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From Open Government to Online Engagement: Lessons Learned
Andrew Krzmarzick GovLoop Director of Community Engagement
Our Time Together
1. Overview of GovLoop
2. Evolution of Open Government
3. Social Media Trends
4. Online Engagement: Lessons Learned
• 14 years raising money and awareness for non-profits, educational institutions and social businesses
• Generated over $100 million through proposals, fundraising and marketing
• Design and deliver presentations on social media, generational diversity, telework, and social learning
• Built first-of-its-kind, government-wide mentors program in the U.S.
• Manage a team of 15 full-time and part-time employees to deploy a comprehensive digital engagement strategy
Andrew Krzmarzick LinkedIn.com/in/andrewkrzmarzick
@krazykriz
Online community of government colleagues
helping each other to do their jobs better.
Mission: “Connect government to improve government”
JAN 2009: Community Leaders
JUN 2009: 10,000
Members
JUN 2008: GovLoop Launched
Passionate Federal Employee Committed Volunteers
SEP 2009: 20,000
Members
Full-‐Time Team = 4
Evolution
JUL 2010: Next Gen Gov Event in DC
MAR 2011: Mentors Program
SEP 2011: 50,000
Members
SEP 2010: 40,000
Members
20+ Corporate Partners
Jul 2012: Next Gen =
600+
Team = 14
SEP 2012: 60,000
Members
Sub-‐Communities, Podcast, Guides
Member Overview
50.37 %
13.14 %
14.83%
9.18%
12.48%
Federal Government
State Government
Local Government
Industry/Gov’t Contractors
Other (i.e. non-profit, academia & International Gov’t)
Average Age:
Top 10 Agencies on GovLoop 1. Dept. of Defense 2. Dept. of Health & Human Services 3. Dept. of Agriculture 4. Dept. of Veterans Affairs 5. Dept. of Homeland Security 6. General Services Admin. 7. Dept. of Commerce 8. Environmental Protection Agency 9. Dept. of Transportation 10. Dept. of Labor
Total # of Agencies: 37
Vehicles:
• Blogs
• Forums
• Groups
• Events
• Guides
• Podcasts
• Webinars
Value: • Share and find best practices
• Get questions answered quickly
• Solve problems faster
• Learn from peers and experts
“Knowledge Network”
“Knowledge Network”
1. Learn from each other online.
“Knowledge Network”
2. Learn from each other in person.
“Knowledge Network”
3. Learn from each other one-on-one.
“Knowledge Network”
4. Learn from experts via webinars.
“Knowledge Network”
5. Learn from experts via podcasts.
“Knowledge Network”
6. Learn from experts / each other via guides.
Partners With:
“Knowledge Network”
7. Teach citizens that government works.
“Knowledge Network”
Questions?
President Obama: Day 1
Historic Change? "Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right and a desire to know.”
President Obama: Day 2
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment
January 21, 2009
http://www.justice.gov/ag/foia-memo-march2009.pdf
“Nondisclosure should never be based on an effort to protect the interest of Government officials at the expense of those they are supposed to serve.” “All agencies should adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure….”
Presume openness; disclose affirmatively; and modernize.
January 2010
January 2010
January 2010
March 2010
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-11.pdf
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-11.pdf
300+ to date
September 2011
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-11.pdf
• disclosed more information under the Freedom of Information Act.
• devised ambitious Open Government Plans to increase opportunities for public engagement
• made voluminous information newly available on government websites.
• shined more light on federal spending.
• taken steps to provide more disclosure of sensitive government information.
• used technology in many innovative ways that make information useful to citizens in their everyday lives.
Freedom of Information
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-11.pdf
• Agencies made full disclosures—i.e., un-redacted disclosure of all requested information—for nearly 56% of all FOIA requests where responsive records were processed.
• constitutes more than a 6% increase over the previous year from October 2008 through September 2009.
• marks the first increase in full FOIA disclosures in the past ten years.
• Taking partial and full disclosures together, agencies made disclosures in 93-94%% of all processed FOIA requests over the last fiscal year.
Freedom of Information
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-11.pdf
• Over the past fiscal year, the ninety-seven agencies subject to the FOIA together invoked FOIA exemptions less than in the previous year. In fact, the invocation of FOIA exemptions dropped by nearly 54,000 over the past year, more than a 10% reduction.
• agencies overall processed more requests than they received this past fiscal year…also increased the number of FOIA requests they processed as compared with last fiscal year
• reduced their backlogs of pending FOIA requests over the past fiscal year. The ninety-seven agencies across the government that are subject to FOIA collectively reduced their backlogs by 10.1%.
