Steve Ressler: The Gov Loop Story

The Story

Problem:
Why ? Millions of government employees working on similar issues but no safe place to connect and share best practices. Solution: Online community. Hub to connect disparate conversations/events. New technology leveraged to collaborate.

~20 Million Government Employees
2.1 million federal employees
19,429 Municipal Governments
21,300 Distinct organizations across federal legislative, executive, and judicial
ARE WE RECREATING THE WHEEL? lS THERE ROOM FOR COLLABORATION
U.S. Statistics

At Work, Where Do People Go to:
Ask a question about their project
Find out about other similar projects in government
Get career advice or mentorship
Get best practices about a specific technology or project
In past, simply asked peers at work or people you already knew
How do you expand the network to solve government problems

What is
MISSION: “Connect Government to Improve Government”
Solve government problems Connect with peers Research the latest trends Find and contribute best practices Learn about the latest solutions ?

Do-Gooder: 3rd Gen Public Servant, DHS Fellow, Multiple Gov Agencies
Innovator: Co-Founder, Young Government Leaders
Award Winner: 2006 Rising Star Award, 2007 Fed 100 Winner
Speaker: 25+ Conferences, Brookings, Harvard Kennedy School
Author: Wikinomics , Federal Times , Public Manager
Athlete: Used to be good at golf – 3 rd in State
Scholar: Miami (OH) and UPenn
Gentleman: Likes Cats and Babies
Founder

Evolution JAN 2009: Community Leaders JAN 2008: Idea Conceived JUN 2009: 10,000 Members SEP 2009: 20,000 Members JUN 2008: GovLoop Launched Passionate Federal Employee President, Build Team Recognized Need for More Resources Passionate Volunteers Adding New Features

Members
Obama Political Appointees
GSA Assistant Commissioner
Canada Deputy CTO
California CTO
40,000 …and growing rapidly
30+ Federal CIOs and CTOs
60+ State/Local CIOs
125+ City Managers
500+ Contract Specialists

Support “ GovLoop.com is a great community site for public servants. It's pretty much their Facebook.” – Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist.com “ New technologies and social networks such as GovLoop are great for cross-agency collaboration and public-private partnerships.” - Beverly Godwin, GSA Director of USA.gov and Former White House Office of New Media

Accolades
Finalist: 2009 Intergovernmental Solutions Award
Honored Featured

All Kinds of Groups

All Kinds of Activities

All Kinds of Involvement

Incubation

International

France

What I’ve Learned about Community Building
It’s REALLY REALLY Hard
Most people fail
There’s a talent/skill
Hard to be consistent
There’s a difference between just doing it and doing it well
Many similar reasons to why conferences or associations or magazines succeed/fail

How to Engineer an Awesome Online Community
Find a Great Topic
Define scope and success
Give it resources
Reach out to target members
Treat everyone like a guest
Need great content
Remind remind
Monitor and metrics
Make it fun

What Problems are You Trying to Solve?
Grants Collaboration
Acquisition Research
Employee Collaboration
Partner Collaboration
Non-profit to Gov’t
6. Decrease Citizen FAQs 7. Increase Innovation 8. Increase Revenue 9. Replicate Best Practices 10. ??? Tell Us?

What Problem Are You Trying to Solve?
SEND US YOUR PROBLEM AND WE’LL SEND YOU THREE IDEAS

What You Can Do?
Join Today and Learn
Ask for Help
Volunteer to Be Community Leader
GovEngage – Helping government communicate/collaborate

Steve Ressler
President and CEO
[email_address]
@GovLoop
202 445 0084
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