Communications

Gov’s role in local digital ecosystems

Many thanks to Will Perrin from Talk About Local, who basically did my job for me in a comment on my last post about local digital communities and economies. The thrust of my post was that having a lively digital community in a local area is a good thing, which can benefit various bits ofRead… Read more »

Sad realisations

When I first started this blog, I wrote it because I wanted to share what I knew – because I knew some stuff other people seemed to need/want to know and keeping it all to myself seemed wrong. I joined Twitter around the same time, and there was a big group of people in localRead… Read more »

3 Conversations I’d Have at the Government Web and New Media Conference

This week – March 17-18 – is the annual Government Web and New Media Conference in Washington DC. This conference, which is sponsored by the Federal Web Managers Council and the General Services Administration, is THE event for web communicators at all levels of government. In addition to having great “how-to” sessions, you’ll hear inspirationalRead… Read more »

Beware of Proposal Editors

I will never forget my first bylined article in the Financial Times of London. It was back when Kathy Lee Gifford was in trouble as her clothing line for Wal-Mart was accused of violating the child labor laws in Honduras. As an aspiring journalist, I did a ton of research and preparation for this article.Read… Read more »

Access to Information in Alberta: The Grim Picture on the Ground

I’ve been following with great interest the efforts of Intellog Blog’s effort’s to get the Government of Alberta to gain access to the location of all oil and gas well’s in the Western Sedimentary Basin. Their goal is pretty simple, they want to spur research and increase awareness around the economic opportunities, health consequences andRead… Read more »

Job Oppty: Alberta Climate Dialogue

PROJECT LEAD, Alberta Climate DialogueAlberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD) seeks a Project Lead to guide an ambitious citizen engagement initiative that will operate first in municipalities across Alberta and then scale up to the provincial level. ABCD is a five-year project premised on the conviction that well-designed citizen deliberations can play a crucial role in creatingRead… Read more »