Being sick in bed at the moment, I’ve used the opportunity to review which Australian Federal, State and local government departments and agencies are now using Twitter. My count is 9 federal, 24 state and 37 local government agency streams – excluding politicians and public servants. A total of 70 government streams in Australia, which…
Hopefully many of you are aware of the Gov 2.0 Summit that is being held in Washington at the moment. As part of the pre-event, the inaugural Gov 2.0 Expo included presentations in five categories, demonstrating examples of the best Gov 2.0 organisations and initiatives – not only from the United States. There was a…
Speaking with the locals can be one of the most rewarding – and most frustrating – experiences when traveling to foreign-language countries. If you make an attempt at their language – no matter how feeble – they will generally respect your efforts and go out of their way to be helpful. However if you simply…
If you, like me, aren’t able to make it down to Parliament House in Sydney for Gov 2.0 NSW Public Sphere today, at least try to follow the Twitter stream (search on the hashtag #nswsphere), watch the video stream or listen to the audio stream for the day (details to be provided in the NSW…
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There are a lot of people interested in Gov 2.0 and social media these days – it’s no surprise given the level of commitment indicated by political leaders in Australia and the dollars beginning to become available in the area. However few of them appear to be actively contributing to the Gov 2.0 discussion in…
As a marketer I find the internet a dream channel for monitoring customer sentiment and concerns. Social media and search engines can be easily and cheaply tracked to provide fast feedback on various initiatives. This helps organisations shape their campaigns and responses to external events. I’d recommend that this is equally of enormous value to…
Often those of us living in English-speaking countries focus on what is going on in other English-speaking nations, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK and so on. There’s a perfectly good reason for this, many of us don’t speak the languages used in other blogs around the world. However the impact of social media is…
The UK government has released a 20-page Twitter templated strategy guide to assist departments in using the channel to engage and support citizens. Adapted from the strategy used by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) by Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at BIS, the guide provides a comprehensive view on…
No-one really knows how many blogs are operated by Australians. However it could be up to 4 million, if you refer to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere report 2008, which reported that 3% of global bloggers were Australian and over 133 million blogs had been created since 2002. Likewise Forrester’s Groundswell research found in late…
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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