Comments on: Hello from the Gartner Symposium/ITXPO 2009 in Cannes! https://pep-net.eu/blog/2009/11/03/hello-from-the-gartner-symposiumitxpo-2009-in-cannes/ The PEP-NET Blog Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rolf Luehrs https://pep-net.eu/blog/2009/11/03/hello-from-the-gartner-symposiumitxpo-2009-in-cannes/comment-page-1/#comment-25220 Rolf Luehrs Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:34:11 +0000 https://pep-net.eu/?p=1300#comment-25220 apparently most of European Govts and PA's are still not aware of challenges and chances of social media. The same impression has Andrea DiMaio, analyst at Gartner who is just as you blogging about the symposium. PA's "seem to be unwilling to challenge the status quo and to believe that anything can happen from the bottom-up and from the outside-in. (...) So after two days in Cannes, my statement about North Americans being more likely than Europeans to get government 2.0 is even more valid. I hope my last day in Cannes tomorrow will give me hope, as I believe European citizens and government employees are using social media as much as their North American counterparts and denial will not help for long" https://bit.ly/11Xq8B Maybe you should have a word with him and tell him about the best practice cases in Europe... apparently most of European Govts and PA’s are still not aware of challenges and chances of social media. The same impression has Andrea DiMaio, analyst at Gartner who is just as you blogging about the symposium.

PA’s “seem to be unwilling to challenge the status quo and to believe that anything can happen from the bottom-up and from the outside-in. (…) So after two days in Cannes, my statement about North Americans being more likely than Europeans to get government 2.0 is even more valid. I hope my last day in Cannes tomorrow will give me hope, as I believe European citizens and government employees are using social media as much as their North American counterparts and denial will not help for long” https://bit.ly/11Xq8B

Maybe you should have a word with him and tell him about the best practice cases in Europe…

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