In brief: The short-lived Philippines tourism rebrand sorely lacked social touchpoints. Such a high-engagement brand should've leveraged public participation by strategically integrating the role of online influencers and social media in the whole project cycle. The Department of Tourism and its ad … [Read more...]
Social media as platforms for good governance
Here's my take on the furor in the Philippines over Mislang's Twitter fiasco and the recent moves to regulate the use of social networks by government employees. This whole issue goes beyond an individual's mistakes; turning to mere regulation of social networks is the worst way to move forward. … [Read more...]
Practicing the social in social media
[Note: This article was originally published in Munting Nayon Magazine and was meant as an introductory piece on the importance of properly drawing up social media strategy and policies.] Social technologies are revolutionising society. You’ve probably heard this before and shook your head in … [Read more...]
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – other examples
This serves more as an appendix to the main articles I've written on the subject. I plan to update this list of best practices in e-democacy / e-governance / open civic governance / gov 2.0. I've already listed some inspiring initiatives in part 3 of the main article, but I know there are a lot … [Read more...]
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 3/3
Some inspirations Digital Public Square of the District of Columbia Vivek Kundra, America’s Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), spearheaded this project when he was still the Chief Technology Officer of D.C. This portal allowed online access to different government data and services, making … [Read more...]
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 2/3
Starting points for practicing E-democracy “A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, "sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants."” (Memorandum of the Freedom of Information Act by Barack Obama) In a nutshell, good … [Read more...]