Over in the UK councils are being to adopt micro-blogging in a major way, with over 100 councils now using Twitter to make announcments and have two way conversations with their constituencies. The UK council association has published an article, Councils turn to new media, which discusses the uses councils are making of the service…
I’ve been too busy and tired this week to really commit to putting much content into eGovAU – which doesn’t mean I’m not listening and thinking about what is happening in the wider egovernment world. So instead of a regular post I thought I’d share some thoughts that have particularly stuck with me this week….
Everyone knows what brands are, ‘products’ that have been strongly linked to a specific (brand) name, lifestyle, belief or emotional attachment in order to establish their relative value to consumers. As defined by David Ogilvy, a brand is: The intangible sum of a product’s attributes: its name, packaging, and price, its history, its reputation, and…
Wellington city in New Zealand is preparing for its next ten year plan (2009-2019) and has launched a website, Wellington long-term plan, to facilitate citizen involvement in the planning process. The site features an ideas market-based discussion area allowing citizens to suggest ideas, then vote on different suggestions to provide their vision and priorities for…
The UK government’s HM Revenue & Customs service (roughly equivalent to the ATO) has launched an online consultation site seeking public input into its proposed charter. Named Have your say the site asks citizens to answer questions around the proposed charter and provide their views of what it contains and should contain. It’s a fairly…
The second BarCamp Canberra has been confirmed for 28 March, to be held at the ANU. In case you’re not familiar with the concept (quoting from the official site), A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with…
Over in the US Microsoft is running a major campaign targeting government which aims to collect best practice videos from senior IT leaders in the public sector. Based on the premise that shrinking government budgets means that IT has to achieve more with less, the Bright side of Government site aims to, spotlight the “bright…
I was recently alerted to the Queensland government’s Share My Story website, which invites individuals to share their stories of road tragedies in order to help others rethink their conduct on the road and avoid future traffic injuries and deaths. In my opinion Share My Story is an amazingly good website and a model for…
Edelman Digital has published a paper that really drills into the strategy and tactics used by Barack Obama in his campaign to be nominated and then elected as US President. Entitled, The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama’s Social Media Kit, the techniques used by Obama’s online campaign staff, led by one of Facebook’s founders, are useful…
I’m not a fan of terms such as Web 2.0, which seems to refer to any internet development since 2001. The web is an evolving medium, just like any other. We don’t see the term ‘Television 2.0’ (or 5.0 considering all the generational changes) used to refer to reality TV. I’m even less comfortable with…
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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