The Enterprise 2.0 Breakfast comes to Melbourne

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My presentation idea for Ignite Sydney 4 wasn't successful, but I was still pretty excited about going along tonight to experience the event for the first time. I have to say that I absolutely love the format, although the pace of the slides transitions wasn't actually as fast as I was expecting - so while the presenters have to keep moving, its not as rushed as you might expect. An "Ignite Express" event with faster, shorter talks could be an interesting variation on the theme, perhaps?
The whole event actually makes me think of a more user-friendly version of BarCamp (and not just because there was actually a bar at Ignite). Like BarCamp, a series of diverse, quirky, talks were served up and there was still a strong tech and media feel to many of them. In fact, I bumped into more than few people I've met at BarCamp Sydney and Canberra (and elsewhere).
However, unlike BarCamp everything was organised well in advance and the organisers aren't afraid to accept sponsorship to help pay for the venue etc. I think having been through the minimalist BarCamp approach (sponsors are very low key at BarCamp) I was a little taken a back by the advertising at Ignite. Some of the presenters were also sponsors or organisers, so it was a little confusing. At least one of the presentations felt like a sales pitch, but I don't think they were a sponsor.
That aside, the atmosphere was good and its exciting to see the Ignite event bring a different presentation style (and even some topics) to a broader audience. Perhaps this style might go even more mainstream in the future? I'd love to see this happen at a conference!
This is a serious point - the BarCamp community see their events as a model for others to follow. However, for the Ignite audience I think their slightly more commercial and a little more organised approach also works pretty well.
BTW I should point out that local charity, OzHarvest, were the recipients of a voluntary $5 entry fee.
I also think I have a better idea of what works at Ignite. So wish me luck for Ignite 5 :-)
Photo credit: Haikugami CC-NC-SA
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We are taking advantage of the fact that Robin Hamman will be here in Sydney for our Social Business Summit to run a special half-day masterclass in Canberra on Monday 22nd March.Featuring Robin and facilitated by Anne Bartlett-Bragg, the masterclass will address:
- How existing government activities can be undertaken with more impact, wider reach, and effectiveness using social media;
- Who should do it (and who shouldn't);
- The guidelines and roles a government agency will need; and
- Measuring success for different stake holders.
Please contact me at james.dellow@headshift.com or call 0414 233711 for more information or if you would like to register for the masterclass.
I'll be taking a bit of back seat at this event, but it will give you the chance to hear from two other very experienced people from the Headshift team. Robin's profile speaks for itself, meanwhile you may not be aware that Anne was the other primary author to the Project 8 guidelines I've been talking about a lot recently :-)
Anne was also the lead consultant for Taskforce Project 15, to assist the Australian Law Reform Commission to run an online engagement pilot with their stakeholders.
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This is a montage of short clips filmed (using my Flip video camera) at Barcamp Canberra 2010, which explores some of the themes of Government 2.0 and Social Innovation from the day.
BTW My slides from Barcamp ('Remixing Gov 2.0' and 'Hello. My Name is, Social Business Design.') and the session I ran on Gov 2.0 on Friday (which is really the extended version of my Barcamp presentation) are also all available online.
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What is Government 2.0 all about? And how can Knowledge Management help staff in government agencies to meet its objectives?
The Federal Government sponsored Government 2.0 Taskforce presented its final report at the end of 2009 - see http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/gov20taskforcereport/index.html
As part of the Taskforce's consultation process, they commissioned the creation of Online Engagement Guidelines and a Web 2.0 Toolkit. This was designed to provide guidance to government agencies using web 2.0 tools and provided a recommendation for a toolkit of web 2.0 technologies that agencies can use based on principles of shared services and re-use.
James Dellow will provide a briefing on:
* The Government 2.0 Taskforce
* An overview of the new Online Engagement Guidelines and Web 2.0 Toolkit
* How you can make use of it
* How your Knowledge Management skills and practices can contribute to enabling Government 2.0James will then facilitate an open discussion on the topic, using a conversation cafe style format.
Thanks to the ACT KM community and Brad Hinton at AusAID, I'm taking advantage of the fact that I'm down in Canberra this weekend for BarCamp Canberra by running this session tomorrow (Friday) about Government 2.0, with a focus on the Online Engagement Guidelines I helped to write for Taskforce Project 8.
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Dates – January 28th, February 4th, February 11th, February 18th at 12:00 p.m. ET
January 28th: Webinar #1: Social Computing Adoption in the Enterprise “the Before” – learn how to best develop the business case, gain buy-in, select technology and establish the team February 4th: Webinar #2: Social Computing Adoption in the Enterprise “the After” –gather best practices on implementation, policy formation, training, and community management February 11th: Webinar #3: EMC Enterprise 2.0 Case Study February 18th: Webinar #4: Raytheon Enterprise 2.0 Case Study
Unfortunately 12pm E(S)T is something like 4am in the morning here on Australia's east coast, however they will be posting the deck from each Webinar on slideshare.
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Enterprise 2.0 meet up this morning, here in Sydney. One of the main themes in the conversation this morning was discussing our own experiences of the different organisational factors - such as internal politics, perceptions of productivity in the workplace, information security concerns and generational change - that get in the way of effectively introducing enterprise social computing.
Unfortunately, due a sporting injury, Alex wasn't was able to make it this time but hopefully he'll be recovered for our next meet up. If you couldn't make today either but would like to be invited to future meet ups, please get in touch with your twitter or email details so I can 'ping' you when we schedule our next event.Comments [2]
While Headshift/Dachis Group's own Social Business Summit kicks off in the Austin Texas, I'll be attending the Hargraves Institute's Innovation 2010 conference to also talk about Social Business Design:
The global financial crisis exposed some very expensive, bureaucratic structures inside companies that represent a drain on productivity and a waste of human potential. Companies that emerge from this period as leaders will be more agile, network-centric and people-powered. Learn about the four Social Business Design archetypes, how Social Business Design can be applied to stimulate and support innovation with customers, the workforce and business partners.
Full details are in the conference brochure.
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