The Effects of The Astral Media Buyout
March 20, 2012, No Comments

What is a conglomerate when it comes to communication technology? The recent buyout of Astral Media by Bell Media has so ...

The Rules of Social Media Campaigning
March 14, 2012, No Comments

Whether you are a government, an NGO, a business or an individual, using social media effectively is about connecting wi ...

Staying Ahead of the Innovation Curve
January 16, 2012, 1 Comment

Innovation isn’t a stop and start process. It is a continuous cycle that is equal parts community involvement, persona ...

The Innovative Properties of Social Media
January 16, 2012, 3 Comments

How does social media help the public sector innovate? Before we answer this question, it’s worth understanding just w ...

How to Increase Employee Engagement within the Government
December 8, 2011, 1 Comment

Any successful relationship is based on two primary factors: commitment and satisfaction. The relationship between an em ...

Appropriate Social Media Tools for the Government
November 30, 2011, 1 Comment

What is the difference between personal and professional communication on social media? The Federal Government just rece ...

How to Measure the Real-World Results of Social Media
November 30, 2011, No Comments

The single largest complaint from business owners about Twitter and social networking sites like Facebook is that there ...

Open Innovation
Can Open Innovation Prosper in the U.S.?
February 8, 2011, No Comments

What is open innovation? In Canada, “open innovation” is defined as a system whereby larger corporate or organizatio ...

A Conversation with USAID’s Dr. Maura O’Neill
February 3, 2011, No Comments

Dr. Maura O’Neill is the USAID’s Chief Innovation Officer. In her former life she was a seasoned private-sector entr ...

Open Innovation - The only way to have a good idea, is to have a lot of ideas.
Our Greatest Accomplishment, The OPIN Platform
January 7, 2011, No Comments

What’s the single most important thing you accomplished in 2010? Our greatest accomplishment last year was the release ...