Nick over in the WA egovernment blog Web 2.0 showcase, posted an excellent article back in August entitled, Selling the idea of a social media strategy. This focused on approaches for encouraging government departments to look at social media – at least as a research tool to understand what people were saying. Nick referred to…
I’d like to thank Kate Carruthers, a formidable change agent and renaissance woman, for prompting this post through a presentation she’s published on SlideShare, Enterprise 2.0 and stakeholder resistance. One of my key roles and, I believe, a key role for many in the online arena, is to be a change agent for digital channels….
Open Data advocate Pia Waugh spoke recently on the topic of freeing government data at Ignite Sydney 9 (an event where speakers get five minutes and 20 slides to say their piece). It provides a strong view as to why governments need to open up data to the community and is definitely worth viewing and…
July’s Gov 2.0 Canberra lunch will feature a presentation by Margaret Manning, global CEO and co-founder of Reading Room, a digital communications agency with offices in London, Manchester, Australia and Singapore. Margaret will be speaking about what comes beyond social media. Full details are below. Online Ticketing for Gov 2.0 Canberra Lunch – July 2011…
I’m attending FutureGov Hong Kong over the next two days and will be liveblogging and tweeting from the event as possible. The event features speakers and attendees from countries across Asia-Pac, including Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China and should provide insights into Government IT and Gov 2.0 initiatives across the region. We’re just…
This morning at the Drupal Downunder event I learnt about the New Zealand Features site which shares recipes for re-usable Drupal code and patterns across NZ government. To me this is representative of one of the significant opportunities I’ve seen for government in Australia emerging out of Gov 2.0 thinking and tools is the ability…
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