The Digital Policy Council at Digital Daya has released a thought-provoking report on the incidence of social media use by government leadership around the world, characterised through the use of Twitter, entitled Real Leaders Tweet (PDF) Considering the 163 countries recognised by the United Nations, the report indicates that 24 (15%) already have leaders or…
We’ve just started day 2 of FutureGov Hong Kong FutureGov Hong Kong – Day 2 LiveBlog
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…
I’m leaving for Hong Kong today (in fact I’m scheduled to board the plane 3 minutes after this post is scheduled to go live) to attend and speak at the FutureGov Hong Kong conference on behalf of my department. Depending on the availability of internet connectivity I will either liveblog and tweet parts of the…
Governments regularly hold consultations with their public – asking them for their views on matters as widespread as tax reform, copyright, health, culture and city planning. Whether these consultations are held through public events, print notices, online via email or social media engagement there’s one constant that governments rely on – that people are willing…
I’m a big fan for the use of gameplay to encourage people to explore concepts, test ideas, build skills and model behaviours while generating awareness – however it is a tool that I have not seen exploited anywhere near to the extent it could be in government or most commercial organisations in Australia (and yes…
The Gov 2.0 genie is well and truly out of its bottle in Victoria, with the Victorian Government recently advocating that the majority of Victorian public sector information be released for reuse under Creative Commons licensing. Their latest initiative is the App my State competition, which builds on the (currently running) Apps4NSW competition and last…
I was checking my Department’s week-old Drinking Nightmare Facebook Page from home the other day and noticed that besides it up popped an ad for ASIO, inviting me to learn more about being a Survelliance Officer. This was the first time I’d seen ASIO advertising on Facebook – or for that matter any Australian government…
The White House has begun using Twitter as a tool to correct journalistic mistakes and understand the reaction of journalists to news stories, as reported in the article, W.H. messaging in 140 characters. Over the past few months, particularly during and following the change in Federal Liberal leadership, I’ve been finding some of the commentary…
In the last week four separate Gov 2.0/social media conferences have crossed my desk. All claimed to provide a line-up of star speakers with important insights into these topics. Clearly all events vary in quality, but when looking at relatively new areas, like social media and Government 2.0 how do you select those that will…
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