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In GovernmentNews: A case of the Twitters?

If you are a GovernmentNews subscriber, look out for my two page article in the May 2009 edition about the use of Twitter by local councils in Australia: A case of the Twitters?Councils are defined by their geographic areas, but the nature of the relationships with their communities has changed. While focused on Twitter, more… read full post

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Can we all govern?

While (unashamedly) UK centric, I can promise you that the Us Now movie is well worth down loading (via BitTorrent) or watching in full online as the stories it shares have global applicability. While we might have particular problems to solve here in Australia because of our geography and much smaller population, this movie is… read full post

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Notes from Day 2 at Connecting Up Australia 2009

OK. I’m a little slow coming back to you with notes from day two of Connecting Up 2009, however I wanted to get my slides up for you to go with this post: Smarter > Simpler > Social: Case studies on how to have more impact for less effort View more presentations from James Dellow…. read full post

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Notes from Day 1 at Connecting Up Australia 2009

Despite ongoing connectivity issues (and this affected everyone live blogging and Twittering), it didn’t stop me from enjoying the first day of Connecting Up Australia 09. Very briefly, some of the highlights from the first day included: Cheryl Kernot mentioning Patient Opinion and Headshift during her keynote! I think Cheryl was as surprised to find… read full post

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One year on plus BOSS Magazine interview

Friday last week was Headshift Australasia’s first birthday. To celebrate, the ‘team’ – Anne, Stephen (Executive Director atHeadshift Australasia), Shelley (more about Shelly another day) and me- headed over to the MCA Cafe for lunch. It was a beautiful sunnyautumn Sydney day, very similar to the weather on the day Headshift waslaunched in Australia last… read full post

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Christoph Schmaltz on Second-wave Enterprise 2.0 adopters

I noticed that Christoph Schmaltz’s three-part post about Second-wave Enterprise 2.0 adopters over on the original Headshift blog has been getting some attention today: “I decided to break this blog post down into three parts, as it hadbecome way too long during all those endless nights of writing. Thegeneral theme is that in the near… read full post

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Zen and the Art of Social Media Guideline Maintenance

If you’re reading this, then the chances are you thinking about theneed for or even writing social media guidelines. Perhaps you arelooking for examples to draft your own policy? Before you do that, justpause for a moment and consider ‘how’ you will create your guidelines,rather than ‘what’ they will be. For example, there are plenty… read full post

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Web 2.0 in Government 2009 and Dominic Campbell from FutureGov

The event Website for the Web 2.0 in Government 2009 conference I mentioned the other day has been updated with more details about the program of speakers. There is one slight change that I know isn’t reflected on the event site just yet – and that is I’m pleased (actually, more than pleased, I’m excited)… read full post

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