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Government 2.0 – reinventing eGovernment or something different?

September 9, 2009

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This short talk is to be delivered to the IBM Smarter Workforce – Government Leadership Forum on 9 September 2009.
“Every dystopia is a utopia turned inside out… The problem isn’t in the basic idea, it’s in the arrogance of implementation. It’s in the idea that we will get it right the first time.”
- Steven Lloyd [...]

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Culture in the New Order

September 3, 2009

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NOTE: The article below is my contribution to the Centre for Policy Development’s Insight: Upgrading Democracy, which consists of several pieces from well-known thinkers and doers in the Government 2.0 sector and was CPD’s submission to the Government 2.0 Taskforce. It is republished here because I like to keep everything in one place.
‘There is nothing [...]

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Public engagement. Public empowerment.

May 21, 2009

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My keynote from GOVIS 2009 – User Centred Government: More than meets the eye.
Public engagement. Public empowerment.
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The GOVIS tag line is “Connect. Share. Learn.”
So my first question is where is the conference wifi network for all of us to connect? It’s a must have for every conference these days.
Why are [...]

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The Social Network – more Kiwi media

April 26, 2009

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As part of my recent cross-Tasman jaunt to Auckland, there was also an evening event held by Network PR for the Kiwi media. It even got coverage on 3News’ business program.
Attended by around 80 media types (new and heritage),  Julie Starr and I gave (very) short talks on our views on the nature of [...]

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Talking social media in NZ

April 24, 2009

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As part of my quick trip to New Zealand to speak to clients of Network PR, I appeared on the NZ version of Sunrise and the breakfast radio show, Radio Wammo, on KiwiFM.
Yes, the inevitable Twitter focus was there, but the hosts asked questions that were well-researched and business focussed. Given the current obsession with [...]

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Crystal ball gazing

March 30, 2009

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As a part of an event I have coming up, the organisers asked me to do a litte future speculation on the direction the cultural and technological aspects of social networking are taking. Here’s what I put together for them.
Since late 2008, Australia and NZ have seen a significant spike in awareness in the general [...]

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