Social Media and the “Rat-Pac”

by admin on June 2, 2009

A couple weeks back I had the fortunate opportunity to talk with the folks at the US Pacific Fleet when Theresa Donnelly, their Public Affairs Community Relations Director, reached out to tell me about the command’s new Facebook page and Twitter feed. Theresa sparked my curiosity and I was soon begging them to open up [...]

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SOUTHCOM: Encouraging Social Media Experimentation

by admin on May 6, 2009

With an increasing number of military leaders and commands experimenting with social media, I decided to reach out to US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and see what lessons they might share with the community. After a couple tweets with @southcomwatch (SOUTHCOM’s official Twitter handle) I was referred to Sarah Nagelmann (@sen213), Director of Strategic Communications for [...]

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Moldovan Protests Leverage Social Media

by admin on April 8, 2009

As protests broke out in Moldova protesting the country’s Communist leadership, news agencies such as the Telegraph (’Students use Twitter to storm presidency in Moldov‘) and New York Times (‘Protests in Moldova Explode, With Help of Twitter’) emphasized the popular Twitter service as a key tool for organizing the movement. However, the Frontline Club, a [...]

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The Iranian Blogging Revolution

by admin on April 7, 2009

After writing a snarky piece about Iran and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s social media efforts, I’ve turned my attention to a more important issue – the Iranian blogosphere. Unknown to many, Iran has become the third largest nation of bloggers. While some may see this as a threat, I look at it as a blossoming opportunity to [...]

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Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a Blog…Don’t We All

by admin on April 7, 2009

Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has his own blog at Personal Memo’s where global citizens come to praise him. The most interesting section is the comments column; I’ve included a few of these “honest” gems for your amusement:

George Cheng Shu
shu…@gmail.com

I think many people on the world do not really know Iran, especially for Irans long history and [...]

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General Caldwell Creates an Army of Social Media Warriors

by admin on April 5, 2009

In Aug of 2006, the Department of Defense issued an Immediate Infosec/Website Alert Message to ban blogs and other activity sharing information across the internet. Flash forward to early 2008 and you find General Caldwell, formerly the top spokesperson in Iraq and now head of the Combined Arms Center at Ft Leavenworth, urging the military [...]

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Social Media and Perception Management Challenges

by admin on April 5, 2009

I was browsing Jeff Bentley’s twitterstream the other day and his tweet below inspired some thoughts on perception management and military conflict. Jeff ended up writing a post about Perception Management and Internet Marketing, but for me his tweet inspired some thinking about the challenges of social media and perception management.

jeffbentley: reading: The Challenges of [...]

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Defense Science Board “Human Dynamics Study” Advocates Social Media Expertise

by admin on April 3, 2009

The Defense Science Board recently released Understanding Human Dynamics, a report spawned by the need to understand the human dimension of war given the nature of the “war on terrorism” and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. While the entire report is a fascinating look at where the military is going in its approach to [...]

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Admiral Thad Allen – Leadership by Example on the Social Web

by admin on April 2, 2009

Taking a shot out of the Apple advertising series, Adm Allen demonstrates the effect of the Social Web on US Coast Guard communications. In a well written and succinct article of Coast Guard Magazine (Issue 4, 2008 Community), PA2 Dan Bender outlines the reasoning behind the Coast Guard’s embrace of the Social Web. Every command [...]

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