Connecting citizens to civic performance in Edmonton
The City of Edmonton has launched a Citizen Dashboard on top of their open data catalogue. Ashley Casovan, Edmonton’s Strategic Coordinator for ICT, explains how the initiative is creating new insights for citizens as well as city officials about how the city is performing on delivery of a selection of key services.
Creating Gov 2.0 cut-through with leadership, trust and catalyst events
When the Government of British Columbia in Canada released their Government 2.0 Strategy, it built on their social communication experience during two key ‘catalyst events’: the H1N1 virus pandemic and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Public engagement and co-design for wicked problems
Dr Don Lenihan – Vice-President, Engagement, at Canada’s Public Policy Forum – explores the breadth of issues and some of the common misconceptions around engagement and co-design, including “who” needs to be engaged and “how”.
Open Data Day and How to Do a Hackathon
Join us for a conversation with David Eaves about International Open Data Day, and his best advice on how to organize a hackathon – including the value of statisticians and project managers to…
Montréal Ouvert – Open Data for Québec
When a small group of open data enthusiasts in Montreal wanted greater openness in government data they took matters into their own hands and created “Montréal Ouvert,” a multi-sector citizen-led initiative to increase…
Gov 2.0 and the Municipal CIO
Join us for a chat with Louis Shallal, CIO of the York Region in Canada and organiser of the massive MISA Ontario Conference on municipal IT and shared services. Loius shares with us…
Open Gov West and Beyond 2010
Gillian Vrooman and Nick Charney talk about the upcoming Open Gov West B.C. Also in this episode, a discussion of the global Beyond 2010 conference and unconferences for government in general. Feature image…
Public Sector Marketing
A discussion of public sector marketing and social media adoption in the Canadian public service, with Mike Kujawski, vice president of the Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing. How you can use…
Breaking the Boundaries of Public Service
A discussion about Gov 2.0 and public service with Canadian govie and blogger Nick Charney. How you can use this episode Listen to the episode Share and feedback You can use the social…
Modeling Gov 2.0
We talk with Justin Herman of the Beltway and David Tallan of Ontario, Canada, about the promise and pitfalls of Gov 2.0. How you can use this episode Listen to the episode Share…
