Category Archives: Web 2.0

GSRM for Digital Service Delivery?

Posted on August 30, 2018 by

This is a quick post to share some work that was done by the Enterprise Architecture Division of the Chief Information Branch of the Government of Canada back in 2006. I became aware of it at a conference entitled Transforming … Continue reading →

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Canadian Public Health Conference: Papers & Keynote Presentation

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

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 →

Posted in Collaboration, Conference, Gov 2.0, Learning, Presentation, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment

Library 2.0

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I am delighted to be able to agree to  run a morning session at the May 6, 2011 meeting of the Eastern Canada Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.  The session consists of two parts: Part 1 – 90 minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, Learning, Web 2.0, Work in Progress | 3 Comments

Licence to innovate

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

This slide has proven to be popular with clients so I thought I would share it in case you need to sell Web 2.0 or innovation inside the Government of Canada. One client made a small license size version, maybe … Continue reading →

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Framework for the Virtual Government Network

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Update Here is a video of me talking about the VGN at the PS Engage conference. ————— Original post with a link to the paper.  ————— The following material comes from a paper I recently finished as part of my studies. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Gov 2.0, Positive Change, Virtual Government Network, Web 2.0, Work in Progress | 15 Comments

Why do we collaborate?

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

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 →

Posted in Collaboration, Culture, Learning, Presentation, Uncategorized, Web 2.0 | 10 Comments

A friend of a friend of a friend

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

I was part of an interesting information chain the other day and wanted to share it. No surprise to those of you that know me, I was walking the dogs and received an email on my phone from a colleague … Continue reading →

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Thom’s Top Ten #g2e 2010 edition

Posted on July 18, 2010 by

Back in May I wrote about attending Gov 2.0 Expo, in that post I promised to share some of what I learned. In short, it was an intense three days, lots of great presentations, and more importantly dozens of interesting … Continue reading →

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Ottawa Drupal in Government session notes

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

At Gov 2 expo I chatted with some Drupal people and last night I attended the Drupal and Government session at the Ottawa Public Library. Here is a slightly cleaned up version of those notes. Please feel free to correct … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, Gov 2.0, Sustainability, Web 2.0 | 7 Comments

What makes a community manager?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

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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