Showing posts with label channel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label channel. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

How current events play out in search requests - terrorism & related terms in Google trends

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While agencies often invest significant money into tools for tracking trends on social media, one of the simplest ways to detect and monito...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Will Gov 2.0 initiatives be created by individuals or organisations for profit or illegal goals?

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As an advocate for Gov 2.0 and open data I frequently encourage government agencies to work more closely with communities, tapping their ex...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

eDemocracy report from Lowey - US striding ahead

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If I were the leader of a nation that wasn't friends with the US I would be very concerned with the successes of their eDiplomacy progr...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The perils of legislating channels (and the issue of website filters)

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The Australian Parliament House recently released their new website  - a major step-up from the previous site. However in reading an arti...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Living on the edge in social media - two case studies of Australian social media issues

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Back in November 2010 I attended a Garner conference to speak about Gov 2.0. I was also able to attend a workshop about social media use i...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Social media drives five times as much traffic to Australian government sites as online news media

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A couple of years ago Hitwise, an internet measurement company that uses ISP logs to measure traffic to websites, reported that social med...
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Monday, January 09, 2012

Should governments be using popular VOIP tools for customer enquiries?

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In Australia about 10% of households don't have a landline phone any more. In some other countries the figure is higher - and it is g...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Reporting news is no path to sustainable journalism, controlling the message is no path to successful governance

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Below is a copy of a comment I have posted to the ABC The Drum in response to an Alan Kohler article, Big media inquiry, little industry cha...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Are you allowing others to steal your agency's oxygen online?

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A favored term amongst political operatives and advisors is 'oxygen,, the share of the public discussion a politician, government or is...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Stop talking about engagement and get on with it

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Guest post by Steve Davies Yesterday I spend a little time getting involved in the ACT Government Twitter Cabinet. The focus was on Canbe...
Friday, November 25, 2011

This week's social media score - Public: 3 Organisations: 0

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This has been an insightful week for organisations using, or considering using, social media with three successive events demonstrating how ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

What type of rubbish service should we expect from government?

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A couple of weeks ago I had one of the most traumatic experiences a citizen can have with government, the type that can shake one's fait...
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Monday, June 06, 2011

Talking about Twitter

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Thanks to links from John Sheridan ( @sherro58 ) and Kerry Webb ( @kwebb ), I've been reading some of the latest articles and blog posts...
Thursday, June 02, 2011

Coping with the challenges of two-speed government agencies

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A couple of weeks ago I blogged about 21st Century society vs 19th Century laws and policing . My post discussed the interview and arrest o...
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Friday, April 01, 2011

'Keeping the bastards honest' - government's new role in combatting mainstream media mistakes

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Traditionally one of the roles of the 'free press' is to keep governments honest, to shine a light on inappropriate conduct, poor de...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Whether to reuse or build - government choices in a connected world

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There's been discussion on Twitter over the last day about whether Australian government should be building online platforms, such as a ...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Australia's first political leaders' Twitter debate happening in NSW at 11.15am

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According to the Sydney Morning Herald article, Twitter debate for NSW leaders Keneally, O'Farrell and Rhiannon , NSW's political le...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

20 thoughts on government blogging

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I was asked today by a representative of another agency for my thoughts, advice and observations on government blogging. While I don't...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Safe and effective social media use by government agencies

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There's been a very active and engaging discussion in the Gov 2.0 Australia group regarding safe and effective social media use by gover...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Dealing with a social media backlash in government

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In the last week there's been several Australian government activities or announcements which have lead to large community responses via...
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