Archive for February, 2009

The Epistemology of Mass Collaboration

Reposting this from my LinkedIn Group: Social Media Today The more theoretically inclined group members might be interested in a new themed issue of EPISTEME: A Journal of Social Epistemology which deals with issues pertinent to Web 2.0, specifically wiki. In fact, Larry Sanger, founder of Wikipedia, contributes an article entitled “The Fate of Expertise … Continue reading →

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NSW Jobs Summit Online

The online consultation site for the NSW Government’s Jobs Summit has just gone live using Bang the Table technology and moderation. This is a big deal for our business – being used by the Department of Premier and Cabinet in NSW and is also a very refreshingly positive approach from the Government moving to encourage … Continue reading →

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Anonymity and the “Noisy Voices”

We’ve were having a debate amongst ourselves a few weeks ago about anonymity in online community forums. We take a fairly standard approach to the issue with our public forums. Anyone can sign up and leave a comment under a psuedonym of their choosing as long as they have a valid email address. They can … Continue reading →

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Consult the community on their terms

I have just discovered an online survey being run by the National Trust about the iconic Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. It is very welcome that the National Trust is embracing the web to engage its community and it seems a well intentioned initiative but I wonder how well thought through it has been. Specifically … Continue reading →

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IAP2 South Australia Presentation

IAP2 South Australia – Bang the Table Presentation View more presentations from BangtheTable. (tags: bangthetable online)

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Visual representation of comments – Wordle.net

This is what pops out when you feed the comments from our consultation about a bicycle strategy into a little tool called wordle.net. My question is, Is it useful? Is it fun? Does it help communicate the key issues? Or is it just a pretty graphic to spice up a report?

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How to make an introductory video

Since we put video on the Bang the Table site the take up by our clients has been slow. With a few notable exceptions there has been a reluctance to use videos despite the obvious benefits in getting messages through to the community. We had hoped people would embrace the technology inviting video submissions from … Continue reading →

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Wollondilly Transport Plan Consultation goes live

A new consultation about local transport planning has gone live on Bang the Table for Wollondilly Shire Council (in South West Sydney.

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