http://canuckflack.com/2007/09/26/a-strategic-approach-to-government-and-corporate-blogging/ ... it's about public relations, marketing, retail quirks, government communications and oddities ... and written in Canada! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://canuckflack.com/2007/09/26/a-strategic-approach-to-government-and-corporate-blogging/#comment-42183 Governments get the Blog « Public Relations Rogue Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:05:10 +0000 http://canuckflack.com/2007/09/26/a-strategic-approach-to-government-and-corporate-blogging/#comment-42183 [...] Thursday, September 27th, 2007 in Blogs, Corporations, Web 2.0 My fellow Canadian at Canuckflack recently had a post about the Foreign Office in the UK government opening its doors - quite wide - to external blogging. I’d also read recently that some enlightened departments in the Canadian government were also blogging. And I’m sure there are more in other parts of the world. I give these guys kudos, but I wonder what this says about corporations that are afraid to dip their toe into the big conversation. If a government department can do it - those bastions of bureaucracy, secrecy and caution - why not companies? For the UK blog it appears the format will allow a wide range of people to blog - not just a moderator or restricted group. I think this approach makes sense, with the following caveats: [...] [...] Thursday, September 27th, 2007 in Blogs, Corporations, Web 2.0 My fellow Canadian at Canuckflack recently had a post about the Foreign Office in the UK government opening its doors - quite wide - to external blogging. I’d also read recently that some enlightened departments in the Canadian government were also blogging. And I’m sure there are more in other parts of the world. I give these guys kudos, but I wonder what this says about corporations that are afraid to dip their toe into the big conversation. If a government department can do it - those bastions of bureaucracy, secrecy and caution - why not companies? For the UK blog it appears the format will allow a wide range of people to blog - not just a moderator or restricted group. I think this approach makes sense, with the following caveats: [...]

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