The organisers of the US-based ‘Apps for Democracy’ competition have released a guide for other governments and organisations on how to run their own similar contests. The Guide to Creating Your Own Apps for Democracy contains many useful tips based on how to setup a content and what worked and didn’t work in the contests…
One of the long established principles in government and big business is that only designated staff are allowed to represent their organisations when speaking to the media. This is an extremely well-intentioned principle, designed to protect both the organisation and individual staff. The media is frequently more interested in sensation than truth and can twist…
I’ve had an extended break from blogging over the holiday period to think about the direction of Gov 2.0 in Australia for 2010. Now that the Gov 2.0 Taskforce has disbanded, it’s time for the budding Gov 2.0 community to begin taking on more responsibility across Australian governments to support each other, share knowledge and…
On Tuesday afternoon the Gov 2.0 Taskforce released its final report, Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0. As stated in their blog post, the Taskforce handed the report to the responsible Ministers who immediately authorised its public release – a sign of great confidence in the report! The report generally followed the recommendations and included…
I’ve just finished chatting to Adriel Hampton & Steve Ressler on Gov 2.0 radio about some of the great Gov 2.0 initiatives in Australia. You can now listen to the discussion online at Gov20Radio.com or get it on iTunes.
The team responsible for OpenAustralia has, with the financial assistance of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce (via a Microsoft-backed fund), launched PlanningAlerts. This free new service allows Australians to sign up to email alerts for planning permission requests in their local area so that they can know what is being requested and lodge their views. It…
Telstra has publicly released its staff social media training package, making the comic-styled multimedia system available on the web at www.exchange.telstra.com.au/training/flip.html The package recognises that social media is becoming embedded into normal Australian life – including the lives of Telstra’s staff. The training package reflects how social media management is not the province of an…
I’ll be chatting with Adriel Hampton on Gov 2.0 radio early next week to give US Gov 2.0 people some operational insights into Gov 2.0 happenings in Australia. Gov 2.0 radio is a weekly podcast on collaborative and transparent government hosted by Adriel, a noted US-based Gov 2.0 and new media strategist. I expect the…
Last Thursday and Friday I was fortunate enough to be invited to (and have the leave available to attend) the Realising our Broadband Future Forum in Sydney on a personal basis (not representing my Department). You can see my liveblogs of the forum in the two posts below this one. The forum targeted senior decision-makers…
Hi, I was a little late in today, missing the introduction by Paul Twomey. However I’ve taken up the Liveblog from Larry Smarr’s presentation this morning. Broadband Futures Day 2
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