I’ve included my two presentations below, and they’re also available in my Slideshare page.
media140 #OzPolitics is a one-day Canberra coming up at the end of July that will explore how social media – the real time web – is transforming politics in Australia. Featuring a range of speakers including politicians; political journalists; bloggers; public relations experts; academics; and lobbyists, this will be the first event of its type…
It’s all well and good to say there’s over 200 Twitter feeds from Australian federal, state and local governments – but to get a picture of the level of activity, and see what they’re saying, look at eGovAU’s Twitter feed here (note that it is a free service and occasionally down for maintenance). This page…
I find conferences a very useful avenue for networking with other egovernment and online channel professionals. I often get ideas or insights that I can share across my team and agency – and implement in our sites. However the attendance cost continues to rise. Sadly both the commitment in time and price means that I’ve…
It’s been a tough week to resume blogging about digital government, egovernance and Gov 2.0, with the attention of the media, public, public service and politicians fixed on politics rather than the operations of government. However the nature of government, and of humans in general, is that politics is always a key element in getting…
The British government is funding a campaign, CivicSurf to teach British local politicians how to blog. It would also be useful to public servants in understanding and communicating the benefits of blogging (as well as how to become bloggers themselves). Thanks to Stap isi for referring me to the site. The campaign includes the website,…
I was asked today by a representative of another agency for my thoughts, advice and observations on government blogging. While I don’t think I have any particularly unique insights, I realise that people who are new to the medium are at an earlier point on their learning journey. So here’s the 20 thoughts I shared…
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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