I’ll be liveblogging the presentations today and may liveblog parts of tomorrow, when I am chairing, speaking and on a panel.
Brought to my attention by the Victorian eGovernment Resource Centre, the below video from Shel Holzman provides an excellent summary of the value of social media as an set of egovernment tools within government intranets. It addresses common misunderstandings and myths that have limited take-up, case studies of successful social media use and talks through…
It is amazing to watch how quickly things can change once a key leadership change – of mind or person – occurs in a government department. In the last four weeks Australia has gone from having no digital diplomats, lagging the world, to having four (@AusAmbUSA, @AusHCIndia@AusAmbJP and @DubesAustralia) – hopefully with many more to…
I’ve been reflecting on the number of comments and decisions I’ve witnessed lately where people have decided that a particular online approach, website design, engagement channel, interface design, fact sheet or other design or content is no good as it didn’t appeal personally to them. There’s definitely a tendency in our society for individuals to…
To the over 7,000 unique visitors my blog has received in the last six months, have a fantastic and safe holiday season and I look forward to further conversations in the Australian egovernment space in 2009. With many international voices in the egovernment space indicating that government needs to build more connections and networks to…
The Gov 2.0 Taskforce has launched a brainstorming site (via Ideascale) to source ideas that will help the Taskforce meet its goals. The first brainstorm is asking for ideas that consider the question, “How can the Government 2.0 Taskforce best meet its Terms of Reference?”, however is also capturing related ideas. There are cash prizes…
While in the UK last week I was involved in a number of discussions about whether social media can make a genuine impact on the democratic process. This reflects similar conversations I’ve witnessed or been involved with in Australia and in other countries. This conversation is very important – it helps people involved in the…
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