For all online community managers - register now for Swarm 2012

Last year was the first Swarm in Sydney- part conference and part peer support network for online community managers.

The event is returning this year in Melbourne on 13-14 September, bigger and friendlier.

The website is now live, with early bird rates to attend.

One of the highlights of Swarm this year will be the presentation of the results from the first ever Australian and New Zealand Online Community Managers' Survey.

I'll also be presenting on quite a controversial topic.

See you all there!

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Viewing the GovHacks

Below is a list of GovHacks entries including links to their live or temporary prototype sites.

I've linked Hack names to their record in the GovHack site.

Note that live sites may not remain live for long, so some links may be broken.

• 100 Years by Code Cadets
• A day in the Life by The Outsiders - http://202.2.94.231:8080/ADITL/
• ABS Census 2011 Object-Relational Database Loader by SoloDeveloper - https://github.com/andrewharvey/ (code)
• AmbleMate by Acord Labs - http://amblemate.lambdacomplex.org/
• An Improved PhotoSearch for the National Archives of Australia by Digital Humanitarians - http://202.2.94.227/
• Aussie Chronology by $team = 'Fr-Agile'; - http://ac.enricosimonetti.com/
• Australia: The MMORPG by Something Gamerish
• Australis by Aram
• Bako.co by Polleniser - http://bako.co/
• Better PhotoSearch by Double Rainbows - http://photosearch.us.to/?q=rainbow&i=11407632
• Climate vis jewellery by Cranky Bot - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:24173 (code to generate jewellery)
• DeadFacebook by Nifty (under construction)
• Demographic Advisor by Terrible Team
• Environmental Sustainability in the ACT Web App (ESACT web) by Enviro Coders
• FOI Online by Freedom - http://saphe.com.au/
• GenderCrunch by Unicorn Logic - http://code.google.com/p/unicorn-gender-crunch/ (code)
• GeoArchive by The Code Monkeys
• Gov2Wiki by PlotaLot - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Batch_created_charts_by_User:99of9
• Happiness Index by HappinessMatters - https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=MAP&q=select+col7%3E%3E1+from+1BVWLGlXnE561QyiAeQgDqSEKxlC8kyr2aA69zfY&h=false&lat=-29.13629667120401&lng=137.0152115625&z=4&t=1&l=col7%3E%3E1
• History in ACTION by History in ACTION - http://historyinaction.info/
• Is your Polly smarter than a 5th grader? by MovingForward - http://202.2.94.230/
• Locationalised by Locationallly - http://www.locationally.com/
• 3D Data on a mesh by Matrix Mania - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDtZcuukneI
• odata.au by Searchlight
• OKCapital by The Capatalists - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11HWby18Ik_dmjYL88-dkcfeVktj-_OfFv7PFMkXNZp0/edit#slide=id.p
• Old MacDonald's Farm by The Govness - http://thegovness.com/old-mac-donald/
• Photo Rummage by Terminator - http://www.electricpen.com.au/PhotoRummage/app.html (mobile prototype)
• Pictorian by Awesomo - http://pictorian.rushify.com/
• PictureSwipe by Porta Nerd- https://github.com/geobray (code)
• Repel the Invaders! by The Biodiverse
• Represent! by SPARQL Data Party - https://bitbucket.org/whatsthatweb/represent-conversation
• Route me by Timeless traveller - https://github.com/predominant/RouteMe (code)
• Safe Route by Hackeroos
• Solar Powered Train by Solar Powered Train
• State v State: FIGHT by The Govness - http://www.thegovness.com/fight/
• The Burbs by CodeNinja
• The Hot Seat by The Death Rays - http://thehotseat.info/
• The OpenBudget by 2 Guys 1 App - http://theopenbudget.org/
• Time Capsule by Laser Explosions - http://202.2.94.235/?share=9
• Walk My Way by Lonesome Dove
• watchr: open your all-seeing-eye by the All-Seeing-Eyes - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pXUOGecMgpxW6aPWXyr_oN2iqiWj-pRplFL41FWyLeY/present#slide=id.p (presentation)
• WeatherCrowd by The White Board Markers - http://www.weathercrowd.com.au:8080/app/
• WeatheredOak by NullReference - http://govhack.typ0.co/default.htm
• WotsGoingOn by WotsGoingOn - http://www.wotsgoingon.com.au/wgon/

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GovHack presentations and judging liveblog

Hi, I'll be liveblogging the presentations and judging from GovHack in Canberra below as it happens.

All the tears and all the cheers as 42 entrants go head for head for around $40,000 in prizes and the street cred of being a GovHack winner.

You can view all the entrants on the GovHack website.

Vote and comment on them now at govhack.dialogue-app.com (your views will be taken into account by the judges).



Photos from the GovHack presentations

GovHack crowd in Canberra

GovHack crowd in Canberra

The big screen at GovHack

Watching the Sydney GovHack crowd

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GovHack attracts 42 teams with projects

There's been a massive response to GovHack, with 42 teams registered to compete and their projects already well underway (note there are 45 groups listed which included a few which are not competing).

If you want to follow the event online, check out the GovHack website, or follow the action on Twitter using the #Govhack hashtag.

Below are a few photos I took this afternoon at the Canberra venue, Inspire at the University of Canberra.


Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra's Inspire centre



Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra's Inspire centre



The second room in the Inspire centre

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Global public engagement awards for 2012 open for entry

If you've been involved in public engagement or public participation over the last twelve months, it is worth checking out the International Association for Public Participation's (IAP2) global Core Values Awards for 2012.

Open now for entry, the IAP2's Core Values Awards recognise the best public participation activities by organisations from around the world, based on the organisation's values (listed below).

If your agency has held a major public engagement activity, you may be eligible to enter these awards and be recognised in your jurisdiction, country, or even globally, for the quality of your efforts.

Learn more about the awards.


IAP 2 Core Values for the Practice of Public Participation

1. Public participation is based on the belief that those who are affected by a decision have a right to be involved in the decision-making process.
    
2. Public participation includes the promise that the public's contribution will influence the decision.
    
3. Public participation promotes sustainable decisions by recognizing and communicating the needs and interests of all participants, including decision makers.
    
4. Public participation seeks out and facilitates the involvement of those potentially affected by or interested in a decision.
    
5. Public participation seeks input from participants in designing how they participate.
    
6. Public participation provides participants with the information they need to participate in a meaningful way.
    
7. Public participation communicates to participants how their input affected the decision.

Download IAP2's Core Values

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