I’ve had quite a number of conversations about social media strategy at the council recently, as well as with a number of people via twitter and other networks. So I thought I’d share my thinking on this and also share the strategy (co-developed by Martin Howitt) which I use to help others as well asRead… Read more »
Valentine’s Day is big business…and it has a big impact on our environment. They say that 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are sold each year, and the holiday takes the #1 spot for fresh flower purchases, with around a billion valentines sent out each year. Those billion cards, if you were to lay themRead… Read more »
I’ve been blogging at kristyfifelski.com for a year now about my insights on online government. My passion is for local government, and I love to share what I’ve learned along the way and also point out what other govies are doing to connect with citizens. I want to get more creative and reach a largerRead… Read more »
On Friday, the City of Calgary launched a large-scale citizen engagement project: Our City. Our Budget. Our Future. In February 2011, Council approved the engagement process for the facilitated review of core services and The City’s business planning and budget process. It is an extensive engagement process that will facilitate conversations with citizens, employees andRead… Read more »
Last week, President Obama traveled to Marquette County, Michigan to unveil a nationwide, high-speed wireless plan. The initiative received applause from a handful of governors who said the expansion would benefit their local economies and benefit efforts to build out the National Public Safety Broadband Network for first responders. The $18 billion initiative would provideRead… Read more »
Bar Camp Canberra 2011 will be held at ANU College of Business and Economics in Canberra on 19 March 2011. This is free and there is room for 150 people. You can register online.These events are a little geeky, with participants referring to each other by their Twitter “handle” and almost everyone having a wirelessRead… Read more »
This week the Capital Technology Management Hub put on a program about cloud computing – a very informative session about a new approach to computing that is no longer just a concept – it is up and running with higher level enhancements coming on line continuously at a steady pace. Interesting in its own right,Read… Read more »
My Crossfit gym posts the workout of the day every night but I have to open a browser and visit the website to see it. Why is there no app for that? There can be. My school email does not have settings that I can program into my phone’s mail accounts. Why is there noRead… Read more »
I’m a big fan of the use of ideation in government to bring innovation both within agencies by employees and with citizens. Last year, the Obama administration hosted a series of dialogues on Open Government with each agency and cities from Austin to Santa Cruz have used dialogues to get ideas from citizens on howRead… Read more »
Just finished my session of hosting a structured brainjam from Day 2 of Gov 2.0 LA. I wanted to let the community we’ve created a presentation live connecting our notes of the brainjam. Just as this post is, the presentation is in its raw form. I am posting it here for comment, questions and moreRead… Read more »