http://blogdotgov.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:33:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The IBM Center for the Business of Government has released a report called "The Blogging Revolution: Government in the Age of Web 2.0". You can view/download it here (PDF, 7.15MB). It is full of all sorts of good information - like the following: 10 Tips for Blogging by Public Sector Executives Tip ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/06/28/ibm-report-on-government-blogging/ More government bodies and large corporations are looking towards Second Life as a way of leveraging resources - an effective virtual presence can be had for a little under USD5,000.00 per annum [1] plus staff costs. Why would you bother? There are several reasons: because it is a low-cost channel for connecting ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/06/18/second-life-thinking-about-a-virtual-shopfront/ Matthew Hodgson warns against the folly of inadequate needs analysis. He speaks of the hardship experienced by many evangelists and users of Web 2.0 tools - I know where he is coming from there - and against knee-jerk reactions to adding a blog or wiki just because everyone else is ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/06/03/audience-needs-analysis-who-are-you-putting-that-blog-together-for/ I've put a Government Blog Directory page up here. The rules are fairly simple - if you are not on it, and you want your government blog to be on it, email me (Andrew Boyd) via facibus AT gmail DOT com. If you are on it and you don't want ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/05/23/government-blog-directory/ facibus.com is moving! The blogs need more room to grow and a bigger traffic allowance, which is a good thing. What this means is that until the DNS change propagates around the world, this blog will appear to be off the air. All going well this will only be a day ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/05/16/facibuscom-is-moving/ You may be in a position to influence the formation of a corporate blog in your organisation. To find out if there is a solid business case, you need to write some kind of plan. There are a dozen ways or more to put a project proposal together, but they generally ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/05/15/a-business-case-for-corporate-blogging/ One of the things that government bloggers share with their equivalents in industry is that both may face objections within the organisation. A big policy issue for any corporate blog is around control - some questions that need to be asked are: who owns the information? who owns the information dissemination process? who ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/05/15/information-control-dealing-with-difficult-people/ There is a lot of interest in government blogging here in Australia (and throughout the world) - the advantages, the issues, the change in mindset required. An article on Gary Nairn's speech on Wednesday 02 May mentioned: Blogs could be the next frontier for governments to discuss plans and policies with ... http://blogdotgov.com/2007/05/12/welcome-to-blogdotgov/