What you will learn:

We have invited speakers from Government 2.0 success stories and leaders to share the lessons they have learned and Best Practices and Lessons Learned from 15 social media/web 2.0 innovative government programs.

More Specifically:

For Current and Future Leaders:

How to use social media tools to influence your organization and increase your leadership success.
Why social media tools are becoming a necessity in leading large organizations.
What the digital native generation expects from and looks for in leaders.
How the nature of information and perception of authority is changing in a digital environment where everyone is a publisher.
And yes some hints on how to write your blog!

For those who need INNOVATIVE solutions for government and technological problems:

How to encourage knowledge sharing across your agency with other agencies.
How NASA is driving the progress in aerospace technology for increased value to NASA's missions by engaging the public and creating competition at a low cost.
How to engage innovator communities in the citizenry through contests to achieve low cost technological breakthroughs (yes its been done X Prize! DOD Prize Program!).
How crowdsourcing can lower the cost of work by distributing over large groups which have common goals.
How the US Patent office has made use of crowdsourcing to engage public expertise to research patent applications.
How Dell has used Crowdsourcing to bring 20 innovative products to market by engaging their user community.
How USAID has facilitated the creation of innovative solutions for developing countries through the Development 2.0 Challenge.

For those who want to Improve Collaboration between and within Agencies:

How managers can overcome the challenges of managing collaborative projects and have done so at FEMA.
How OMB has deployed the MAX wiki and facilitated its growth as a cross-agency collaboration tool.
How the DOD is allowing innovative solutions to found and shared across departments and geographies through DODTechipedia.
How the Air Force is building a community of shared information and innovation among military scientists through Aristotle.
How the state department is creating an atmosphere of collaboration and shared information through Communities@State and Diplopedia.
How the intelligence community is finding a value in using social media tools within the workplace from best practice examples such as Intellipedia and A-Space.
How NASA is using low cost methods to create Spacebook, Goddard’s new internal social media application.

For those who communicate with the Public:

How the White House created a public forum to contribute innovative ideas.
How TSA is improving customer satisfaction and security by soliciting ideas and engaging the public through IdeaFactory.
How to engage the public and create Online Video and Public Service Announcements through Contests.
How to build a sense of community among targeted audiences and get them to assist in spreading your message.
How the CDC has created and managed constructive online discussions with the public over sensitive topics.
How the DOD is engaging and influencing the online public discussion with facts and information the public wants to know.
How the National Archives is facilitating the nation’s educational communities through a virtual online community.
Lessons from the commercial world on running successful contests to create engaging creative designs and video.
How the State Department is using Social Media and Online Communities to spread the message and values of Democracy throughout the world.
How Washington DC is engaging its citizens to create web based applications to improve their standard of living and improve the satisfaction of citizen contact.

For those New to Social Media:

Why social media has become an important tool for all communicators.
The types of social media tools and what they can offer.
Understanding the difference between traditional communications and community-based or social media methods.
Real life experiences of social media tools by leading practitioners in the government.
Federal Government Policy regarding Social Media and what it means to Agencies and Government Contractors.