I’ve just read the latest speech by Annabel Crabbe on the changing face of the media and politics and thought it worth highlighting as, to my knowledge, it is the first serious piece by an Australian professional journalist in recognizing the changing face of journalism, politics and communication (including by government agencies). Her views embody…
Earlier tonight I gave a presentation at Parliament House about the workings and uses for Twitter in government. I’ve shared the presentation below. Demystifying Twitter
In Australia many people still treat microblogging tools such as Twitter with scepticism and scorn, or even dismiss it outright as a tool for ‘discussing breakfast’. While the more negative views are beginning to shift, due to the active role Twitter played in the Brisbane floods, Australians still largely consider microblogs as a tool for…
I’ve run the conversation from the ACT Virtual Community Cabinet, held yesterday, through some statistical systems to look at how the event went. Based on the CoverItLive session I recorded, there were 92 participants using the #ACTvcc hashtag between the beginning and the end of the Virtual Community Cabinet. I excluded conversations outside the period…
Below is a live feed of the ACT Virtual Community Cabinet, on from 12.30pm to 1:30pm today, Tuesday 26 July, 2011 By capturing the tweets via CoverItLive they’re stored publicly beyond the lifespan for tweets. UPDATE: Due to load issues with my blog I’ve removed the CoverItLive replay from this post. My archive of the…
The ACT government has announced that their first Virtual Community Cabinet will be held today from 12:30 – 1:30pm on the topic of Public Transport, using Twitter as the discussion tool. To follow the discussion keep an eye on #actvcc, the hashtag for the event. The ACT Cabinet will be in the Cabinet room, following…
Fresh from my session (which was tweeted and filmed – will be up in a few days and Ross Dawson published a great article on James Kleimt’s talk “The fabulous case study of Queensland Police on Facebook“ and James Dellow has published his slides), I’m in the third session for the IPAA conference, in the…
I am spending the day at the Institute of Public Administration Australia’s (IPAA) NSW State Conference, which is themed “The future course of modern government”. There’s a packed room and a great speaker lineup, featuring commentators such as Ross Dawson and Martin Stewart-Weeks, leading (past) public servants such as Peter Shergold and the Premier of…
Steve Davies posted a very interesting piece on OzLoop last week, which with his permission I’ve posted below. The original, including comments from one of Australia’s Senators, is available at http://apsozloop.ning.com/profiles/blogs/are-australian-politicians Are Australian politicians really comfortable with Gov 2.0 and social media? I thought a lot about this post. On the one hand it is…
It can be difficult to get a perspective on the Government 2.0 activities in non-English speaking countries. However thanks to Francis Irving, who posted an account in the My Society email list in the UK, forwarded to the OpenAustralia Community list in Australia, here’s a very interesting mini case-study on one initiative in Latvia. In…
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