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Combating the Asymmetry of Social Media

Declaration of

Open Government

July 2010

… three key principles:

•Informing

•Engaging

•Participating

Mark Twain Andrea Di Maio

The aim of the war is to gain the support of the population rather than control of territory

David Galula

Don’t hide behind the walls of your Facebook

site

Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Police Service

Twitter – 15th July 2006Facebook – 26th September 2006

The strategic corporal - leadership in complex, rapidly evolving environments devolves lower and lower down the chain of command …

The three ‘Fs’ of dealing with provocation:•Facts•Fences•Forget

Campaign on Twitter,Govern in Prose

Followers don’t necessarily mean success

Measurement in social media isn’t all it seems

• Don’t sit behind the walls

• Give them what they want

• Trust & involve your staff

• Facts, fences & forgetting

• If you cut out the middle man, don’t forget

the translation

• Use the right tools

• Don’t just count the bodies

• Plan and monitor

AGIMO BlogEffective and efficient use of

ICT

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Questions

Photo Credits – all downloaded 28 Aug 11

AK-47 - https://southasiarev.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/india-reactionary-military-units-formed-to-combat-maoists/Declaration of Independence - http://faculty.isi.org/catalog/resource/view/id/555Mark Twain - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarkTwain.LOC.jpgAndrea Di Maio - http://egovasia.enterpriseinnovation.net/content/making-government-portals-relevantTanks - http://missiledefense.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/russia-to-spend-730-billion-on-new-weapons/Kilcullen Book - http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/counterinsurgencyFort - http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/for-t-no-4-at-charlestown-new-hampshire.html - modified to change colour and add Facebook flag and red “banned” graphicsSocial Network Poster - http://www.impawards.com/2010/social_network.htmlCorporal - http://www.defence.gov.au/op/eastTimor/gallery/2010/20101117/20101102adf8208246_032_lo.jpgKeep Calm - http://katie73.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/dont-feed-the-trolls/Vietnam War - http://cfurf87145.blogspot.com/2011/05/chapter-12-vietnam-war.htmlObama - http://socialaxcess.com/2011/06/24/barack-obama-wrote-this-tweet-himself-bo/