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Author Archives: Alex
Space-time gap
Apologies to anyone who is following these blogs – I’ve been off interstate and overseas, lecturing and speaking at a number of conferences, as well as having some time off. I know that is a poor excuse for not posting … Continue reading
Update – MyCommittee online meeting tool improved
Back in June I wrote a short review of MyCommittee, an online tool to manage committees and meetings. I concluded that there was a lot to like about MyCommittee and that it would suit a small to medium organisation with … Continue reading
Posted in Community Sector, Local Government, Meeting tools, Web 2.0
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Web 2.0 tools unlock statistics 3 – accessing a whole “world of information”
In my last posts I looked at Australian examples of the innovative use of Web 2.0 to provide free, interactive access to census and other statistical information. This time I’ll shift scale and provide a brief overview of two sites … Continue reading
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Web 2.0 tools unlock statistics 2 – value-adding by the private sector
In my last post I looked at the release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) of TableViewer, which demonstrates the increasing use of Web 2.0 by the ABS to provide greater access to census data. Now I’ll take a … Continue reading
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Web 2.0 tools unlock statistics 1 – ABS releases TableBuilder
Web 2.0 tools unlock statistics 1 – ABS releases TableBuilder So far in this blog I’ve looked mainly at end user applications, but this is not the only area in which Web 2.0 strategies are appearing. Another aspect which is … Continue reading
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Running an interactive forum in the 21st Century – Poll Everywhere
In my last post I discussed three web-based mind mapping programs that could transform workshops and brainstorming sessions for small organisations (a discussion I’ll continue in future when I look at other mind mapping software which has online collaboration facilities). … Continue reading
Posted in Community Sector, Local Government, Meeting tools, Polls and Surveys, Web 2.0
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Mind Mapping and Web 2.0: Part 1 – web-based tools
Over on our other blog, StrategyMatters, I’ve been looking at a key strategic thinking and planning tool, mind mapping software. In this post I’ll start to look at the interaction of mind mapping software with the web and a warning … Continue reading
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When Web 2.0 “goes bad” – part 2 – simple steps to help evaluate services and avoid problems
In my last post I looked at three examples of Web 2.0 services that had changed in unexpected ways and the impacts on their users. I also identified some of the associated issues with Web 2.0 applications, including data security, … Continue reading
When Web 2.0 “goes bad” – part 1
What do a social bookmarking site, a web-based database and a social networking service mainly used in Vietnam have in common? The answer is that all of them have either recently changed, or are about to change, in ways that … Continue reading
Web 2.0 tools for the “back of house” – part 2: MyCommittee review
In my last post I outlined some of the key steps for small non-government organisations and councils in managing board and committee meetings, highlighting the difficulties in finding a single program that would manage these tasks. So far I have … Continue reading
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