hi, I'm a member of the core team promoting Digital Awareness with one of the departments of the national government of the Netherlands. the projects we do get attention from all branches of the national government and serve as an example. within our department we have about 30 ambassadors promoting Digital Awareness at workfloor level. we give workshops for whatever department asks, use Yammer and (MS) sharepoint to share ideas, examples and documents. the core of our message is that this digital age has many chances for cooperating internally, with contractors and--my personal dream--growing towards a more open government in which the inhabitants of our country are served best and hopefully can participate in projects we do for _their_ well being. 'our' awareness focusses primarily on the possibilities, without losing eye on the threats.
in about a year our DA project will end, but the work has to go on. digital awareness and 'e-skills' is as important as regular reading and writing. top level agrees with that, but when the project formally ends, middle management and co-workers probably lose attention. non of our core team/ambassadors has a formalized position to do this, it runs beside regular tasks. also most of the ambassadors are not really _that_ active... being an open source enthousiast myself, I'd like to ask you how I could set up and maintain a vivid community 'the open source way' to keep digital awareness alive? most Linux distros and OpenSource.com have Community Managers. how do they to their job? how do they foster people to voluntarily promote the shared cause? how do they get management approved solid ground under their feet? any suggestions, readings, 'out-of-the-heart' etc appreciated! TIA -- //meine _______________________________________________ Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter Osdc-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list
