February 9, 2010
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The hype around social media continues unabated – business, marketing, government, NFPs; everyone is getting involved. But to my mind, we’re still somewhat missing the point. Making it a part of our lives in a way that avoids the hype and adds real benefit to our own lives and the lives of others will be [...]
February 7, 2010
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An emergent theme of my posts of late has been change. Whether that’s technology, user experience, reform of education, public sector and government, conferences or business (including my own), it’s a constant.
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Equally, I’ve had many conversations in physical and virtual environments about change. Those conversations, to my very great benefit, have [...]
February 4, 2010
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This post started as a comment on my pal, Linda Johannessen’s blog post about TED and conference organisers. Then it got long, so I figured I’d bring it over here. Not least because I want to discuss conference models this weekend at BarCamp Canberra 2010.
I’ll start with a story.
Attending something like TED is [...]
The release earlier this week of the draft report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce has the potential to be a watershed moment in the management and delivery of government and its services to the people of Australia.
I find it more than a little interesting that after not much more than passing interest in the Taskforce’s [...]
September 2, 2009
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I’m sure many of you will have seen the video above (from the smart folks at Socialnomics). I like it a lot.
But you know what? We’re too focused on the revolution and not on the revolutionaries.
The hype is a fad. Especially the marketing hype. We’re (well, a lot of us, anyway) all still excited about [...]
The text and slides below are for my session at Public Sphere #2 – Government 2.0: Policy and Practice which is being held at Parliament House tomorrow. The talk is just 10 minutes long, so I don’t go into any real depth – but it is a nice, quick overview.
For something organised quickly and on [...]
On 21 May 2009, APSC Commissioner, Lynelle Briggs gave a speech to the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy. Entitled All those who stand and wait—putting citizens at the centre, the speech raises some vitally important issues on open government and engagement with the public. I’d like to recommend you read the speech in full.
Commissioner [...]
Just this weekend, a major event took place in Washington DC – Government 2.0 Camp. It brought together 500 thinkers and doers who seek to engage and transform government in such a way as to make the executive and legislature more open and responsive, more engaged with the public and to ensure that the public, [...]
