Comments on: Do you want control, a megaphone or real participation? http://osrin.net/2009/07/do-you-want-control-a-megaphone-or-real-participation/ Notes from fourty one degrees south... Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeffrey Levy http://osrin.net/2009/07/do-you-want-control-a-megaphone-or-real-participation/comment-page-1/#comment-32560 Jeffrey Levy Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:55:48 +0000 http://osrin.net/2009/07/do-you-want-control-a-megaphone-or-real-participation/#comment-32560 I think you're right on target with your discussion, as well as with your optimism. A typical social media adoption chart shows broadcasting first, then slowly developing a way to actually discuss and engage. That's definitely the way it's happening at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We have a range of projects underway, some of which are broadcast and other, newer ones, which are more 2-way. I'm confident, like you, that's a one-way street and we'll see more and more true engagement over time. I think you’re right on target with your discussion, as well as with your optimism.

A typical social media adoption chart shows broadcasting first, then slowly developing a way to actually discuss and engage.

That’s definitely the way it’s happening at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We have a range of projects underway, some of which are broadcast and other, newer ones, which are more 2-way.

I’m confident, like you, that’s a one-way street and we’ll see more and more true engagement over time.

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