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Homefront Heroes Takes Compelling Wounded Warrior Stories To The GI Film Festival

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — For those not directly connected with an active-duty military person or a veteran, you often only hear their stories vaguely, or in passing. Now, two very different people have created Homefront Heroes to deliver veterans’ stories to you in a very compelling, human way. Mike Allen, a Microsoft executive in their ... Read more »
Celebrities, Defense, Movies, Philanthropy, Television, Video
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Ask What Technology You Can Buy For Your Country

Kim Nelson (Chevy Chase, MD) — It’s the holiday season, and as usual there is a media frenzy over consumers, what they are buying, and more importantly, what it may or may not mean. In the issue of Time that I received on Cyber Monday an article by Stephen Gandel titled “The Shopping Bag Indicator” outlined ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Education, Gaming, Government, Health, Next at Microsoft, Retail, Social Software, Video
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A Personal Road Trip To Roadtrip Nation

Mark Drapeau (Newport Beach, CA) — Where does inspiration come from? For some young people, it comes from reading stories in books or magazines. For others, it comes from learning at the hand of an older mentor or teacher. For still others, however, inspiration is elusive. Recently, I caught up with an innovative organization called ... Read more »
Civic Hacking, Education, Leadership, Nonprofits, Television, Video
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Wikileaks Starfish Versus Government Spiders

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — A little over a year ago, I published a post on the O’Reilly Radar blog called “Government 2.0: Five Predictions for 2010-2012.” In the post, I described some “non-exhaustive, somewhat creative, and entirely debatable trends and ideas” that I thought might take shape in the coming years. Here, I revisit ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Cyber Issues, Entrepreneurship, Gadgets and Mobile, Government, International, Journalism, Social Software, Video
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Government Public Affairs According To Trump

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Donald Trump is a master of public branding and marketing for himself and his eponymous business interests. While government doesn’t usually consider itself in the business of “marketing” itself, in reality, the Open Government movement is to some degree about publicizing data and information in order to get it to ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cheeky Geeky, DIY, Government, Media, Social Software, Video
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