There may be no more powerful tool for transforming government bureaucracy than web 2.0. From a collection of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authors contributing to the Greenversations blog to the collaborations of thousands of personnel on wikis like Intellipedia, Web 2.0 is producing profound shifts in the way government agencies share information. Did you just say “government agencies share information?” Yes, I did. And you can learn more about these Web 2.0 tools and their transformative powers at this highly practical workshop that will help participants:

Describe Web 2.0 and some transformative tools (blogs, wikis, Second Life, podcasts, RSS, Facebook, YouTube, and more as time permits.

Learn about specific agency examples where these tools are being used to transform government.

Watch the facilitator set up each tool in five minutes or less, demonstrating the simplicity of leveraging them to transform your agency.

In this overview, Andy will invite participants to select the order of the Web 2.0 tools for explanation and demonstration, explain each tool and offer an example of its application in the federal sphere, and demonstrate how to create each tool in real-time. By the end of this session, you will be able to create your own blogs, podcasts, YouTube videos and more to transform your agency.

Andrew Krzmarzick, Senior Project Coordinator, Graduate School, USDA