Government as a PROCESS Panel Discussion

Brian Drake is a Manager and social software evangelist with Deloitte Consulting. He advises government and commercial clients on a wide variety of collaboration solutions that span behavioral, technical, and organizational change dynamics. His client focus areas include strategy development, communications, change management, and Enterprise 2.0 solutions. He presently serves a U.S. Federal Government client on the Collaboration Consulting Team. He is one of the founders of D-Wiki; Deloitte’s global enterprise wiki.

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I’m currently an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm. I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 practice, working with clients across the public sector to integrate social media strategies and tactics into their organizational strategies.

My background in change management, strategic communications, and stakeholder engagement strategy and implementation means that I focus not only on the technology and infrastructure aspects of social media, but perhaps more importantly, on the people and processes that really determine the success of social media and Government 2.0. One of my favorite sayings is that “it’s not about the technology, but what the technology enables.”

I was recently named one of PRNews’ 15 to Watch for in 2009 and was a contributing author to the recently released Gov 2.0 book, “State of the eUnion, Government 2.0 and Onwards.“ I also serve on the Advisory Boards for the SmartBrief on Social Media and Governingpeople.com, as well as the Program Committee for the Government 2.0 Expo Showcase that was held last year.

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