Freedom of Information
Digital Government Strategy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2012/m-12-18.pdf
March 2012
Digital Government
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2012/m-12-18.pdf
Digital Government
http://www.state.gov/digitalstrategy/
Digital Government
http://www.state.gov/digitalstrategy/
Digital Government
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/142785
Digital Government
http://www.howto.gov
Digital Government
http://www.howto.gov
Digital Government
http://www.apps.gov/
Open Innovation: Leading Practices
• compares different plans
• shows information that has never been made public
• Allows vets to access and download information from My HealtheVet into simple text file or PDF
• Gives control without special software • Enables sharing with health care
providers, caregivers, or people you trust.
Open Innovation: Leading Practices
8 Lessons from Open Gov in the U.S.
1. Nail down policy first.
2. Remove legal hurdles.
3. Give clear directions and deadlines.
4. Assign agency champions.
5. Provide tools and resources.
6. Hold agencies accountable, report on progress.
7. Use peer pressure via comparison.
8. Highlight leading practices.
Open Government: Global Impact
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
Sep 2011
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
• Launched on September 20, 2011, with 8 founding governments (Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, UK, US)
• aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.
• overseen by a steering committee of governments and civil society organizations.
Participating countries must: • embrace a high-level Open Government Declaration; • deliver a country action plan developed with public
consultation; and • commit to independent reporting on their progress.
Open Government: Global Impact
Open Government: Israeli Impact
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
Open Government: Israeli Impact
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
Open Government: Global Impact
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
Open Government: Global Impact
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
Dec 2010
Open Government: Local Impact
OpenGovernmentInitiative.org/
Open Government: Local Impact
Open Government: Local Impact
5 Mega Trends with Social Media and Government*
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
1. The cry for transparency
“This is a terrible time to be a control freak” – Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State
• broad recognition that government information belongs to the people
• technology is enabling a new wave of sharing
• Best practice: U.S. Government Printing Office site
o volumes of documents now available at visitor finger tips
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
2. Citizen engagement
“The opportunity of social media and government is not economic or technological. It’s emotional.”
— Aneesh Chopra, Former CTO of the U.S. Government • Challenge.gov rewards citizens with cash prizes for solving
government problems
• Crowd-sourced budgeting processes
• NASA has a range of programs encouraging active participation in
agency project – customize your own NASA project page
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
3. Humanizing government
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
“Social media is not a second website, it’s a community.”
— Tristram Perry, U.S. State Department
• people are people, brands are building an emotional connection • citizens are expecting government to do the same
• City of Reno poked fun with YouTube videos, crooked Christmas tree. • U.S. Embassy, Jakarta = more Facebook fans than all embassies combined:
o Spark discussion and give people a reason to belong. o Customize your information for your audience. o Develop unique, engaging content. o Post regularly. o Set goals and reassess them periodically.
4. Crisis management
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
5. Real-time response (and mobile)
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
• in private sector, there are many case studies about companies using social
media as an effective tool to solve problems in real-time • these practices are being adopted by state and city (and federal)
governments. • with a tweet or text (or an app) — potholes, broken street lights and other
issues are being reported and fixed.
• 311-Twitter service in San Franciso, for example, has answered over 7 million calls and thousands of more requests online.
Why wouldn’t citizens expect national governments to do the same?
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
Leading Practice: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
Leading Practice: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
Leading Practice: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
Leading Practice: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*Source: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/04/04/five-mega-trends-how-social-media-is-transforming-government/ç
Anatomy of a Fantastic Facebook Page
1. Human voice
2. Effective use of photos
3. Relevant, local information
4. Diverse information
5. Blend of fun and serious
6. Frequent posting
7. Open forum
4 Lessons for Open Online Engagement
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1. Engagement is Not Easy
• It’s REALLY hard, but… • There’s a methodology and rigor
Integration with traditional
communication = key to driving real results
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2. Email is Not Dead
Population: 140 million It would be bigger than Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
If Twitter was a country
Population: 1 billion active users It would be the world’s 3rd largest country
Bigger than North and South America combined
If Facebook was a country
It Covers Continents It would be an empire: 2.9 Billion users
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Anatomy of a “Social” Newsletter
3. Aim for an Integrated Approach
4. You Don’t Have to Do It All
Test => Learn => Iterate
http://www.slideshare.net/alexgrech/open-government-and-social-media
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