Worth a read at How councils are crowdfunding community projects.
The Department of Finance and Deregulation has announced on its Web Publishing Guide blog that it has opened its internal network to Facebook, Twitter and other social network tools and released a guide for staff, Social Media 101: A beginner’s guide for Finance employees. Social Media 101 includes guidance for staff use of social media…
I attended the Australian Science Communicator’s new media forum last night, participating on the panel as a Gov 2.0 Advocate, along with a distinguished group of science communicators and academics. One view expressed on the panel was that while scientists should communicate basic science to the public, the uninformed masses should not be involved in…
I’ve been too busy and tired this week to really commit to putting much content into eGovAU – which doesn’t mean I’m not listening and thinking about what is happening in the wider egovernment world. So instead of a regular post I thought I’d share some thoughts that have particularly stuck with me this week….
If you excuse the suggestive language, this slideshow provides an excellent birds-eye view of the extent of the social media landscape. It is worth comparing with the version released a year ago to see some the growth and changes that have driven social media into mainstream society. View more documents from Marta Kagan.
My team, in association with our web of content editors, recently completed a major review of the content within our intranet. This has dramatically improved the currency of information throughout the site, with over 90% of the content having been reviewed and updated within the last year, up from slightly over 60% before I took…
This week a colleague made me aware of a study conducted by Nielsen in April which found that online video ads were significantly more effective than TV ads amongst US viewers. Reported at ClickZ (but for some reason not widely reported by traditional media), the article states that, The research company conducted over 14,000 surveys…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
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