The last week has seen several incidents where members of Australian political parties has been suspended from social networking sites and outed in the media for making controversial comments. Most recently Nick Sowden, a Young Queensland Liberal National Party member, referred to US President Obama as a ‘monkey’ on Twitter. His tweets were widely discussed…
In the last 24 hours, over 30 US Federal agencies have released their Open Government plans in a strategic outpouring that demonstrates some of the best whole-of-government Gove 2.0 leadership in the world. Govloop has published a complete list of these Open Government plans via the free online public database service Socrata (a 3rd party…
There is considerable international discussion at the moment over whether internet access should be recognised as a fundamental human right. The ability of the internet to allow people to communicate, access education, jobs, participate in democratic processes and to create businesses makes it a powerful force for opportunity. It helps the poor to help themselves…
The next time you or your colleagues dismiss the idea of attempting to develop a social networking strategy for a niche audience, consider that the internet is big enough (with over a billion users) for there to be many niche communities for unusual passions. Network World recently published an article, Ten of the World’s Strangest…
Most people have heard that Facebook has around 8 million active Australian accounts, and MySpace has around 2.9 million, but yesterday I was sent an email that took me a little by surprise. Apparently LinkedIn, a professional social network, has just reached a million Australian members. Now I can’t verify the truth of this, however…
I am speaking next Tuesday at the National Public Sector Communications Officers’ Forum, giving a Gov 2.0 case study about yourHealth and discussing citizen engagement on behalf of my employer. If anyone attending the Forum has any questions they’d particularly like me to answer about these topics, please let me know in the comments below…
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…
In the last week there’s been several Australian government activities or announcements which have lead to large community responses via social media – both good and bad. Gov 2.0 Taskforce draft report On 7 December the Gov 2.0 Taskforce released their draft report ‘Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0‘ for public comment. Over the course…
I regard creating a sustainable online community as very hard to do. It is almost always easier to join an existing community – although this presents its own challenges. However at times it will be necessary for government agencies to consider creating their own communities online. This may be as reference groups for specific initiatives…
Dave Briggs of Learning Pool in the UK has written a quick start guide to Twitter for those working in and around government (although it’s equally applicable for other people as well). The guide particularly targets Twitter newcomers and is written in a very readable and conversational style. David spent more than five years working…
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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