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Two weeks. Three fabulous events.
It’s been a big year for the Government 2.0 in Queensland Community of Practice (or gov2qld as we prefer to call it!). And we’re not done yet! It’s so exciting to see our community involved in three big events in Brisbane over the next two weeks. Whatever your particular interest area under the “Government 2.0″ [...]
On Driving People to Online Consultations
The trend in recent years towards online consultation with communities is clearly beneficial to the overall process of engaging communities for a number of reasons. it provides the potential for a wider range of opinions, experiences and ideas to be garnered It provides a platform for more efficient management of large scale consultation activities Its [...]
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On Managing the Crowd: Records Management for a 2.0 World
I mentioned Steve Bailey‘s excellent book Managing the Crowd: Rethinking Records Management for the Web 2.0 World at last nights gov2qld community of practice event. It was published in 2008 and so is a little dated now, but the concepts and challenges faced by the records management community in the light of the meteoric rise [...]
Posted in Government 2.0, Records Management Tagged gov 2.0, managing the crowd, review, steve bailey, web 2.0 Leave a comment
On the Preservation and Record Keeping Aspects of Government 2.0
Exciting times for the gov2qld community as we have just welcomed our 400th member to the group and are actively working with practitioners and advocates in other states around Australia to roll out similar Communities of Practice in other locations. More details soon! The next gov2qld networking event will be held at the headquarters of [...]
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On Internal Social Media use in Government Agencies
The next gov2qld networking event will be held at the Gardens Point Campus of QUT (full details below). This month we will focus our ‘Government 2.0 Intensive Care’ session on a subject that many of you are talking about if not actively working on at the moment, the use of Internal Social Media within agencies [...]
On Beth Noveck’s Visit to Brisbane
UPDATE: Unfortunately Beth Noveck has had to cancel this visit due to health reasons. We wish her a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her here in Brisbane in the near future. Exciting to see that Professor Beth Noveck is visiting Brisbane on Monday 25th July and will be speaking at a free event [...]
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On a Single Web presence for Government
After a great panel discussion on the legal aspects of Government 2.0 last month, this month we will focus our 'Government 2.0 Intensive Care' session on another hotly requested topic, that of a 'Single Web Experience for Government'. Once again we will have a facilitated panel discussion with plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
On building a local Government 2.0 Community of Practice
This month, the 'Government 2.0 in Queensland' (@gov2qld) community of practice will welcome its 300th member. Not a bad achievement since we only began this little venture six months or so ago. An idea spawned from a conversation between Amelia (@Emotivate) and I (@DavidJEade) lamenting the lack of a community for people in our State keen to share ideas, experiences and tools relating to this emerging trend.
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On Managing Consultations Efficiently
"How do we effectively manage large volumes of responses to consultations with limited resources, especially when these volumes are likely to increase as a result of more accessible online engagements"?
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On Hackfest Brisbane and Open Data Competitions