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April 10, 2023
Dragging government into the twenty-first century
Matt Lane @mattlane
http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/author/mattlane/
“inform policy on blogging, social media [etc.]” (as a response to demand)
“foster innovation” “develop participation and
engagement tools”
Original arguments for a blog
Compelling argument for a blog
Meet New Zealanders changing expectations
(Establish real conversations with the outside world, about our work,
that don’t go through corporate communications)
“A blog”
=Easily updated CMS, with authorship, and comments
Guiding thinking
Jason Ryan’s “Principles for Public Sector Social Media” (2007)
http://psnetwork.org.nz/blog/2007/02/19/principles-public-sector-socialmedia/
(http://tr.im/ve30)
Principles for Public Sector Social Media (2007)
1. Sovereignty2. Access3. ...10
=hosted solution, on .govt.nz=Web Standards compliant=Policies, policies, policies
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Arguments for WordPress
The right price Easy as (+ in-house familiarity) Large support network Extensible Easy to fiddle with .css RSS, permalinks, trackbacks etc.
17 months on…
87 posts 254 comments/trackbacks
17 months on…
Given our advice credibilityGuidance on monitoring, and interacting on, social media: http://tr.im/vnUI
Enabled us to converse Attracted employees Gave us greater control over external
messages
Other government WordPress blogs
ALAC Bloghttp://blog.alcohol.org.nz/
Christchurch City Libraries bloghttp://cclblog.wordpress.com/
Lively blog (MCH) http://www.nzlive.com/blog/
Lunchbox blog (MoE)http://www.lunchbox.org.nz/
Research e-Labs blog (SSC)http://research.elabs.govt.nz/
Te Papa's blog (Te Papa) http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/
Signposts blog (MCH)http://blog.teara.govt.nz/
Wellington City Libraries bloghttp://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/
April 10, 2023
Dragging government into the twenty-first century
Matt Lane @mattlane
http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/author/mattlane/