Last week I was privileged to be invited to speak at the Canberra Startup Showcase, run by the UC Advertising and Marketing Society and EntrepreneurshipUC Society at the University of Canberra. Together with three other entrepreneurs, Mitchell Harmer of Sign On Site, Dawn Hayter of Urban Providore and Joe Mammolita of iCognition, we discussed our journeys and experience in entrepreneurship and answered…
In the UK, from September this year (the start of their school year), all primary and secondary students in state-run schools will be taught how to program computers as a mandatory part of their national curriculum. Announced as part of the UK’s ‘Year of Code’, the introduction of this new mandatory computing curriculum was necessary,…
Universities in Australia have lagged behind public and commercial use of social media and need for their staff to be trained in effective development and implementation of online engagement approaches. However this looks to be changing with the launch of Canberra University’s Graduate Certificate in Social Media and Public Engagement. As a one year part-time primarily…
Most public sector agencies are designed as centres of expertise on policy and service delivery. By gathering, or training, experts in a given topical area and marshalling and directing this expertise to resolve specific issues and goals, agencies have been designed to design and deliver effective and sound policy and service delivery solutions to governments for communities….
For all the attention on government policies, the various announcements and documentation on political party sites, it can be very difficult to compare and contrast where different parties sit on different issues and, for governments, difficult to keep track of whether they are sticking to their election policies or amending them for pragmatic, political or…
Would you mandate that all your staff must use social media, at least to give it a try? That’s what one company in the US, Domo (a business intelligence startup), has done. The CEO, Josh James, has mandated that all 130 of Domo’s staff complete 20 social media and online tasks over eight weeks, from…
Last week the Department of Human Services changed its policy regarding staff who participated in volunteer activities – unpaid work undertaken on their own time. The Department decided that, in order to protect against potential conflicts of interest, public servants had to report their volunteer activities to their Manager and seek approval to do it….
Continuous learning is a way of life for me, I can’t recall spending a day where I didn’t attempt to broaden my knowledge or understanding on a topic I’m interested in – and I have broad interests. Coming from a background of working in, and operating, small and medium businesses, the ability to continually learn…
With the release of News Ltd’s Future of journalism ‘discussion’ I’ve submitted a ‘Your view’ to the site which may, or may not, be published at some point in the future. On the basis that traditional media is no longer the gatekeeper for participation in public debate I have posted my submission below. I see…
I’m at TEDxCanberra 2011 today liveblogging the event. It is also being livestreamed via the website, tedxcanberra.org and can be followed on Twitter at the hashtag #TEDxCanberra. What’s TEDx? A global phenomenon that you can learn more about here. <p>&amp;lt;a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=fb02cee5a7″ &amp;gt;TEDx Canberra 2011&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</p>
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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