Archive for November, 2009

2 years of banging the table

A belated happy birthday to us! Bang the Table turned 2 years old sometime around the start of this month. I thought I would take a moment to have a look at the stats across all our projects. Firstly, we have managed 182 online engagement projects for 65 clients in three countries (Australia, New Zealand … Continue reading →

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Lessons from over 100 forums…

Earlier this month I presented at two events in Western Australia. The first was the annual conference of the Australasian IAP2 held in beautiful Freemantle – if you haven’t been, find an excuse to go. The second was “RightClick” an technology focussed 1/2 day event hosted by the WA branch of the IPAA. I’ve only … Continue reading →

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Your Health: Australian Government Online Consultation about Healthcare Reform

Earlier this week I met up with Craig Thomler, the man behind Gov 2.0 blog eGov and the online component of the current Australian government consultation into major reform of the national health care system. The site has been badged, YourHealth, as is worth a look. There are a few notables about the site that … Continue reading →

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Don’t like your Council’s website? Then build your own, they did in Birmingham

Many thanks to Bernard De Broglio for passing me this link after we met at an event last week discussing online participation for local government with members of the Australian Government Web2 Taskforce. It tells the story of how Birmingham City Council in the UK spent 2.8 million pounds sterling on a website that was … Continue reading →

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AA 1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard

AccountAbility begins revision of the AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard from AccountAbility on Vimeo. A new arrival in the intray today… International not-for-profit, Accountability, is in the process of revisting their Stakeholder Engagement Standard. There are two reasons for me posting here: First and most obviously, to promote the opportunity to get involved in the redrafting … Continue reading →

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