Open government; resilient state: Innovating for government in NSW

If you work for government – or with government – whether federal, state or local, this one-day forum is for you.
 
GovCamp for you

This GovCamp “unconference” is simply a space to open up the public sphere conversation - to create a comfortable place where new thinking becomes possible and enables new outcomes.  There are no long presentations and the topics are yours - you get to create the agenda.

So this GovCamp is about how government works, as well as how it works for citizens.  It's about the pressures of needing to do better government with less; about meeting growing public needs and expectations within an increasingly transparent and stretched public space.

It's also about leverage points for innovation in NSW, such as connective technologies and open data.  We hope to hear some big-picture policy ideas and some pragmatic new-ways-of-working.

GovCampNSW is about the power of ideas and conversation. It aspires to build upon the gov-tech / 2.0 focus and look beyond to shaping innovation in government in NSW.

Discussion will include:

• Cultural change leading to open government.
• Social technologies and service delivery.
• Policy 2.0: Why do apps have all the fun? 

For more info on the program and format OR to suggest topics you'd be interested in discussing on the day, please visit the GovCampNSW website at www.govcampnsw.info.

GovCamp is for people like you

Public sector practitioners, advisers and leaders who are excited by these challenges, who seek to better understand the risks and opportunities within emerging trends. 

There are no clever corporate games; just dialogue and an open exchange of ideas.  It's a Saturday. It's free time, casual and as "off-the-record" as you need.  And because it's shared conversation, you'll take away even more than you contribute.

 

 

For my part, a recurring Gov 2.0 theme for me is social innovation and the role of the non-profit sector in service delivery. So I hope to see a good mix of government people, agitators for change (like me), engaged citizens and also the non-profit sector at this first GovCamp for NSW.

BTW I'll be helping out, co-facilitating the conversation cafe and maybe a presentation.

I’m presenting at the Institute of Information Management (IIM) NSW chapter meeting on 25th October, about moving from systems of record to systems of engagement:

Social Media guru, James Dellow will give us a briefing on some of the emerging trends in the way Social Media tools are changing the way organisations are thinking about recordkeeping, information and knowledge. If pressed, James might also offer insights into the latest technology and tools such as Jive, tibbr, Yammer, Socialtext, Drupal Commons, and the rest!

Where: Sydney CBD, Australia

When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

For more details and to register, see the IIM’s registration page for this event.

Crossed posted from the Headshift | Dachis Group Asia Pacific blog.

Alas, I won't be in Zurich (actually, I'm heading off to Perth for the week shortly). However, if you are in the Zurich area you might like to meet up with Christoph Schmaltz and Lee Provoost from the Headshift | Dachis Group's London team at bar Andorra in Zurich on August 10 starting from 7 PM.

We’ve got a whole lot of intranet goodness happening this coming month…

Cross posted from the Headshift | Dachis Group Asia Pacific blog. See the original post for details about: 

• The 2.0 Adoption Council briefing on 10th May;
• Intranets2011 on 11th & 12th May (I'm presenting); and
• The Intranet Innovation Awards are open for submissions until 31st May.

This Webinar on the 10th May will provide a introduction to prospective Asia Pacific members of The 2.0 Adoption Council and will feature two existing council members: Cory Banks (Parsons Brinckerhoff) and Claire Flanagan (CSC). For more information and to register for the Webinar, visit the event page.

I’ve said before, that its interesting how people latch on to ‘Social Business’ but not ‘Social Business Design’. It reminds me of both the long winded debates in the knowledge management community about the nature of ‘knowledge’ and in other circles when I’ve met marketing folks who only want to talk about promotion. In both cases, my reaction was that they were missing the bigger picture.

Cross posted from the Headshift Asia Pacific blog, my reflections on the Social Business Summit 2011 (I attended the Summits in Sydney and Singapore).

Episode

Social, Inside and Out: James Dellow (@chieftech) of Headshift | Dachis Group joins Allison Hornery, Steve Lunceford and Adriel Hampton for a discussion on making complex organizations social. “Social business doesn’t really differentiate between government and non-government,” says Dellow.

I was interviewed on gov2.0radio this week, talking about why Social Business Design is relevant to government. BTW You can find out more information about Social Business Design and our Social Business Summit series via the Dachis Group, Headshift and event sites.

Lantern, a Melbourne-based non-profit with a focus on mental health, are running a Mental Health 2.0 Unconference today. I was planning to attend but one reason and another I wasn't able to make it down from NSW in the end... however, I thought I might as well share the slides I had prepared. As usual, this is a short deck and imagery intensive - so I'll do my best to add some commentary later.

UPDATE: A <10 minute audio commentary is now included with the slides.

Incidentally, with the support of Simon Spencer (GM Asia Pacific) and Ross Hill from the local Yammer team, the unconference has been able to bring together participants into a microblogging community that has had people talking and introducing themselves before the event starts. So even if I'm not there today, I'll be able to follow and engage with this back channel during the day.

If you are interested - this makes use of Yammer Communities functionality, that lets you create an enterprise microblogging network that extends beyond your own organisation.

Over 4 weeks – across 4 continents – 4 Summits will be convened.
Sydney,  2 March -  Austin, 10 March -  London, 24 March – Singapore, 6 April

...the global series of Dachis Group Social Business Summits will be launched in Sydney, bringing together internationally recognised thought leaders and expert practitioners to create a vision and inspire conversations about the state of Social Business in 2011.

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Attendance is by invitation only, so please be quick to register your interest as places are limited and filling fast!

Sydney
Date: Wednesday, 2 March
Venue: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney
Cost: A$395 early bird (to 18th Feb)

Singapore
Date: Wednesday, 6 April
Venue: The BoatHouse,
Cost: US$395 early bird (to 11th March)

Request an invitation and find more information on the Social Business Summit website.

Just in case you've missed us talking about this elsewhere. If you are interested in attending, don't forget to request your invitation!

Social Business Design for Breakfast

Thursday February 3, 2011 at 8:00am

Captains of Industry

Level 1, 2 Somerset Place
Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Get Directions

James Dellow aka Chieftech (from Headshift | Dachis Group) invites you to join him for breakfast to chat informally about Social Business Strategy, Workforce Engagement, Customer Engagement, and Social Analytics and Business Intelligence using social technologies. What ever your interest - social media, Government 2.0, knowledge management or Enterprise 2.0 - you are welcome to come along and join the conversation. For more about Social Business Design see http://www.dachisgroup.com/social-business-design/

I'm in Melbourne next week, so I though it might be worthwhile to kick off the new year with an informal meetup to talk about anything Social Business Design related, expanding the topic of past meetups beyond simply "Enterprise 2.0".

As usual, please RSVP with a comment here or jump on to Upcoming.