Below is a guest post from John Sheridan of DB Insights, republished with permission from his LinkedIn blog. John is, in my view, one of the most insightful and thoughtful people in the Australian digital space and I heartily commend reading John’s other posts. Ready, willing and able… Most of you won’t remember the song…
Earlier this month the Department of Communication, in conjunction with New York University’s GovLab team, launched the Open Data 500 research project as the first comprehensive study of Australian companies and non-profit organisations that use open government data to generate new business, develop new products and services, improve business operations or create social value. The…
One of the most frustrating and, I think, silliest things I found when working in Australian government agencies was how almost every department, agency and statutory body developed almost all of its own policies, procedures, software and tools. There was often ‘undercover’ sharing – where people in agencies would ask their colleagues in others for…
Quiip and Delib Australia have just released the Australian Online Community Management Report, the first research that has ever been conducted specifically on the emerging profession of online community managers in Australia. The report has been designed to: assist people professionally managing online communities to articulate their skills, challenges and support requirements, support organisations entering or…
Google has released a fascinating infographic detailing the mobile use of Aussies in their blog post, Insights into the Mobile Aussie Weekend. Useful for communications and policy people in government, it provides insights into how Australians are using their mobile phone to search the internet over weekends based on Google’s statistical data. A Day in the Mobile Aussie…
I’ve been working away in my (copious) spare time to update the list of Australian government Twitter accounts – representing all levels of government. It has now reached 553 accounts – which has also forced me to start a new Twitter list due to their 500 follower limit. You can view the spreadsheet embedded below,…
Associate Professor Axel Bruns, who has previously done marvelous work mapping Australian blogs and tracking social media activity around the Queensland bushfires, has released his team’s latest research on mapping the Australian Twittersphere. Drawing (slightly paraphrased) from the joint CCI and Queensland University of Technology media release: With as many as two million Australians now…
While in the UK last week I was involved in a number of discussions about whether social media can make a genuine impact on the democratic process. This reflects similar conversations I’ve witnessed or been involved with in Australia and in other countries. This conversation is very important – it helps people involved in the…
I’ve published the following guest post because I think the research Aletha is doing is important and useful for agencies. Please let the right people in your agency know about it. Guest post My name is Aletha and I am a Communications Master’s student currently completing a short research project as part of my personal…
I’ve been browsing the latest Email Market Matrics Australia report from Vision6 and it definitely has good news for government agencies. This series of reports has been running since the second half of 2006 and has, for me, provided a very useful insight into the effectiveness of email marketing in Australia over the last five…
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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