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Richard Boly
Career Diplomat, Innovator in Risk-Averse Environments
Latest Review · All Reviews (49)
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Richard's style is engaging, informative, and interesting. He provided a technology audience with tremendous insight into his department's role, his individual role and responsibilities, as well as the many exciting new technology tools he and his team have developed and used in their pursuit of eDiplomacy, collaboration, and enhanced communications.
Internet Evolution - 11/29/2012
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Bio
Richard Boly is a career U.S. diplomat and currently the Director of the Office of eDiplomacy, an applied technology think tank for the U.S. Department of State. Previously, he was a National Security Affairs Fellow the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he launched the Global Entrepreneurship Program. He recently served in U.S. Embassy, Rome, where he developed and ran a program to promote entrepreneurship in Italy. Continuing with his close ties to Italy, Richard serves on the board of the Mind the Bridge Foundation, which connects the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems in Italy and Silicon Valley. Other embassy assignments include the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Paraguay. Richard is the most junior diplomat to win the Cobb Award for commercial diplomacy. Richard and the Office of eDiplomacy were finalists for the 2012 Service to America Medal.
In a prior life, he was the first Presidential Management Fellow with the Inter-American Foundation, was a consultant with the Inter-American Development Bank, and founded and ran a shrimp hatchery in coastal Ecuador. In a stint with the Silicon Valley iconic PR firm, Regis McKenna, he helped launch the first Apple Macintosh. Richard is a graduate of Stanford University and the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD .
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- Honoring “Rising Stars” in Government Information Technology
- Director, Office of eDiplomacy, US Department of State
- Work life, personal life: unique and separate but sometimes interrelated
- eDiplomacy: The US State Department's Global Collaborative Backbone
- Disruptive Technologies in the Department of State
- Forbes: Terrorism v Entrepreneurship: The bin Laden Lesson
- Joho the Blog: Innovation at the State Dept
- Government Leverages the Power of the Crowd
- Does Open Source Hold The Keys To Innovation In Government?
- Knowledge Management for eDiplomacy Resources
- TRENDS: Evolutionary State
- eDiplomacy expanding State Department strategic partnerships
- Creating a Culture of “Need to Share” in Government
- Washington Post on eDiplomacy
- Sammies finalist uses new media to foster collaboration at State
- State Department continues tech outreach campaign
- SXSW - DIY Diplomacy: Designing Collaborative Gov
- Crowdsourcing and Diplomacy: A Love Story
- 2012 Computerworld Honors
- Leading the Office of eDiplomacy within the U.S. Department of State
- Pivotal Plays in Business and Government
- We Are Tritons - Richard Boly MPIA, '92
- Revolution @State: The Spread of Ediplomacy
- Visioning Tech Diplomacy Site
- Statecraft 2.0—eDiplomacy, Entrepreneurship & National Security
- Entrepreneurship as a National Security Initiative
- Using Social Media to Spawn Italian Entrepreneurship
- Huffington Post: eDiplomacy Ushers In a New Culture of Collaboration
- Gov 2.0: Transparency Begins at Home
- Social Innovation Conversations: Growing Entrepreneurship in Italy
- TechCamp Site
- Social media: How less (money) can lead to more (impact)
- Radio Interviews
- Transformational Economic Diplomacy
- Richard Boly for President (of Italy)
- Applying social software to digital diplomacy at the U.S. State Department
- Problem Analysis: Lack of Venture Capital in Italy
- LA Times: Harnessing Migrant Remittances for Development
- Birthing an Italian Angel Investor Network -- in Milwaukee
- Portlander's startup diplomacy initiative takes wing
- VSFS Microtasking Platform
- State Department Is Trying To Make A Thousand Ushahidis Bloom
- Oregonian: State Department and Entrepreneurship
Reviews (49)
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Richard's style is engaging, informative, and interesting. He provided a technology audience with tremendous insight into his department's role, his individual role and responsibilities, as well as the many exciting new technology tools he and his team have developed and used in their pursuit of eDiplomacy, collaboration, and enhanced communications.
Internet Evolution - 11/29/2012
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Richard's talk was well-structured and took us through the evolution of ediplomacy from wax-sealed reports in the 1850s to the trailblazing Diplopedia of today. With illustrative examples of how the US State Department is leveraging social media, For me, the two characteristics that make a good presentation/presenter are sincerity and credibility. Richard has both. In spades.
Diplo's Innovation in Diplomacy conference in Malta 19 Nov 2012
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I recently saw Richard at the District 36 Conference giving a presentation on PechaKucha and I really enjoyed it a lot and plan to use the idea very soon. I do photography as a hobby and it would allow me to use some of my own photography as part of the presentation, as well as others.
Thanks again for sharing your ideas with us, I was very impressed with it and I am sure a lot of people there will be using it as well.
