Government tech trends in 2021 — RJ Krawiec // Deloitte

Principal and Chief Marketing Officer for Government & Public Services at Deloitte, RJ Krawiec, talks about marketing in the government sector. Traditionally, the government was not considered when thinking about marketing and technology solutions. Enterprise solutions and big data are changing the way they communicate with the public. Today, RJ discusses government technology trends for 2021.
About the speaker

RJ Krawiec

Deloitte

 - Deloitte

RJ is Principal and Chief Marketing Officer for Government & Public Services at Deloitte

Show Notes

  • 02:44
    How the government uses marketing and advertising
    Primary areas of focus are job recruitment and public health campaigns. Marketing and advertising help to simplify complex government policy for public understanding.
  • 04:46
    MarTech trends within government
    This includes automation of communications using enterprise platforms. There is also information collection via social listening platforms to make necessary program adjustments.
  • 05:43
    Forms of communication used by government
    Think of automated emails, texts, and announcements on government social channels. Big data AI platform systems are helping the government better connect with program participants.
  • 08:19
    How the government handles consumer data
    For data privacy reasons, there is no central database for consumer data. Instead, data is used to automate recommendations based on first-party data supplied by the consumer.
  • 11:10
    Building relationships using data
    Data is being used to speak to different groups more authentically. The intention is to build trust and increase receptiveness to messaging through building connections.
  • 12:55
    Impact of the 2021 US election
    An administration change brought with it changes in messaging and allocation of funding. However, government marketing messages remained fairly consistent.
  • 13:38
    Areas for improvement
    How the government informs the public about new policies and programs is one area for improvement. A more strategic approach is required to get relevant programs to those who need them.

Quotes

  • "If you change it from marketing and advertising to external communications, it opens the aperture to what the government can and should be doing." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "Marketing and advertising can translate complex and difficult information into plain, understandable language. So people get the information they need and can act upon it." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "Social listening platforms help the government gather information, know shortcomings, then respond in the ecosystem, or make adjustments to their program's emissions." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "Enterprise systems are being used to automate because the base of people that the government's talking to is so big." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "The only way to effectively get communications out at scale is by using big data AI platform systems." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "Using technology, big data, advertising, marketing and tech, government programs have gotten better at their mission." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "The government is not nearly as impacted as industry in a cookieless world. They weren't using third-party data because they felt that was overstepping their bounds." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "When people go and sign up for a benefit, they're offering their data. The government is set up to use first-party data to communicate all already." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

  • "If the government can speak in the authentic language of different groups more, that trust goes up. They're more likely to cut through the noise, to get a message out." -RJ Krawiec, Deloitte, Principal & Chief Marketing Officer for GPS

About the speaker

RJ Krawiec

Deloitte

 - Deloitte

RJ is Principal and Chief Marketing Officer for Government & Public Services at Deloitte

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