The University of Canberra released a “Framework for an Australian Capital Territory Clean Economy Strategy – Economic, Environmental and Social Perspectives” commissioned by the ACT Government in 2009. The full report is ( MS Word 1.4MB or PDF 1.17MB).Actions would fall across the broad areas of: green buildingsutilitiesrenewable energytransportbusiness and industry developmentresearch and Original post
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 »
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 »
The following post is entirely Hadley Beeman’s (@hadleybeeman) fault. So much is, actually, when it comes to opendata and linked data – just Google her and you’ll find it why. For the US orientated among you, Hadley is essentially our national lead on opendata in the UK, she’s an American and she yay’s. In public.Read… Read more »
You and I have both had experiences where we see an employee role their eyes when their phone rings or when a customer is at the counter for assistance. “What do they want?” is what they are thinking, and sometimes even what they say aloud. It’s easy, and perfectly natural, to get frustrated when youRead… Read more »
My friend Candi Harrison’s latest blog post is well worth reading: http://candioncontent.blogspot.com/2011/02/successful-web-leaders-communicate.html I recommend this not only because I’ve successfully implemented her advice as a leader, but also because it works for me as a manager. I love helping my team succeed, and it’s best when they make that as easy as possible.
I haven’t talked about leadership for awhile. So let me beat that drum a bit. Web managers/editors/innovators (I’m still searching for the right moniker) have always been – and must always be – leaders to be successful. We have no delegated authority over all the people we need to get the job done. So weRead… Read more »
I was recently working with a west-coast municipality supporting their Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) business case development process. The project was going quite well as all the ingredients for success were in place, including: Strong executive sponsorship, A committed project manager, and A sound change management (CM) strategy led by a seasoned CM veteran. DuringRead… Read more »