Category Archives: General

Agile government

November 4, 2007 – 2:28 pm

Demos and the Victorian State Services Authority have embarked on a project to explore the concept of agile government. The first product of this collaboration was what they described as a provocation paper, released in September, and called – as you might expect – agile government PDF [238 KB].
The focus of the project is to [...]

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Channel selection: comms & the Internet

May 20, 2007 – 4:01 pm

My experience over the last two or three years in New Zealand government has taught me that one of the biggest hurdles that public sector communicators face is convincing senior management of the seismic shift in the public affairs function that the Internet is causing. All too often we encounter attitudes like, Yeah, but it’s [...]

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Do clothes maketh the man?

February 10, 2007 – 11:42 am

I thought John Keys’ decision to visit Waitangi dressed not in the expected suit, but in the very unexpected – a T-shirt (black, with a green tiki on it) – was a clever move. Doing away with the pin-stripe and tie for a day, and instead wearing clothes more typical of an “everyday Kiwi” [...]

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Micronetworks

February 8, 2007 – 2:50 pm

Before the conference last year one of the members (thanks Susie) floated the idea of setting up a series of smaller groups, self-selected, devoted to particular areas of expertise or interest in public sector communications. I thought it was an excellent idea but, during the run up to the day, it sort of got lost [...]

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The First Post

September 23, 2006 – 5:57 pm

The Network of Public Sector Communicators is now officially part of the blogosphere.
This blog is intended as a forum for members to discuss ideas, trends and strategies as they impact upon our professional lives. It is also a tool to trade tips & techniques, or to simply announce upcoming events that will be of interest [...]

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