Local Government Web Network

Connect with the LG Web Network Community

The Local Government Web Network has setup a few new groups so that it’s easier for the network to share ideas and resources, make connections with other government and non-profit web workers (and those interested in working with our sector), and also so that you can keep up to date with news from us.

Discuss, share, and connect with peers

We have a few different groups for sharing information and links, and starting discussions with us and your peers. Check out the options, choose your preference, or if you’re new to all these then perhaps try a new network out and see if you like it. We welcome feedback on how useful or not these networks are, and let us know if you have any other suggestions.

Share your favourite bookmarks in our Ma.gnolia group:

Here you can share useful web links and start discussions (this group is open to the public, anyone can join). Ma.gnolia is built for bookmarking your most useful links and seeing what other people and groups have added. When you add each new link you can tag them which helps you and others explore and find relevant links in the future.

I’m quite excited about this one as I think it could prove to be a really useful tool. I’ve just started using it and it’s really easy to use and is helping me keep of all the useful things I find on the web, I’m planning to pull in the tag clouds onto this site from our ma.gnolia group when things get going too.

Connect with professionals and join our LinkedIn group:

LinkedIn is a professional networking site that offers you a way to connect with colleagues and make industry contacts. We’ve created the group to provide another way to stay connected with other LG Web Network members, and it also has a facility to start discussions within the group. (Anyone on LinkedIn can join this group.)

Join in with the discussions in our Google Group:

We have set up a private Google Group which is an email discussion group and is open to government, public sector, and not for profit people. (Sorry to all you other industry professionals, whilst we value your involvement in the network we need privacy in this case so we can share sensitive data.)

News and updates from the LG Web Network

Keep in touch with news and updates about what we’re doing and interesting things we think are worth a mention:

• Subscribe to news and interesting things we find posted on our TumbleLog (via RSS or Email), or if you’re on Tumbler you can follow us. We’re using Tumblr to post short messages with links, videos, and other mixed media quickly. Here we post news, events, new tools, useful articles, and anything interesting we stumble across on the web.
• Subscribe to blog posts via RSS or EMail, and if something sparks your interest please comment on the post.

And don’t forget Twitter if you want a bit of all the above!

No post on how to stay connected would be complete without mentioning Twitter. I personally find it a great, low resource intensive way of keeping generally abreast of webby things, and in touch with peers and people I am interested in. Many bloggers post their latest blog posts to Twitter - as do we! Whilst I’m a great fan of RSS feeds, the list of feed updates tends to pile up when I’ve got a big project on and I often find that Twitter is how I find out about the latest happenings.

We post all our blog posts and TumbleLog posts to Twitter, as well as posting small messages, and answering quick questions. So essentially Twitter gives you a way to keep up to date with our network, participate in discussions online, and connect with your peers and other network followers.

Follow us on Twitter!

Conference audio files now available

Didn’t make the conference? Thanks to Viocorp you won’t miss out.

Thanks to our sponsors Viocorp we’re able to provide you with audio recordings of nearly all the presentations from the conference. This is great for any of you who weren’t able to make it to the conference. We understand that distance can be an obstacle especially if you’re based in the outer reaches of New South Wales. It’s also great for those of you were able to be there to refer back to and listen to any of the presentations you didn’t see if you were in the other room! Continue reading Conference audio files now available…

Like to Jam or just like the Web, then come to Webjam!

Okay so excuse the blog title, but right now I’m all full of excitement due to the fantastic news that Webjam is back!

If you’ve been to one before then you’ll understand my excitement. If not then here’s why you should go: Continue reading Like to Jam or just like the Web, then come to Webjam!…

Web 2.0 Bootcamp (without the tech jargon)

Web Directions is running a number of workshops around the Web Directions South conference in September. Once of the workshops you may be interested for yourself and/or your colleagues and managers is the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp. This is not a day about technology or code, but rather a deep exploration of the latest ideas, best practices, and techniques behind Web 2.0.
Continue reading Web 2.0 Bootcamp (without the tech jargon)…

Local Government on the Open Web

After spending two whole days networking with peers, participating in debate, and watching presentations on standards, design, usability, technology, and yes - Twitter - there was only one way to bring the conference to a close… Open Web. Continue reading Local Government on the Open Web…