December 10 2009

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In attendance:

  • Wayne Moses Burke
  • Redante Asuncion-Reed
  • Noel Dickover
  • Elias Shams
  • Christiana Aretta
  • Katie Filbert

Compass
A tool/wiki that compiles information on social media for use by Congressional staffers. Previous discussion called for five main elements:

  • What's new: overview of what's up and coming in the field.
  • Big Grid: List of Congressional offices and what social media tools they are using.
  • Beginner's section: for Congressional staffers to learn the basics of social media, how to create a strategy, and how to use specific tools. Example: Where to Start
  • Case studies: samples of social media best practices and models being used effectively by Congressional offices. Example: Senate Doctors Show
  • Q & A section: where Hill staffers can post questions and social media experts from the Govt. 2.0 community answer them. Example: Social media widgets

Decisions Made:

  • Continue working on
    • Case studies
    • Q & A
    • Beginners Section
  • Keep "What's New" on the table for right now. Development won't start until the project is more established
  • Do away with Big Grid - this could be very difficult to bring together and is already being created elsewhere, we can just link to it

For next meeting (projected for January)

  • Design/Information Architecture/Branding: Chris and Noel will collaborate on information architecture and a wireframe for the wiki. Navigation and categories for content. Chris will focus on branding and design.
  • Functionality of the site: Katie will create and setup a mobile interface for the wiki

Areas of importance:

  • Community engagement: build a community of Congressional staffers and social media experts who will populate the Compass with content.
  • Funding: in conjunction with community engagement, but also from separate sources.
  • Publicity: When we're ready, how do we inform Congressional offices of the Compass? Launch party in March? Maybe in conjunction with the next CongressCamp?
  • Content creation: This is ultimate goal of the entire project.
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