Obama & social media

The (new) US Government – and Barak Obama – are avid ict & social media users/producers. I found some cool stuff:

The Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 YouTube Channel. It’s really good. Here’s their website and their twitter profile. The White House’s Blog.

What other info can you find out about Barak Obama, the inauguration, election, US government etc with respect to using social media. Obama is all about reaching people and connecting with him. How did he do it? What do you think of all this? (click the comment button to contribute).

Also, because I have limited experience with wikis, I thought I would try and play around. So, I created a wiki page with all course tasks, with some links and info: http://proftracy.pbwiki.com/comm2p26. Let me know what you think. handy? (tho it’s not interactive/collaborative at this point).

Blog Work

Find, read & explore some wikis
Marketing: http://www.stephanspencer.com/wikis/wikis-for-marketing
Educational: http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/How+we+use+wikis+in+class?t=anon
List of wikis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis

Businesses & wikis
How To Use Wikis For Business
Wikis Are Now Serious Business
Would Your Business Benefit from a Wiki?

Wiki:
Comment on the wiki’s you’ve looked at
What do you dis/like about the use of wikis?
Would you ever use/create one?
How are wikis good for businesses?

Twitter:
Comment on how tweeting is going for you, any interesting things you’ve come across, and the tweets you are reading. Find a way to tweet that works for you – check out these suggestions:
Top ten types of Tweets
Six Types of Tweets
Get Twhirl and try using that interface to tweet instead.

Experiment with #Hashtags at http://hashtags.org
Find something you’re interested in and see what’s being tweeted about it.