This presentation was delivered to an extended management team meeting (audience included managers, supervisors, directors and general managers) in a municipal government. The objective was to gain buy in for adopting social media within the organization.
Presentation for the Maine Digital Government Summit on how digital technologies and the social web are impacting the government landscape and advancing Open Government directives.
Deck of slides that underpinned a talk I gave on Open Government and Social Media to COMNET (Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development)
Presentation for the Maine Digital Government Summit on how digital technologies and the social web are impacting the government landscape and advancing Open Government directives.
Deck of slides that underpinned a talk I gave on Open Government and Social Media to COMNET (Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development)
Local Gov2.0: Transforming Local Government With Social Media and Web 2.0 Symphony3
A presentation to the Australian Local Government Financial Professionals association on the benefits to local government when social media is correctly implemented. Provides a framework and roadmap for implementation and case studies
Putting Social Media to Good Use in Government CommunicationsLee Aase
My presentation to the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators on applications of social media in government, delivered in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 19, 2009.
This presentation describes how you can use social technologies to transform key business processes, but also required governance to reduce risks. For more information www.aiim.org
Risks and opportunities for using social media for government transparencyStan Skrabut, Ed.D.
This presentation reviews guidelines that government agencies should follow to ensure laws and regulations are met while providing a communication outlet for citizens.
Let's Really Go Online! The Potential of Social Media for Improving Organizat...Simone Staiger-Rivas
Overview of statistics and behavioral trends related to social media. Analysis of the potential of social media for international agricultural research. Examples.
An introduction to social media for brands, part of a seminar given to clients and fellow agencies in Sept 09. A high level overview of what is social media and how you can use it
Local Gov2.0: Transforming Local Government With Social Media and Web 2.0 Symphony3
A presentation to the Australian Local Government Financial Professionals association on the benefits to local government when social media is correctly implemented. Provides a framework and roadmap for implementation and case studies
Putting Social Media to Good Use in Government CommunicationsLee Aase
My presentation to the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators on applications of social media in government, delivered in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 19, 2009.
This presentation describes how you can use social technologies to transform key business processes, but also required governance to reduce risks. For more information www.aiim.org
Risks and opportunities for using social media for government transparencyStan Skrabut, Ed.D.
This presentation reviews guidelines that government agencies should follow to ensure laws and regulations are met while providing a communication outlet for citizens.
Let's Really Go Online! The Potential of Social Media for Improving Organizat...Simone Staiger-Rivas
Overview of statistics and behavioral trends related to social media. Analysis of the potential of social media for international agricultural research. Examples.
An introduction to social media for brands, part of a seminar given to clients and fellow agencies in Sept 09. A high level overview of what is social media and how you can use it
Social Media For The Public Sector - Social Media introPCM creative
3rd December 2009, East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC)
Social media is the latest hot topic up for debate, especially in the workplace. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogging, the list goes on. But what exactly is it? And how can your organisation use it to communicate and engage with stakeholders.
Social Media for the Public Sector is brought to you by Connected Nottingham, a brand initiative developed by Accelerate Nottingham which brings together and celebrates partner’s achievements within the technology agenda in the Nottingham conurbation and the county of Nottinghamshire.
This exciting FREE workshop, hosted in the East Midlands Conference Centre’s Gallery will:
Provide an overview of social media platforms and tools
Explore how social media can be utilised to inform, consult, debate and engage with your community
Ask the experts and hear first hand case studies from orgainsations in the public sector
Hear from:
Caron Lyon- PCM Creative, a local expert and a regular speaker on the national circuit on Social Media.
Simon Wakeman- Freelance communications consultant and Head of Communications and Marketing at Medway Council. A well-known and respected communicator, Simon is recognised as a leading member of a new generation of public sector communicators that is equally comfortable working across traditional communications channels and emerging online channels.
Chief Inspector Mark Payne, Head of West Midlands Police Press and Public Relations Department. West Midlands Police, the second largest Police Force in the UK has made a significant investment into social media. Launching across a series of social media platforms the force has seen many benefits of social media, particularly around community engagement.
