Public engagement. Public empowerment.

Public engagement. Public empowerment. Thoughts on possibility for Government 2.0 Stephen Collins acid labs

Connect? Share? Learn?

everything and anything is possible – ask why and why not and expect a real answer
there are no bad ideas – just different ones
passive consumption is pointless – do tweet, blog, comment, challenge and ask as you get out of this what you put in

The new rules

Where have we been?

Just do as we’re told

They want to talk

a citizen and a service provider
a researcher and the information
a citizen and a public servant
a citizen and her information
a citizen and her experience with the government

http://www.horsepigcow.com/2007/05/25/government-20-butterfly-wing-storm/ Tara’s architecture for Government 2.0

Where are we?

We could be so much further on.

Hope

Was this the moment it all changed?

Office of Public Engagement http://whitehouse.gov/ope/

“ Our commitment to openness means more than simply informing the American people about how decisions are made. It means recognizing that government does not have all the answers, and that public officials need to draw on what citizens know.”

Overheard at breakfast

“ ... get out there on Twitter and Facebook and whatever.”

A big deal

Not here.... yet.

Where are we now?

Just talk with us! http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/305410323/

Epic fail...

“ ...change has depleted the resources that were once provided by... older, denser forms of association.” Michael Pusey The Experience of Middle Australia http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521658446

Participate or be hyperisolated

Trusted sources

“ Hyperconnectivity begets hypermimesis begets hyperempowerment.” Mark Pesce Hyperpolitics (American Style) http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=61

Power to the people

This doesn’t fit the 21st Century

“ The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” Gilmore's Law

Ermmm... http://www.flickr.com/photos/85113745@N00/483650725

Keeping check

Why by third parties?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Direct access

“ I'm a great believer in these collaborative technologies opening up some tremendous possibilities for better government.” Lindsay Tanner Australian Finance Minister http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25428629-5013040,00.html

Is the message getting to the doers?

Embrace the change

#s92a http://www.geekzone.co.nz/blog.asp?postid=6247

#nocleanfeed http://www.flickr.com/photos/allyeska/3371427471/ . Used with permission.

It’s always 20/20 looking back

#publicsphere http://dld.anu.edu.au/public-sphere

Engaged + accessible = more social capital

Reboot the model

#gov20camp http://barcamp.org/Government20Camp

Many options http://blog.gc20.ca/index.php/2009/04/types-of-web-20-government/

Use good tools.

Us Now http://usnowfilm.com

Build skills

“ ...in the hyperconnected world, engagement is predicated on understanding and utilising social media.” Jason Ryan State Services Commission

Best possible outcomes

FTW!

They already know the way

Open data

Information wants to be free(ish)

“ Government data prepared for public reuse should be offered in multiple-formats, be machine-readable and adhere as closely as possible to lightweight standards.” Vivek Kundra US Government CIO http://www.gcn.com/Articles/2009/04/29/Kundra-talks-data-gov.aspx

Free data has superpowers

Portable, sharable, managed data

Discoverability http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/adding-search-power-to-public-data.html

Global implications http://www.nationmaster.com /, http://www.wolframalpha.com /

Public safety http://www.google.com.au/landing/victorianbushfires/

CDC social media tools http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/h1n1/

WHO social media http://twitter.com/whonews WHO social media tools

http://healthmap.org/en HealthMap

Where are our great examples?

Governance, yes. Dumbocracy, no.

Less bureaucracy = greater momentum http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/google-health-first-look.html

You say you want a revolution* * With apologies to the Beatles