Tag Archives: web 2.0

Amendment to the Public Finance Act Regulations - Web 2.0

This is a guest post by Genevieve Hancock. Genevieve Hancock is a Solicitor at the Government Technology Services (GTS) within the Department of Internal Affairs.
Want to use social media tools to communicate with New Zealanders? Or manipulate data feeds with Yahoo!Pipes? Want to use WordPress to create some wonderful new application for your Government employer?
Well now [...]

When State servants use social media

Over the last 3 years we have seen a steady increase in the use of social media by State servants:

sanctioned government agency blogs (like this one),
State servants blogging about their organisations in their spare time,
State servants responding to blog posts,
State servants writing guest posts on blogs,
sanctioned government agency wikis,
State servants editing articles relating to their [...]

Reputation management: Conducting a social media audit

Editor’s note: See Implementing social media monitoring for the final version of this guidance
I recently spoke at Comms 08 but had to skip the final quarter of my presentation due to time constraints. The silver lining of that cloud is that what I was going to cover then, I will transcribe for everyone now.
Conducting a social [...]

Navigating the social media landscape

On the 27th of May, the State Services Commission will host a workshop (at Archives New Zealand):
May 27, 2008 11–1pm – Navigating the social media landscape– at Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave Street, Wellington
A workshop for people in the New Zealand public sector, who are seeking to build a basic understanding of:
-social media and social [...]