District 36 Toastmasters Conference
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I have been struggling about how to do a power point presentation for my own upcoming speaking assignment. I have about 52 slides and 45 pages for a one hour workshop and after hearing Richards seminar it alleviated my stress and made me realize I could really get rid of a lot slides
and now my information is more streamlined. Its funny everyone know about Powerpoints but I have had a hard time finding experts on the actual How to put one together. So Richard class was very practical for me. Thanks
District 36 conference
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Richard energized the audience with his presentation of Pecha Kucha as a new presentation style. At the business meeting that afternoon, a resolution passed to require District 36 establish a committee to report at the Fall Conference on recommendations to develop Pecha Kucha and Social Media communication instructional materials.
District 36 Spring Conference
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I learned a new technique to keep listeners engaged during a powerpoint presentation called Pecha Kucha.
May 19, at the Toastmaster's Spring Conference Educational Session Two in Silver Spring MD
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Very interested in learning best practices of using social media in federal government. Loved Richard's presentation -- so much so that I have invited him to give the presentation to the leadership of our agency.
Social Media Leadership course thru GSA
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great talk especially about open source software!
MarcusEvans
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Richard Boly is an inspiring and engaging speaker, able to connect quickly with audiences. The feedback from our attendees was incredibly positive and we would have him return for future talks any time.
October, 2011; UC Washington Center
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In a brief talk, Richard was able to show us what the past and present efforts on "From the need-to-know to the need-to-share and the evolution of collaboration in the oldest federal cabinet-level agency"
Examples based on his international tours were quite insightful that triggered the public for so many after-speech questions.
We hope you can pass by on the petroleum department at Texas A&M one of these days.
Fabian Vera
Shale Reservoir Research Assistant
Bush School, Texas A&M
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“You had a brilliant, determined and authentic positivity to deliver the workshop on "How to Foster Innovation in Large-Scale Enterprises" at the Abu Dhabi Innovation Forum 2012. Your open-hearted, audience-led approach and gentle guidance created a space that allowed me for thinking diverse about Innovation and would help open new opportunities in our work area. Many thanks - Richard”
Samir S
General Manager
Innovation 360 Group
Abu Dhabi Innovation Forum 23-25 Jan 2012
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Richard is a polished, thoughtful speaker with substantial background relevant to his topics. His presentation on Entrepreneurship was not only interesting, but acted as a catalyst for critical thinking and innovation for the audience. Thank you for supporting Marquette!
11.14.2011 Marquette University Entrepreneurship Week - Milwaukee, WI
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Yes. Richard was thought provoking and very interesting to listen to.
Marquette University e-Week, November 14, 2011 - Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Richard is one of the foremost experts on collaboration in large organizations. His presentation at our multi-company meeting on his work at the US State Department demonstrates the practical benefits of social technology and approaches to assure successful implementation in a diverse global work environment. Richard's presentation about effective collaboration was illuminating, engaging and entertaining.
Moxie Insight All Member Meeting in Boston, MA
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Richard provided a great overview on utilizing social media tools effectively by first emphasizing the need to know what your goals are. Both his presentation & facilitation of our breakout session were interesting, engaging, & informative!
November 2, 2011 WACA Leadership Conference
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Richard gave a fascinating talk about the effects of online collaborative communities within the State Department. It was heartening to learn how employees have embraced the ability to connect with each other within a very traditional and siloed culture, and the benefits this capability has brought to his organization in both subtle and ground breaking ways. Richard is an engaging speaker - this was one of my most favorite talks at this event.
Moxie Software's All Member Meeting in Boston, MA on October 25, 2012
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Richard addressed UC San Diego alumni and students at our quarterly reception in Washington DC. Richard successfully related to both college students and seasoned professionals through his articulate thoughts on eDiplomacy and his work as a diplomat. Our guests thoroughly enjoyed his talk.
Friday, Oct 14 at the UCSD event at the National Press Club
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Richard gave a keynote for a new student welcome event hosted by Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies. In line with the School's efforts at harnessing technology to be problem-solving, Richard demonstrated how his Office of eDiplomacy uses online tools to meet the specialized needs of State's many communities worldwide. The School demoed a new website and Richard spoke on how communities of people can create an online culture that works best for them.
September 10, 2011 at Georgetown University
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As a conference producer I see many government case studies being presented -- Richards presentation was one that stands out. He has a unique way of engaging the audience and making his organization's story one each conference attendee can relate to. A fifty minute speaking slot wasn't nearly long enough for Richard to share his vast knowledge of social media within the government. I look forward to working with Richard in the future and highly recommend him as a speaker.
July 13, 2011 - Social Media for Government Conference
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As a conference producer I see many government case studies being presented -- Richards presentation was one presentation that stands out. He has a unique way of engaging the audience and making his organization's story one each conference attendee can relate to. A fifty minuete speaking slot wasn't nearly long enough for Richard to share his vast knowledge of social media within the government. I look forward to working with Richard in the future and highly recommend him as a speaker.
Social Media for Government conference, July 2011
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