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Date: Thursday 26 July, 2007
Event details
Time: 2.30 pm - 4.50 pm
Where: NLA Theatre, lower ground floor, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT 2600
Cost: Free
First speaker: Stephen Collins, CEO and founder of acidlabs
Topic 1: Collaboration, innovation, distribution: social computing adoption benefits for government and business
Stephen has worked in the web industry as a developer, information architect and consultant for over ten years. He is a passionate evangelist for social computing, particularly as a tool for enhancing knowledge sharing and collaboration in business. Stephen sees social computing adoption as a critical next step, particularly for government, and believes that organisations that fail to make the necessary cultural changes to deal with social computing are setting themselves up for failure in a world where collaboration and information sharing will be critical for success. More about Stephen: www.acidlabs.org, www.acidlabs.org/services/blog, www.thoughtglue.com
Stephen will talk about how social computing tools can be used as a way to leverage the benefits of knowledge management across business. Rather than focussing on old-school process and tools, people are empowered to collaborate and be creative in an open environment where the knowledge and information are distributed openly. Benefits realised through this approach include the building of a learning culture, decreased organisation silos and measurable increases in productivity. Is your organisation ready for this change?
Second speaker: Matthew Hodgson, SMS Management & Technology
Topic 2: Goldilocks and the three bears: a story about social computing in government
Matthew has over ten years experience in e-business strategy, information architecture, information management and knowledge management. He has a comprehensive applied knowledge of government and international web and information standards, degrees in organisational psychology and knowledge management, and an intimate understanding of Web 2.0, from folksonomies and wikis, to blogs and social computing. More about Matthew: www.matthewhodgson.com, magia3e.wordpress.com
Matthew will tell us a story about social computing in a typical government agency – of a recommendation to leverage existing folk taxonomies, use tagging, and even topic maps, to enable an agency to describe and report on activity amongst their key stakeholders inside a wiki.
Our sponsor
The tenth Canberra WSG meeting is proudly sponsored by Enex TestLab.
Enex TestLab formally the RMIT testLab is Australia's most experienced independent technology testing laboratory providing a wide range of testing services for over 18 years. Enex TestLab provides robust, rigorous, scientific and independent testing and reporting services to significantly lower the risk and maximise return on investment when researching, developing, marketing, or introducing technology products. Enex TestLab's ICT hardware, software, usability testing and systems testing services include website browser compatibility testing, server load and stress testing, website performance monitoring, evaluation and benchmarking, technology development advice and assistance.
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Posted: 26-Jul-07 by Nathanael Boehm
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