Welcome to
Commandant?s Corner 2.0 (CC 2.0)! Hopefully you immediately noticed that the content available through my website is now more prominent. It is also multi-media friendly to broaden the methods we use to communicate so that you the user can choose the medium that best serves your purpose.
While this site is on the .mil domain, it leverages the power of several social media features. The most noteworthy feature is
iCommandant. This is a journal/blog feature, powered by blogger, which allows me to communicate thoughts, ideas, issues and events in near real-time. It is fully mobile, mutli-media capable and RSS enabled so that you can subscribe for automatic updates. To be honest, I am not yet sure exactly how this feature will be used. We will experiment together and try a few things to see what sort of effect they have. Your feedback will be helpful in shaping its use and value.
My photo feed will now be fed through Flickr. This will make updates more frequent and make the photos more available for use, sharing and comment. This central photo site will also feed my new Facebook page. Yes?you heard right, we now have an official Facebook page. In fact, we now have two pages, one for me as Commandant, and one for the service in general (Yes, I know you can?t get to Facebook on the CGDN). We hope you will sign on as fans to stay better informed on all things Coast Guard.
In addition to these features, you will still be able to access the traditional information available on this site. We are attempting maximize access within the security requirements of our .mil domain.
If you haven't already seen it, here is my philosophy on social media and the Coast Guard:
If you cannot see the YouTube video, it is available on CGVI
here.
Stay tuned!