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Commentators have said that major political parties have “failed to harness the full potential of social media in the 2010 Election” or broken the “cardinal rule of social media” due to only engaging in one way (outbound) communication. This is despite recent global examples of the effectiveness of online engagement in shifting votes, such as…
At the Gov 2.0 lunchtime event last week (video coming soon), Darren, Manager, Media and Community Information, from the ACT’s Emergency Services Agency talked about how closely he’d worked with Richard, his technical lead, to create their social media presence and new website. He proudly told us the website had cost only $43 to build,…
When I started this blog the level of online discussion in Australia around Government 2.0 was almost nil. I didn’t set out to be one of the leaders in the Gov 2.0 space, I simply wanted to have good conversations with my peers, to share expertise and knowledge and thereby improve our collective professional skills….
Steve Radick has published an insightful post regarding different Government 2.0 personality types. Can you recognise yourself in one (or more) of these type? The amended post is at What’s Your Government 2.0 Personality Type? and a copy with other comments is visible at Govloop.
After some interruptions I’ve now organised the next Gov 2.0 Canberra lunch, featuring two fantastic speakers, Senator Kate Lundy and Kate Carruthers. Being held at the Parliament House Members’ Guest Dining Room on 31 May, Senator Lundy will be speaking on the Gov 2.0 Expo she’s attending in Washington – giving a round-up of the…
FCW.com has reported in, Navy encourages use of Web 2.0 tools, that the US Navy’s CIO Robert Carey, the first government CIO to publish a public blog, has endorse the use of Web 2.0 tools to improve communication and collaboration. Tools that include wikis, blogs and Web feeds will give warfighters seamless access to important…
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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