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Jennifer Bell on
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Ottawa-Meetup-Government-of-Canada-Web-2-0-tp1503.html
It looks like there's a meetup-style presentation in Ottawa on GCPEDIA February 2, with discussion on 'what next' for web 2.0 in GoC. It could be a good place to mingle.
It seems to be a one-off event hosted by a marketing/social media meetup group called 'Third Tuesday'. Details below.
Jennifer
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Announcing a new Meetup for Third Tuesday Ottawa!
What: Government Gets It: GCPEDIA, the Government of Canada and Web 2.0
When: February 2, 2009 6:00 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: Engineering change within any large organization is
a major challenge that takes time, energy and careful planning. For the
Government of Canada, this is not just a challenge, it is a monumental
undertaking.
With a risk-averse culture, over 250,000 employees, and requirements to
operate in both official languages in more than 100 departments and
agencies across the country, one would think that it would take years to
bring "Web 2.0" into government.
Jeff Braybrook is the person whose job is to confront these challenges,
and the speed with which he is bringing social media into government
will surprise you. Jeff is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the
Government of Canada, and he is the driving force behind a host of Web
2.0 and social media initiatives rolling out across government. Most
notable among these is GCPEDIA, a government-wide wiki that is currently
up and running across government. Jeff also has a vision for where
government needs to move in the development of new projects, and is
leading a series of pilot efforts to rapidly roll these out.
Please join us on February 2nd when we have a discussion with Jeff
around the challenges with introducing change into large organizations,
the particular experiences with the development and implementation of
GCPEDIA, and a discussion of where government needs to go next in its
use of these new tools.
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/third-tuesday-ottawa/calendar/9569636/ __________________________________________________________________
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