Local Government Web Network

2009 Conference Wrap up

We did it! Our second year and our second conference went off without a hitch!

For those of you who made it, we do hope you enjoyed it, and found it useful. For those of you who couldn’t make it, never fear, content is here! Check out the conference site for presentations and selected Audio. Sessions available include the opening keynote from Senator Kate Lundy,  as well as the lightening talks from staff at councils. You can also check out some pictures on Flickr!

We’re really looking forward to next year, and are very keen for you to be more involved, so don’t be shy, get in touch, let us know what you’re interested in and want to see at the conference next year, or if you want to help out.

Conference registrations close on 7 August – here’s why you should come

You have just a few days to get your tickets for the WE Believe in Community conference. Registrations close Friday, 7 August 2009.

Conference highlights include:

• Keynotes from Senator Kate Lundy and Mark Pesce
• Plenary session from Jason Ryan
• Panel session on online community engagement with panel members from local and state government, and industry.
• Government 2.0 Taskforce workshop with Lisa Harvey

We also have a choice of 6 workshops from the basics of writing for the web, the essentials of Information Architecture, WCAG 2.0, user-centred design you techniques you can do yourself, and you can get into some coding techniques with Real world CSS, and an Introduction to JavaScript.

To help convince you, here’s me being interviewed by James Dellow giving the low-down on this year’s conference.

Diana Mounter on the upcoming Local Government Web Network Conference from James Dellow on Vimeo.

WE Believe In Community – register now

We’re happy to announce that registrations for our conference – WE Believe In Community – are now open!

Like last year we are keeping the ticket prices as low as possible. This conference is not about making money, it’s about getting people together to share ideas and learn.

Early Bird discount available until 10 July: only $475.00 +GST (that’s a discount of $75.00!) Continue reading WE Believe In Community – register now…

LG Web Network Conference 2009 – what do YOU want?

We are starting to plan the program for the Local Government Web Network Conference for 2009, so now is the time where we’d really like your feedback to help us make a better conference for you.

To get your feedback in a more interesting way, we are taking a leaf out of Web Directions book, and launching an Ideas Forum. This will allow you to post ideas, comment on other people’s Continue reading LG Web Network Conference 2009 – what do YOU want?…