Measuring Value Of New Media Channels While Combining Them With Traditional C...Shael Sharma
4th Annual Corporate Communications ForumBombay 14-15 May’09:
Measuring Value Of New Media Channels While Combining Them With Traditional Channels To Manage Reputation In A Digitally Connected World
- An overview of current volunteer trends, including what volunteers expect from both opportunities and nonprofits.
- Features a focus on nonprofits using social media to engage a diverse audience (including constituents, community members, volunteers and funders).
- Meant as a starting point, the goal of this presentation is to help nonprofits begin to explore new ways in which to successfully engage community volunteers.
Slides from the Social Media for Organisations 1 day workshop.
This was delivered on 20th July 2012 to local infrastructure and support provider organisations at Nottingham CVS.
It is an overview of social media and an introduction to a wide range of social media too
Gov2.0 and Social Media at the City of KingstonSymphony3
A presentation of the City of Kingston Social Media experience to the Government Business Education Network (GBEN), in Melbourne, Australia 3 August 2011
Slides used in the ITEM3 / Purple Zebra Social Media Workshops for voluntary sector organisations on September 7th (Voluntary Action Leicestershire) and 13th (Community Action Derby). Presented by Paul Webster
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
5. What is it anyway? Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings. The term most often refers to activities that integrate technology, social interaction and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. ~ Source: Wikipedia 2008
21. Why should we care? Since 2000, growth rates of Internet use have been highest among seniors – they recorded use rates in 2007 that were nearly 4 times higher than in 2000. Source: Statistics Canada, 2007 data
22. Why should we care? Source: Anderson Analytics, “Social Network Service (SNS) A&U Profiler,” provided to eMarketer, July 13, 2009
25. Time spent [on social networks] accounts for almost 10% of all internet timeSource: Nielsen Online, March 2009
26. What’s in it for CoB? Opportunity to provide open and transparent information to the community in real time Ability to gain feedback from community regarding various issues Content is being pushed to the resident, rather than relying on them to come find it Provides an opportunity to engage a larger segment of the community
27. What’s in it for CoB? Complaints can be addressed quickly Rumours can be dispelled publicly Will also give the City of Burlington stronger online profile
28. Can be used to enhance customer service by providing frequent information on programs and services Start conversations with residents to get feedback on issues How can we use it?
29. Who is using it in our community? Royal Botanical Gardens Performing Arts Burlington GenNext: United Way Young Professionals - Hamilton/Burlington
39. How can we use it? Ongoing opportunities to use social media: Environmental issues Transit scheduling and information Promote special events Major announcements Construction updates Human resources recruitment
40. Who else is using it? Elliot Lake Kingston Port Coquitlam OttawaOakville MississaugaNiagara Region North Bay TorontoVaughan WindsorAurdrie, AB Calgary Edmonton Nanaimo Medicine Hat Kelowna Guelph Saskatoon St. John, NBVancouver Victoria, BC Oshawa Thompson, MB Timmins Brampton Surrey, BC
41. Case studies: City of Guelph Region of Niagara City of Calgary And how is it working for them?
42. And how is it working for them? City of Guelph – Facebook,Twitter accounts, Mayor’s and Councillors’ blogs Engaged in social media for about 1 year It has been a positive experience The workload is quite manageable Experience very little negativity from users Females 35 to 45 are the main users
43. And how is it working for them? 2 to 3 employees share the account management responsibilities part-time Moving to multiple authoring permissions for Twitter Expect to move maintenance and account management into customer service responsibilities in next year Now working on policies and procedures for web and social media
44. And how is it working for them? Region of Niagara - 12-month pilot project Drafted a social media policy and created disclaimers with the legal team Recently finalized strategy with senior management team Currently pushing news releases out through Facebook and Twitter
45. Web co-ordinator responsible for updates and account management Back up support from Corporate Communications Will monitor staff time involved – resourcing a big issue Was useful for H1N1 – used YouTube And how is it working for them?
