Comments on: How can Regulators use social media?

By: Joseph Thornley

Joseph Thornley — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:32:31 +0000

Hi Robin,

Thanks for the link to the U.S. EPA. This is exactly the kind of case I was looking for.

By: Robin Browne

Robin Browne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:57:38 +0000

Hi Joe,
Just reading your post now so you’ve already spoken at the health care conference so here’s an idea for next time…
The US Environmental Protection Agency is doing some very neat things with social media including blogs, podcasts, widgets, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and more.
http://www.epa.gov/

By: Joseph Thornley

Joseph Thornley — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:01:25 +0000

Thanks for the suggesionts David. I had missed Anthony’s posts. Both very useful.

By: David Hume

David Hume — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:57:52 +0000

Hi Joe,

A couple of resources for you, both from Anthony Williams, the co-author of Wikinomics.

He wrote a couple of posts about ‘participatory regulation’ and has some really interesting examples.

See his intro piece here: http://anthonydwilliams.com/2009/02/13/time-for-participatory-regulation/

And a piece on a specific (and nifty) example of participatory water quality regulation here: http://anthonydwilliams.com/2009/03/08/civic-robots-help-assess-water-quality-in-real-time/

Hope that’s helpful!