This piece is cross-posted from the Opinion Page of the Toronto Star which was kind enough to publish it this morning. Over the weekend something profound happened. The Egyptian government, confronted with growing public unrest, attempted to disconnect itself. It shut down its cellular and telephone networks and unplugged from the Internet. It was aRead… Read more »
A quick post as I am preparing my slides for the knowledge management talk I’m delivering on Thursday. In the slides, one of the key points is that the internet from the very beginning was designed as a tool for recording and sharing knowledge. I get to cover some of my favourite ground, talking aboutRead… Read more »
Over the MLK holiday weekend, I did some organized thinking on what a good local government social media seminar would entail. I advise few rules in use of social media, but internal processes, guidelines and training are important for improving coordination and value of official efforts. Additionally, there are simple risk management practices that canRead… Read more »
This isn’t a post on web privacy. It’s a post about www.police.co.uk and I’m afraid it isn’t pretty. Leyton on www.police.uk News that the website was up hit Twitter last night and of course everyone beat a path to the website to have a play. After discovering it didn’t recognise my postcode (I’m absolutely 100%Read… Read more »
This spring PdF is excited to open its doors to the GovLoop community. So come on in, make yourself comfortable, and gain access to the leading government innovators, political practitioners, and so many more that we count among the PdF community. Every other Thursday from now through May, at 1pm EST, techPresident.com‘s Editor, Micah Sifry,Read… Read more »
In an effort to move local government public engagement strategies from complaint-driven affairs to problem-solving sessions, the National League of Cities has produced an action guide to help elected officials create a framework for civility and democratic governance. The guide mentions strategies, from utilizing Web 2.0 technologies to promoting volunteerism as ways to allow citizensRead… Read more »
Check out these fabulous resources from Community Door in Queensland, Australia! There are several great materials that focus on health engagement and collaboration here. According to the website, the materials have been gathered to ass Original post
After this week’s exciting trip to Scotland, I’m venturing slightly less far north a couple of weeks afterwards, to Lancaster. It’s for the ‘Digital networking and community safety partnerships conference’, taking place at the town hall in Lancaster on 16th February. It’s a joint LGID and NPIA event, and features really interesting discussions about howRead… Read more »
Research Cloud tops CIO agenda (01/21/2011) – Gartner survey finds cloud computing the top technology priority for CIOs in 2011. 43% of respondents expect to migrate to cloud-based IT platforms within the next two years. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1526414 Internet as a platform for collective action (01/18/2011) – PEW report finds internet users more likely to be activeRead… Read more »
“Talk is cheap” and it doesn’t require planning or preparation or understanding. No wonder there is so much of it. Listening is effective for changing someone’s thinking, and is often necessary…but not sufficient. When it’s your turn to lead the conversation, what can you do that gives you a better value for your limited time?Read… Read more »