On Monday last I spoke in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, at a Government 2.0 workshop. My subject was “Why parliamentarians and public sector managers need to participate actively in social media”. I used some slides to illustrate particular points: Gov20canberra0609 View more documents from Des Walsh. The video of the presentation is here: Public Sphere:

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This post is simply a placeholder for the original post of the stated date : Social Media in the Public Sector:Workshop Presentation It has been placed here because somehow several other sites have a truncated version of the URL, so the links are showing up as Page Not Found.

It’s that time again. BlogWorld & New Media Expo early registration rates are about to cut out on July 1st. BlogWorld & New Media Expo, held in Las Vegas, has been a highlight of each of the past two years for me. It is such a great gathering of people who are actively involved, or

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I’m off to the national capital, Canberra, tonight for the all day event at Parliament House, Government 2.0: Policy and Practice. As indicated in a previous post, I’m speaking on the subject: Why parliamentarians and public sector managers need to participate in social media. The sub-head is: briefings and slide shows won’t cut it. I

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Got the word this morning that I’m scheduled to speak at the Government 2.0: Policy and Practice event next Monday in Australia’s national capital, Canberra. The fact that the event is being held within Parliament House makes me feel doubly appreciative. This is the event I posted about a couple of weeks ago as Open

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