Squiz IUC 2010 - AFAC - Collaboration

Knowledge and Collaboration “MySource = Our Source” MySource Source Jill Edwards Manager Strategy Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) Squiz International User Conference – October 2010 q

A little about AFAC: 36 members in 5 broad categories  Urban Fire and Rescue Services  Rural Fire and Rescue Services  Land Management Agencies  State Emergency Services  National bodies Affiliate members

What does AFAC do? “AFAC provides opportunities to build id t iti t b ild strong and enduring relationships allowing members to achieve better outcomes than working alone.” Commissioner Lee Johnson AFSM Queensland Fire and Rescue Service President of AFAC

AFAC Vision: Fire and Emergency Services strengthened through sharing, collaboration th h h i ll b ti and innovation

Knowledge Management: - A new approach to Knowledge Management - “thinking and interaction” -Technology environment poor - Little or no in-house content management expertise - Limited budget ted

MySource becomes Our Source: - Giant leap of faith - December 2007 Contract Signed with Squiz - 2 Websites launched September 2008 - AFAC Knowledge Web (www knowledgeweb afac com au) www.knowledgeweb.afac.com.au - AFAC Corporate Website (www.afac.com.au) - Marketing to 35+ member agencies – ‘go to’ place

About AFAC Members

The lessons we learnt: • Never to lock ourselves into a ‘hard’ launch ever again!! • Spend more time with Squiz team at the beginning to define requirements • To think differently about creating new capability • To think differently about information management • Under-estimated the time investment in bringing p p g g people along • To learn a new language • Content is QUEEN – it has to come (and keep coming) from somewhere

MySource = Our source: • Incredibly stable product • Over 3000 web pages of research case studies and research, industry knowledge • Reach our 2000th member by November • Members beginning to contribute content • Major content re-development p j j p project currently under way y y • ‘Hits’ growing but reluctance to participate in Forums • About to look at user Authentication processes – improve p p member management • Planning for Information Architecture and Navigation upgrade.

www.afac.com.au www.knowledgeweb.afac.com.au www knowledgeweb afac com au Thank You

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