We Believe In Community 2011

First of all, thank you for all the extremely valuable, constructive and positive feedback we received about the 2011 conference. It really is gratifying to see so many of you not only enjoying the conference, but making connections with each other and learning stuff too!

There are, however, some issues we'd like to cover in more detail as a response to some of the questions and comments raised in the feedback:

Okay, so filling in the feedback form might not be the most thrilling part of the conference, but it's invaluable to us to get your feedback. We don't always expect to get everything right and we want to know how we can improve things for next year. So make sure you fill it in online before the closing date to be eligible to win an Apple TV courtesy of David Sutton Consulting and Browsealoud

Submit your feedback on the 2011 Local Government Web Network Conference

Again this year we managed to capture the tweets from the conference and have saved them as a pdf (yes, inaccessible I know!)

As if the conference wasn't exciting enough, we've added more by teaming up with some excellent partners to give you some awesome, and hopefully useful prizes!

Lightning Talks

Thanks to Contented.com we have 4 course licenses for the popularly voted winner of the Lightning Talks. This means that the winner and 3 other staff at their council can undertake the Online  Diploma in Web Content: an online writing for the web course,   from the comfort of their desks at their own pace.

Feedback Form

Okay, so filling in the feedback form might not be the most thrilling part of the conference, but it's invaluable to us to get your feedback. We don't always expect to get everything right and we want to know how we can improve things for next year. So make sure you fill in your feedback form and hand it in before you leave, or fill it in online before the closing date to be eligible to win an Apple TV courtesy of David Sutton Consulting and Browsealoud

We have two workshops confrimed for Friday 19th August:

An Introduction to CSS3 With Russ Weakley

and

Recordkeeping and Web 2.0 with Kate Cumming from State Records

Our third workshop is TBC

Get in quick to secure your ticket to the Fourth Annual Local Government Web Network Conference.

Presentations and workshop sessions from some of the leading experts in Australia, as well as government case studies are some of the highlights at this year’s conference.

You will come away from the conference feeling part of the Local Government web community, having had the opportunity to contribute to discussion and debate, as well as networking with other professionals.

Get your ticket now!

And we are now well on our way to organising the 2011 WE Believe in Community Conference.

Each year, we scour your feedback to get ideas and address issues that you've had with the conference. This year some of those changes include a change of venue and a stronger focus on the council case studies. 

So far we have a couple of speakers and topics confirmed including our old friends Matthew Crozier speaking about about whether or not online community consultation actually works and Oliver Weidlich who will give you the low down on everything you wanted to know about Mobile Apps: how they're built, how they work and how much they cost. In addition we're very pleased to have Professor Anne Fitzgerald who will be giving us an introduction to Creative Commons licensing. As we get closer to the conference we'll announce more topics and speakers.

But we still need your feedback!

Where do you want to go for the conference dinner?

Is there a council you'd like to hear from?

Is there a specific topic you want covered?

Let us know!