Open Gov : Open Gov : The New Rules of The New Rules of

CollaborationCollaboration

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Why Collaboration?Your agency’s Open Government Plan should explain in detail how your agency will improve COLLABORATION,

including steps the agency will take to revise its current practices to further cooperation with other Federal and non-Federal governmental agencies, the public, and non-profit and private entities in fulfilling the agency’s core mission activities.

The specific details should include proposed changes to internal management and administrative policies to improve collaboration.

It’s Not NewShared DriveFocus GroupsEmailIntranetListservsEventsDirectoriesInformation SharingWorking GroupsKnowledge Management

How It’s DifferentRise of Social TechnologiesCultural and Generational ChangeRise of mobileRise of broadbandRise of videoDynamic not StaticNew consumer use cases - Facebook, Amazon Reviews, American Idol,Twitter, Skype, Banks

Open Gov Directive

OpenGov CollaborationEngage with State/Local stakeholdersInternal Departmental and AgencyOrganized working groups on issuesGet Feedback from publicCreate Knowledge repositoriesSolicit New Ideas Internally/ExternallyFind relevant experts and stakeholdersLaunch Focus groups

Specifically….

9 Rules for OpenGov

Collaboration Lessons fromThe GovLoop

Playbook

RULE 1IdentifyIdentify

What is the problem you want to solve ?

Problem:Problem:

Millions of government employees

working on similar issues but no safe place

to connect and share best practices.

RULE 2EnlistmentEnlistment

Where is the target audience?

RULE 3EngagementEngagement

How do we get them to connect?

RULE 4EmpowermentEmpowerment

How do we get them to own it?

RULE 5EnergyEnergy

How do we keep them energized?

RULE 6EnforcementEnforcement

How do we get them to…

??

RULE 7EnhancementEnhancement

How do we keep them coming back?

WTF ?!WTF ?!??WWhere’s TThe FFun?

RULE 8

WIIFY ?!?WIIFY ?!?WWhat’s IIn IIt FFor YYou?

RULE 9

1.1. Places/Help on G2G CollaborationPlaces/Help on G2G Collaboration

2.2. Share/Replicate Best PracticesShare/Replicate Best Practices

3.3. Honor/Highlight Public ServiceHonor/Highlight Public Service

Here to Help

Topics?1.1. Food SafetyFood Safety

2.2. Emergency Management Emergency Management

3.3. Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Issues

4.4. Gov’t RecruitmentGov’t Recruitment

5.5. Public Health OutreachPublic Health Outreach

6. Grants and Grantees6. Grants and Grantees

7. Research 7. Research

8. Transportation8. Transportation

9. Procurement 9. Procurement

10. ??? Tell Us?10. ??? Tell Us?

Steve ResslerSteve ResslerFounder and PresidentFounder@GovLoop.com@GovLoop

Questions

Andrew KrzmarzickAndrew KrzmarzickCommunity Manager

Andrew@GovLoop.com@KrazyKriz