations, and the U.S. government have adopted this new practice as an innovative form of interaction with their stakeholders. Many government agencies maintain at

Academic networking & social media

I recently presented my ideas on why academics should tweet and blog too at a symposium at Syracuse University called “Tenure Track Dream Team”. A little over 140 students who are currently on the job market attended the day – about 8-10 were actively using Twitter and 2-3 tweeted during the conference. I focused my

James Fowler on the Colbert Report

James Fowler talks about the strong influence of social networks and how they affect our lives: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c <td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'James Fowler http://www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Economy

A Call for Papers on Twitter networks at the 2010 Sunbelt Social Networks Conference

At the 2010 International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, to take place at Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy, from June 29 to July 4, 2010, we intend to organize a session on Twitter networks. We are looking for papers with empirical evidence using the social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter.com. Twitter has become one of the

Book: Influence of social networks on the adoption of eLearning practices

On a personal note: Just designed the cover of a new publication. My dissertation (from 2005) will be available in a print-on-demand version soon. An increasing number of public institutions of higher education are realizing that there is a need to integrate innovative technologies into their curricula in order to enable students to access and

Marines: Immediate ban of Social Networking Services (- or not)

Marines: Immediate Ban of SNS Originally uploaded by Ines Mergel. The Marines are no longer able to access social networking services. The following graphic shows the official statement published online and in all capital letters: THESE INTERNET SITES IN GENERAL ARE A PROVEN HAVEN FOR MALICIOUS ACTORS AND CONTENT AND ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK DUE

Just added my Twitter account to Flickr2Twitter

Flickr2Twitter Originally uploaded by Ines Mergel.

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra: Five-Point Plan

Vivek Kundra’s  Five-Point Plan on which the administrative agenda will focus on was published in Government Technology: Open and transparent government. Lowering the cost of government. Cyber-security Participatory democracy Innovation I am especially curious how Kundra and his colleague Beth Noveck will accomplish point 4 and what kind of tools they will use to increase