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Building an Open Government Partnership plan in Australia from the edges to the centre
Bycraigthomler 14 April 2016

On Monday this week I participated in the cocreation workshop for Australia’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan (NAP) commitments. For background on the Open Government Partnership (OGP), refer to opengovpartnership.org, and for Australia’s membership process refer to my blog post on the history (egovau.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/contribute-now-to-australias-open.html) and the government’s site (ogpau.govspace.gov.au). The workshop involved roughly 60…

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Contribute now to Australia’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plan
Bycraigthomler 8 January 2016

Now that Australians are heading out of holiday mode, it’s a good time for a reminder about the Australian Government’s process to become a member of the global Open Government Partnership (OGP), through developing our first OGP National Action Plan. If you’ve not heard of the Open Government Partnership, in a nutshell it’s an international…

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Come along to IAP2’s November Canberra session on ‘Introducing collaboration into the process of planning online participation’
Bycraigthomler 29 October 2015

I will be presenting at November’s IAP2 session in Canberra from 6-8pm on ‘Introducing collaboration into the process of planning online participation’. The session will look at how to get internal stakeholders onboard and on the same page for an online participation process, particularly when they have disparate experience and understanding of digital approaches. Using real world examples, and an interactive session involving Social…

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For a truly open parliament, look to the UK
Bycraigthomler 4 June 2014

The UK Government has just released the alpha version of data.parliament.uk – – a site designed to host open data on the UK Parliament and its proceedings. (An Alpha for those who don’t understand the term is a first release of a software product that is usually tested only by the developers). The alpha release of…

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Partial participation for partial residents?
Bycraigthomler 4 December 2013

A challenge for governments today (particularly local ones) is how to consider the views of non-residents, people who travel into their jurisdictions for work, entertainment or other reasons. While consulting them within formal processes is possible, it can be hard to engage them beyond the most cursory involvent in local issues, even when many of…

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City of Sydney commissions open data art to communicate progress towards Sustainable Sydney 2030
Bycraigthomler 6 May 2013

Information is beautiful, as others have said, and the City of Sydney, working with Carbon Arts, is now seeking proposals for a temporary public artwork that engages with open data on Sydney’s progress towards Sustainable Sydney 2030. Not part of GovHack, this initiative is part of ‘Sensing Sydney‘ a program to communicate sustainability through the arts,…

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Mapping social media channels to engagement levels (based on IAP2 spectrum)
Bycraigthomler 17 July 2012

I developed the Online Engagement Spectrum around three three years ago, based on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation (PDF) and some complementary work by Bang The Table (no longer at the original web address). As Gadi Ben-Yedah over at his IBM’s Business of Government blog has begun a series of posts considering how social media…

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Great new site – The Digital Engagement Guide
Bycraigthomler 4 July 2012

Over in the UK, Helpful Technology has released ‘The Digital Engagement Guide‘, which aims to become one of the best sources of useful examples, tools and practical advice about how UK public sector organisations can engage online. The site touts itself as “Part bookmark collection, part reference manual, part Q&A site, it’s a place to get…

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Liveblogging GovCamp NSW (focus on innovation)
Bycraigthomler 24 June 2012

I’m in Sydney at GovCamp NSW today, where the program is focusing on developing an innovation program for the state. There’s about 30 people in attendance and the event is being hosted by John Wells and Allison Hornery with support from Martin Stewart-Weeks. The event is partially open, partially under Chatham House rules, so I’ll…

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How nine year olds can now reform governments, one bite at a time
Bycraigthomler 19 June 2012

With the tools available today, influence over government policy is no longer the preserve of the wealthy, the well-connected or those people with a significant TV, radio or newspaper presence. While traditional media and interests still have significant influence, social media has allowed individuals to become far more influential. Blogs, forums and social networks give…

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