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Selecting the right tool for the job of online citizen engagement

Bycraigthomler 22 July 2012

This report was brought to my attention by Sandy Heierbacher in the Online Engagement Group at LinkedIn, and I thought it well worth sharing more widely.

Also blogged about by Sandy at the US National Coalition for Deliberation and Democracy (NCDD), in the post The Promise and Problems of Online Deliberation, the report provides a look at how online tools can be used in citizen deliberation, with recommendations on which tools to use when.

The report is available from: http://kettering.org/publications/the-promise-and-problems-of-online-deliberation/

There’s even a supporting infographic as below:

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Government using virtual worlds for recruitment purposes
Bycraigthomler 31 July 2008

The government of Ontario has launched a job recruitment program in Second Life, one of the best known virtual worlds. The program allows potential employees to virtually practice being a firefighter, civil engineer, medical technician or another public service profession to gain some insight into the demands of the role before deciding whether to seek…

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GovHack registration opens – with ten locations across Australia for 2014
Bycraigthomler 13 April 2014

GovHack 2014 has just opened for registration with 10 locations across Australia, being: Brisbane GovHack Canberra GovHack GovHack FNQ (Cairns) Gold Coast GovHack GovHack Tasmania Melbourne GovHack Perth GovHack Sydney GovHack Unleashed Adelaide Unleashed Mount Gambier While competition details are not yet available, the official 2014 datasets will be put online over the next two…

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Do people want the same things from council, state and federal government websites?
Bycraigthomler 18 July 2008

The UK recently held its annual seminar on How to build the perfect council website. This discussed strategic approaches to egovernment at a local level and provided key insights into what local residents needed and expected from their councils and shires. Carl Haggerty of Devon County Council, one of the presenters, has provided a synopsis…

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LinkedIn hits two million – Infographic places Australia in that mix
Bycraigthomler 8 February 2013

In January this year LinkedIn reached 200 million active users globally, demonstrating that professional social networking is beginning to be recognised as being valuable alongside personal social networking. I’ve just been sent their ‘early adopter’ infographic, which unlike the infographic on LinkedIn’s blog (which gives great demographic breakdowns by profession), provides a view on the country…

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NSW highlights open data as one of four focuses in the Premier’s Innovation Initiative
Bycraigthomler 14 August 2014

The NSW government today launched the NSW Premier’s Innovation Initiative, a program seeking expressions of interest in projects that support NSW government innovation in four focal areas – Congestion, Social Housing Assets, Open Ideas and Open Data. The process will invite organisations and individuals to submit Expressions of Interest setting out proposals the government could…

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Was the Australian Federal Election in 2007 really the YouTube election?
Bycraigthomler 16 June 2008

Maybe not – if this ITnews article Study says the 2007 ‘YouTube election’ is a misnomer is correct. Of course, even using YouTube, Australia is a long way behind the eObama campaign in the US.

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