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We are currently seeking input for Gov 2.0 Taskforce Project 8
Headshift is currently completing a project for the Government 2.0 Taskforce, to develop online engagement guidelines and a Web 2.0 toolkit for Australian government agencies (see the brief - PDF or RTF format).Our approach for this project involves creating use... read full post
Upgrading Democracy in Australia - Reboot needed
The Centre for Policy Development is an independent Australian public interest think tank. Lee Bryant and I were invited to submit an article for the latest edition of their Insight Magazine, which became available online today. The theme for this... read full post
Social innovation gardening
I wrote this short piece about the relevance of Government 2.0 to service delivery at a local level: The exciting dimension of Government 2.0 is the impact it can have on communities where Local Government is at the front line,... read full post
SharePoint or Wiki?
This article was originally published in the May/June 2009 edition of Image & Data Manager magazine.Archimedes famously told us that with a long enough lever and fulcrum to rest it on, he could move the world. The story of designing... read full post
Don't short change online citizens
If you follow me on Twitter, you will know I've been critical at times of the Australian government's recent efforts to embrace Government 2.0 and more technology-supported participatory approaches. So far I have been generally disappointed with the examples I've... read full post
Public Sphere #2 videos
Video recordings of each of the Public Sphere #2 presentations are now available online - including mine:Public Sphere: Government 2.0 - James Dellow from Kate Lundy on Vimeo.There are plenty more videos to browse through if you have time.... read full post
Government 1.0 is dead. Prepare for the Age of Government 2.0!
When you work in government, there are always lots of training and information sessions on this and that - from how to behave ethically to the procedure for booking a meeting room. There is a particular pattern to this kind... read full post
Why you should add social computing to your IT strategy
I'm not sure if this is a trend yet, but I've had a couple of client enquiries recently, but not about social computing or social media explicitly - instead they want help with IT strategies more generally. Considering that it... read full post
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... read full post
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... read full post
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... read full post
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... read full post
One year on plus BOSS Magazine interview
Friday last week was Headshift Australasia's first birthday. :-) To celebrate, the 'team' - Anne, Stephen (Executive Director at Headshift Australasia), Shelley (more about Shelly another day) and me - headed over to the MCA Cafe for lunch. It was... read full post
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 had become way too... read full post
Zen and the Art of Social Media Guideline Maintenance
If you're reading this, then the chances are you thinking about the need for or even writing social media guidelines. Perhaps you are looking for examples to draft your own policy? Before you do that, just pause for a moment... read full post
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