Category Archives: Presentation

On Engagement & Collaboration

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Thom Kearney

Some potentially useful resources on the topics of engagement and collaboration in an enterprise government context. Continue reading →

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The Crowded Boardroom: When the long tail collides with hierarchy – a true story.

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Thom Kearney

This not a random picture, it is how I envision the government. Each ship is a department or agency. The ships have commanders with considerable authority. Communication at a distance is very bad, (they did it with flags). Groups of … Continue reading →

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Hold your breath, it’s going to go deep.

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Thom Kearney

December 2013 Update: The full paper is now available on the Articles page.  June 24, 2013 Update: Our paper submissions are complete, now I have to do is write the paper entitled: THE CROWDED BOARDROOM — WHEN THE LONG TAIL … Continue reading →

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PS Engage Resources

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Thom Kearney

This post is to document all the resources produced as part of PS Engage 2011 and 2012 Photos and Tapestries All videos from 2011 and 2012 events Download the PDF summary Blog posts about the conferences Copies of the presentations … Continue reading →

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Canadian Public Health Conference: Papers & Keynote Presentation

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Thom Kearney

Last week (June 2011), I had the great pleasure of being part of the Canadian Public Health Association conference in Montreal. I attended the three days, participated in two panels, met a lot of great people and generally learned a … Continue reading →

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Why do we collaborate?

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Thom Kearney

As part of a presentation I am preparing for a public health  forum exploring enabling technologies, I have created a slide that I think summarizes why people collaborate. It was a bit of epiphany when it came to me so … Continue reading →

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What makes a community manager?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Thom Kearney

Original post: I am working on a slide describing the high level attributes of  an ideal community manager and am wondering what is missing. Any thoughts? Revisions: July 5, 2010 After collecting some comments and some discussion at the first … Continue reading →

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Thom Talks #1

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Thom Kearney

This is my presentation from the March 16, 2010, CapCHI meeting. CapCHI is a Computer-Human Interaction group, based in Ottawa. This is the first time I have told the GCPEDIA story outside of Government.

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