| Gov 2.0 Summit, a new government technology conference co-produced by O’Reilly Media and TechWeb, capitalizes on the momentum for change and broad engagement, creating a non-partisan forum for addressing the monumental challenges our nation faces by applying the Web 2.0 principles of user engagement, rapid development, and real-time intelligence. Gov 2.0 Summit will bring together influential stake-holders in government, industry, non-profits, and academia to make government more transparent and accountable, reinvent the contracting ecosystem, and feature best practices and case studies to demonstrate how tasks can be accomplished more effectively and cheaply.
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Lately, we have been working with a team of Google volunteers and health officials from Mexico and Argentina to help them set up YouTube channels that inform the citizenship about H1N1 official measures and communications. Videos have proven to be a very powerful tool in providing a clear message in this specific area. When the H1N1 flu started to become widespread in Mexico, people were desperate for more information. Many of the official government sites were overwhelmed by the sudden influx of visitors and sometimes the information the public needed wasn’t available. Read more at www.citizentube.com |
We’re always looking for ways to enhance the way people consume the news, and we have some improvements planned over the next few months. To get things started, Google News and YouTube are teaming up to help news publishers build a bigger audience for their video content. |
| Viewership Analysis. Learn more about the people viewing and interacting with your videos. Use YouTube’s Insight tool to easily discover troves of useful demographic information and understand what parts of your videos people liked or didn’t like. Geographic information provided can help you focus your marketing efforts. Read more at www.citizentube.com |
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