Encouraging Is Courageous
I just noticed that “encourage” and “courageous” come from the same word. I never realized this relationship before. There’s something important in that.
Great resources for online community building
At the weekend I got my copy of Rich Millington‘s new book, Buzzing Communities, through the post. It’s excellent and provides everything you need to know about building successful online communities. Thinking seriously about community building is something that I think digital engagement efforts in government and beyond are lacking a lot of the time.Read… Read more »
More Speechwriting Tips
More speechwriting tips from the Congressional Research Service: An effective…speech is defined not by rules of rhetoric, but by the character of response it evokes. So true! In fact, I would argue this is the metric of success for all persuasive communications. Another tip: Ideally, a speech draft ought to be reviewed three times: byRead… Read more »
Big Data and Cloud don’t have to be Big Problems – Ajay Budhraja
There is a data explosion occurring in the world. Data that is being created is not just transaction oriented and is not structured. Such data cannot be managed effectively with some data management systems since traditional systems cannot process such data.Data sets are being gathered from a variety of data sources and the volume, velocityRead… Read more »
Liveblogging ‘Future Citizen Engagement for Government Forum Asia 2012’ Day 1
Over the next few days I am in Singapore at Liquid Learning’s Future Citizen Engagement for Government Forum Asia conference. I’ll be liveblogging the presentations today and may liveblog parts of tomorrow, when I am chairing, speaking and on a panel. Liveblog: Future Citizen Engagement for Government Forum Asia eGov AU Craig Thomler’s personal GovRead… Read more »
Sharing the Road in 1906
The other day I saw a link posted for one of the most interesting transportation videos I have ever seen. It is about an 11-minute video of a trip down Market Street in San Francisco in 1906 before the fire/earthquake. From what I have read about it, someone filmed it with a camera placed inRead… Read more »
OpenAustralia Hack(s)fest on FOI – for hackers, media, activists & FOI gurus
The OpenAustralia Foundation will be holding the first Australian Hack(s)fest as part of the countdown to the launch of their new FOI assistance site, designed to make it easier for ordinary Australians to put in FOI requests to Commonwealth agencies. The event, being held in Sydney at Google’s office, will be held on the weekendRead… Read more »
The Military Vote: A Technology Challenge Stretching Far Beyond The Current Election
By BobGourley Over the weekend I lent some help to a young man in California who asked that I help get an e-mail to the Secretary of Defense. Although I don’t correspond with the Secretary, I know a few people that do, and I think we got the e-mail on the way and believe itRead… Read more »
The Government Man Talks About GSA’s Response to Hurricane Sandy
I have been using this blog as a forum for satirical commentary concerning some elected officials and certain components of my former lifetime employer, GSA. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no humor to be found in discussing Hurricane Sandy, one of the great disasters of a lifetime. In the last year GSA has been in theRead… Read more »
Seth on Education
Every once in a while I simply embed a single video as a blog post. It’s not because I’m lazy, but rather because I truly feel the video should get as much exposure as possible. This latest one is a TEDx speech delivered by one my favourite business/marketing authors and speakers, Seth Godin. The topicRead… Read more »