I’m looking for to attending the Online Information Conference next week, which runs from 1-3 December at the Olympia. The schedule for the three days can be found on the Online Information website. There are some great speakers lined up, including Charlene Li, co-author of Groundswell, who will be doing a keynote presentation on Thursday 3rd December.
Of particular interest to me is the Track 2 (Social Web ) Keynote session on the 3rd December on:
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SOCIAL BUSINESS DESIGN
- which I’ll be moderating. The keynote presentation for this session will be given by Lee Bryant, co-founder of Headshift. I’ve been a keen follower of Lee for some time, and look forward to his perceptive analysis of how business is adapting to the social web. A brief synopsis of this track session as follows:
The application of social tools and social networking within business is all too often regarded as a purely technical exercise, where simply installing new software can solve business problems. In fact, the really interesting lessons of this new era of social business tools are about the affordances, behaviours and new ways of working that social networking makes possible. This session will look at some of the areas in which key concepts such as information flows, ambient awareness, networked productivity and cheap, easy collaboration are impacting on business processes and business design in various sectors and industries.
Learning points:
1. The basics of network-centric information management
2. How to identify business processes ripe for change
3. How to get started with social business design projects
We also have some great presentation and case studies from:
Mike Ellis, Solutions Architect, Eduserv, UK
Lisa Price, Website Communications Manager, Eduserv, UK
Lorna Ferguson, Associate Director of Knowledge Management, KPMG LLP, UK
Ceri Hughes, Director of Knowledge Management, KMPG LLP, UK
I’m anticipating that this will be a very well attended session and feel very privileged to be sharing a platform with those who are pioneering collaborative and knowledge sharing solutions through the social web. Organisations and people are still finding their way through a fairly confusing ‘Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0′ landscape, which appears to be bounded and stifled by anachronistic 20th century working practices, rules and protocols. I believe this session will offer some insight into where we are heading in building 21st century working practices and the role that technology will have in supporting these changes.
I hope to see some of my friends, colleagues and blog/twitter followers at the event. But for anyone reading this who will be at the event, please do come and say hello.
These are my links for November 22nd through November 24th:
- Build your stuff with our stuff! – Lichfield District Council – We're always looking for new ways of making it as easy as possible for developers and website owners to access data held by Lichfield District Council in ways that they want – allowing you to remix, mashup and share data easily. Here's a list of what we provide so far, this list is not exhaustive, and we'll be adding more and more datasets as time progresses:
- Planning Applications widget – Lichfield District Council – We're really keen to make sure information is as easily accessible to our residents as possible, making sure you can access our data quickly and in a format you choose. With this in mind, we've developed a 'widget' that allows you to show the latest planning applications that have been posted on your own website.
It's very easy to set up, simply copy and paste the code below into your website or blog and every time a new planning application is posted, the widget will update:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/planningwidget.php"></script>
- Put in your postcode, out comes the data | Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt – Times Online – Government data is a valuable resource that we have already paid for. We are not talking about personal data but data that tells us, for example, about the amount and type of traffic on our roads, where the accidents are, how much is spent on areas where these accidents occur. This is data that has already been collected and paid for by the taxpayer, and the internet allows it to be distributed much more cheaply than before. Governments can unlock its value by simply letting people use it.
- Social Media Case Studies | The Parallax View – There’s more and more case studies on social media, web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0. Keeping track of them all is an on-going project. Here’s some of the ones I’ve been looking at lately. This is not meant to be a definitive list, it’s more like a set of bookmarks, but if there’s a really good one I’ve missed out, please add a comment* or ping me on Twitter, on my remiss and I’ll add it.
- 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error
These are my links for November 15th through November 20th:
- Stream Live Video on Twitter from twitcam- powered by Livestream – Twitcam posts your video description and link to Twitter for all your followers to see.
- TweetMeme – Search and Retweet the Hottest Stories on Twitter – Hottest links on Twitter
- MyPolice – Mypolice is the winning idea from Scotland’s first Social Innovation Camp. It is an online feedback tool for the public to voice their experiences with the police and concerns in their area.
- 21Gov.net – When we in the summer launched this project, today was a rather firm launch date (#egov2009). So it was very satisfactory, at midnight, to launch the digital version. Download the PDF here or here (1,1MB).
Oh, and get the launch press release.
But the book is indeed also a ‘real’ book. It will be published by Authorhouse soon, and be available via Amazon etc later this year. Until its general availability, we locally produce release versions of the paperback, and will be able to start shipping out books to near and far within days.
To place your order, please use this form. For Denmark and Sweden, we’re partnering with eLounge, so stay tuned for a link.
- oeGOV – Ontologies for e-Government – oeGOV is making and publishing W3C OWL ontologies for eGovernment. This initiative is born out of the idea: "Use small OWL ontologies to model recovery and deploy across all government" posted at TheNationalDialogue.org and Tim Berners-Lee's vision of "Linked Open Data".
These are my links for November 6th through November 15th:
These are my links for October 30th through November 2nd:
- Gapminder.org – For a fact based world view. – Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view.
- Knowledge Hub – Social by Social – The IDeA is developing social media enabled learning resources and practice development. In particular around an efficiency exchange and interactive case study development.
- The Future of the Social Web | Brian Solis – PR 2.0 – The first part of the report observes the state of the Social Web and summarizes its direction:
Today’s social experience is disjointed because consumers have separate identities in each social network they visit. A simple set of technologies that enable a portable identity will soon empower consumers to bring their identities with them — transforming marketing, eCommerce, CRM, and advertising. IDs are just the beginning of this transformation, in which the Web will evolve step by step from separate social sites into a shared social experience. Consumers will rely on their peers as they make online decisions, whether or not brands choose to participate. Socially connected consumers will strengthen communities and shift power away from brands and CRM systems; eventually this will result in empowered communities defining the next generation of products.
- Welcome to the PloneGov initiative — Home – Across the world several million regions, cities and local governments are faced with the same situations and challenges in terms of e-government. So why not unite their efforts?
We are creating a collaborative software ecosystem, where government organizations, non-profits and the private sector work together to share the cost of enhanced capabilities. The larger the community that shares the applications, the more potential benefits derived by each participant. Improvements to the software may be provided or funded by any organization. All participating organizations benefit from any one’s contributions at no additional cost and with no restrictions.
- ePractice.eu – ePractice.eu is a portal created by the European Commission which offers a new service for the professional community of eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth practitioners. It is an interactive initiative that empowers its users to discuss and influence open government, policy-making and the way in which public administrations operate and deliver services.
