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Learning how to crowd fund – and launch of Social Media Planner Kickstarter
Bycraigthomler 15 March 2014

This morning at BarCamp Canberra I gave the presentation below on how to setup a crowdfunding campaign, based on my personal experience setting up a Kickstarter for Social Media Planner. For people interested in crowdfunding I’ve embedded my presentation below. If you’re interested in learning more about Social Media Planner, and potentially backing it, see: kickstarter.com/projects/socialmediaplanner/social-media-planner…

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Launching my Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign at BarCamp Canberra
Bycraigthomler 13 March 2014

Tomorrow is BarCamp Canberra, a festival of ideas and experiences, where participants decide what to present and attend on the day. While it is hard to predict what people will talk about, I expect topics will range from technology and design to open data and social change, with a seasoning of personal experiences and interactive…

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Time has run out for Australia to meet its April 2014 Open Government Partnership commitment
Bycraigthomler 12 March 2014

Last year the Australian Government (under the Labor party) made a commitment to the international and Australian community that it would take the necessary actions to join the Open Government Partnership (OGP) by April 2014. The OGP is a group of 63 nations committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. It…

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Are you prepared for Australia’s new privacy law?
Bycraigthomler 12 March 2014

Today Australia’s new Privacy law comes into force, affecting Australian Government agencies, businesses with a turnover of more than $3 million or trading in personal information and all private health service providers. As the first major change in Australian privacy law in 25 years, there’s been numerous changes and updates to reflect the major changes in…

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Crowdfunding gaining strength as an FOI tool – but will governments seek a seat at the table?
Bycraigthomler 10 March 2014

As reported by Peter Timmins in his Open & Shut blog, and as I have commented on Twitter, crowdfunding is beginning to become an interesting tool for fundraising the cash requested by government agencies for fulfilling FOI responses. Where governments are still using charging for FOI searches as a cost-recovery tool (and potentially occasionally as a barrier…

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Eight ways to craft a top government tweet
Bycraigthomler 25 February 2014

Often the issue today is no longer how an agency or council gets a message or response approved for release via social media, but rather how to cut through all the noise. I analysed the top tweets by Australian governments and councils over the last two months, as reported by Great Oz Gov Tweets. Out…

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A good community engagement professional understands their tools – and picks the right ones to meet their goals
Bycraigthomler 24 February 2014

I had an interesting conversation via Twitter with @hughstephens of Dialogue Consulting on Friday regarding how and when different consultation and engagement tools should be used by government. His view was that online surveys should not be the default consultation method for government, Possibly going to be controversial by saying that online surveys should NOT be…

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What governments can teach businesses about social
Bycraigthomler 19 February 2014

Below is the presentation I gave at Social Business 2014 today on what governments can teach business in Australia about using social media and digital effectively. There’s plenty of good examples of how government is using social well – for policy development, service delivery, engagement and more.

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First the internet, then social media and now crowdfunding is disrupting government
Bycraigthomler 18 February 2014

Government has proven no more immune to disruption by digital than any other industry. The internet changed the model for governments in delivering information and dealing with pressure groups. It has been a largely positive disruption, facilitated billions in savings as government moved services online in egovernment initiatives. At the same time it has seen…

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Register now for BarCamp Canberra (on 15 March)
Bycraigthomler 16 February 2014

Register now for BarCamp Canberra 2014 What is BarCamp Canberra? An annual event now in it’s seventh year, BarCamp Canberra is part of the global movement of self-organised conferences, of which thousands have been run. As a free event, BarCamp Canberra covers topics from science and social media to design and democracy, inviting attendees to…

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