46. And how is it working for them? City of Calgary Joined Facebook in 2008, Twitter in March 2009, blog introduced in July 2009 Launching a new city newsroom in January 2010 Social media is integrated into communication planning Has resulted in being better able read the pulse of the community Found that media view does not always link with public view: people have their own beliefs
47. Have equivalent of 1 full-time person dedicated to social media Still determining the best way to practise social media—sorting out workloads and strategy Several councillors use Twitter and are on a blog platform Calgary’s communications director and general manager supported use of social media And how is it working for them?
48. But what about… Complaints? -> We have an opportunity to correct misinformation in a public forum, addressing complaints shows transparency Inappropriate comments? -> Moderators can remove rude and inappropriate comments – policies and guidelines would outline parameters for removal
49. But what about… Misuse by employees? -> providing content on corporate page as a “friend” -> viewing, distributing or generating inappropriate or unauthorized content -> personal use (productivity concerns) -> Existing HR and IT policies and guidelines address these issues -> May require updates and new policies to fully cover social media concerns
I’m sure you’ve all seen this picture by now. This picture was taken on a mobile phone and posted to Twitter – soon it made it’s way into the mainstream media – on the cover of major newspapers and showing up on news casts as well – Social media and new technology has become a way of life – it has been absorbed into our culture - and it’s not going anywhere… but we don’t need to be afraid of it. In fact we can use it to our advantage, as you’ll see in a little while.But before we get to that, let’s take a look at how we got to where we are today
It might surprise you to know that the Internet is actually over 50 years old – it may also surprise you to know that the Internet was an initiative of the United States military … now this is a very brief, condensed version of the history of the internet … and of course you can always find more details online on wikipedia
You will note that the last slide covered a span of 34 years and showed a few very significant milestones ... This slide covers the last 16 years, and really shows the huge boom in the development of the Internet and social networking applications – in fact, the whole social media phenomenon has really taken off in the last 10 years, with the bulk of the activity in the last 5 years …
So what is social media anyway? The key is the “social” part, and that is why it is so popular – it connects people in a way like nothing else has before
Here are some examples of applications, and different technologies – for the purposes of this presentation, we are going to focus on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and blogs., mainly because those are the most popular and mainstream apps out there right now.How many of you actually use Facebook … Twitter… LinkedIn
So why do we need to jump into social media? Isn’t it just for kids? Well, no. As this slide shows, the youth segment is the one that is experiencing very little growth - as of March last year, women over 55 are the fastest growing group that are participating in online activities
This is also echoed in Canadian data. As this slide shows, people over the age of 65, are increasingly moving toward Internet use
These survey results show the precentage of each group that uses the different social media applications – the 65 to 82 age group has the highest percentage of respondents using Facebook
1. Only behind search, portals and software downloads So what this information is telling us, is that there are likely a significant number of our audiences – our residents – pending time online on social networks
So what’s in it for us? Engaging in social media will give us an opportunity to provide open and transparent information to the community in real timeAbility to gain feedback - Imagine Facebook as being a 24/7 town hall meeting where you can get instant feedback on an issue and get a snapshot of what the community is feeling about that particular issueContent is pushed to the residentGives us an opportunity to reach more people
We can also address complaints and rumourspublicly
So how can we use Facebook to our advantage?As I mentioned earlier, you can think of Facebook as a 24 hour town hall meeting where you can get feedback from residents on a variety of issues
Let’s take a look at what’s out there now -
We can use Twitter to …
There are also a number of applications and different technologies that we could use internally as well
Some upcoming opportunities include …
All can utilize a variety of applications (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to relay information to residents, and will allow opportunities for instant feedback
As you can see – a lot of municipalities are already using social media and this is just the tip of the iceberg, many othe r– mainly Facebook, Twitter, and blogsNow this does not mean we need to jump on the bandwagon just because everyone else is doing it, but we can learn from what others have done
The City of Guelph is very progressive – their Mayor and some Councillors blog, and they have corporate Facebook and Twitter accounts
two communications staff, 1 IT staff member2. allows preapproved staff from different departments to update information when needed
- Announcing news stories through FB and Twitter, with links to news releases on web site
We will be hearing from Paul Newmarch from the City of Calgary after the break, but we’ll just take a look at what they’ve done here
I’m sure a lot of you are thinking, that’s all well and good but what about …