Shining a light on your site's data
Is your organization sitting on a treasure trove of data and policy content? Are juicy data sitting fallow in dark, dusty corners of your organization's private file shares?
Many organizations are bringing their content and data into the light. They are enabling others to syndicate it, re-mix it, or republish it. In return, they enjoy increased prominence, attention, and influence.
For example, the District of Columbia now provides over 200 web feeds on topics ranging from child care to crime. NPR has announced a programming interface in which anyone can tap into its database of over a decade of stories. How did DC and NPR get senior management to sign-on? What results have they gotten? Should your organization consider similar approaches? How can you leverage others' data to create new services?
We'll address these questions and more at our next Web Executive Seminar at the National Press Club. We'll hear success stories from Andy Carvin of NPR, Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia, Clay Johnson of Sunlight Labs, and David Stephenson, an expert advisor to government agencies sharing data online.
Learn more and register: www.forumone.com/walls
Cheers,
Dave Witzel,
Founder and Managing Director
dwitzel@forumone.com
Upcoming Events
Web Executive Seminar
"Web Sites Without Walls: Influential Strategies for Syndication"
Sept. 9, National Press Club, Washington, DC
8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
At Forum One's next Web Executive
Seminar, speakers from National Public Radio, the District of Columbia,
and other experts will talk about their approaches to sharing site
content and data via web site services.
Online Community Summit
Oct. 9-10, Sonoma, CA
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Online Community Summit is an industry-leading, invitation-only event bringing together leaders
in online collaboration.
Forum One News
LIVE Interview Online
W. David
Stephenson on Dueling Platforms and a Dash of
Transparency
Forum One was pleased to host
a live interview online with data visualization expert David Stephenson.
David has called for people to use data and visualizations to shape policy such as
using IBM's ManyEyes service to influence the Democratic Party's platform.
Federal Government Clients: Year-End Services
Struggling with how to spend your end-of-fiscal-year money? Forum One has
some packaged services for you to consider:
- Sign up for a discounted one-year contract with
ProjectSpaces, our easy-to-use workspace
product
- Treat your staff to a half-day workshop on "Web
2.0 for Federal Web Sites" on online trends and applications
- Host a dialogue, expose your experts, and
generate fresh web content with a custom Live Interviews Online site
- Evaluate your current web efforts with a baseline web site assessment, covering online prominence, usability,
supporting technologies, and site services weighed against best practices.
For more information, contact Chris Wolz at cwolz@forumone.com or 703.548.1855 ext. 11.
Wall Street Journal Selects Forum One as a
Finalist in 'Top Small Workplaces'
The Wall Street Journal and Winning
Workplaces have selected Forum One Communications as a finalist in their
annual "Top Small Workplaces" competition.
Client News
- Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), an
initiative of the Center for Global Development, was selected as an
Official Honoree of the 2008 Webby
Awards.
See why at CARMA.org.
- The United States Institute of Peace launched
its Building for Peace web site, which will be used to raise $10 million
over the next two years to support the construction of USIP's new
building.
Visit the new site at www.usip.org/building.
- The National Council of La Raza will host the 10th edition of the ALMA Awards on Sept. 12. The awards are part of NCLR's strategy to promote fair, accurate, and balanced portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry.
Read more about the ALMA Awards.
New Clients
We're very pleased to be working with a number of new clients, including:
- Center for the Study of the Presidency
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Cisco
- Ethics Resource Center
- Gotham Gazette
- Grantmakers in Health
- Health Access Foundation
- The International Development Research Centre
- Kaboom!
- National Environmental Education Foundation
- Skoll Foundation
- Vera Institute of Justice
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Careers @ Forum One
We are looking to add a few new people to our
team at one of DC's "Great Places to Work." We're looking for an information
architect interested in the
nexus of online tools and important policy problems, and a web
strategist with experience in international development or global health. Is this you!?
Check out current openings
And please pass this along to anyone who would be interested.
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