Tinkering in the tool shed

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Tinkering in the tool shed

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“Using tools has been interpreted as a sign of

intelligence…”

http://rogerdavies.com

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Tw?#@erPhoto by S Baker, published on Flickr

Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence

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I would rather be tied up to stakes in the Kalahari

Desert, have honey poured over me and red ants eat out my eyes than open a

Twitter account  Maureen Dowd, New York Times

21 April 2009

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Twitter is great for watching uninformed

panics unfold live

xkcd webcomichttp://xkcd.com/574/

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How the other half writes: in defence of

Twitterbldgblog.blogspot.com

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Nonna tweets

Spark podcast – episode 67 – Feb 2009http://www.cbc.ca/spark

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Twitter is good for…

• News & event updates• Reminders• Alerts• Links to external content• Learning• Word of mouth• New friends, connections & networks

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Information flowsthrough people

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Actual real conversations

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Council website, March 2009

• 32,726 visits total• Twitter 11th top referrer

(social media 4th largest referrer group)

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Australian government web traffic in perspective

Websites visited by Australians in July 2008as a percentage of all tracked websites

• Google 9.64%• Facebook 2.36%• All government sites 2.26%• Local government 0.15%

Source: Hitwise / eGOV AU

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Mosman Readersmosmanreaders.net

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Mosman Readers, April 2009

• 827 visits• 3,000 pageviews• 50+ members• referrers

1. mosman.nsw.gov.au (97)2. newsletters.mosman.nsw.gov.au (32)3. images.google.com (30) 4. twitter.com (28)

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Cost

• Ning – USD $30 / month• Using our own domain name• Turning off Google Ads

• http://ning.com

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Other white labelsocial networks

• http://grou.ps• http://crowdvine.com• http://kickapps.com

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Mosman Eye

Or, ‘How to be Paul Hagon without knowing everything Paul Hagon does’

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‘Active listening’

• What is our community saying?• ‘Continuous consultation’

• A great opportunity for Library services• Package it up and pass it on…• Archive it• Blog about it

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dapper.net

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dapper.net

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Mosman Round Table

Greater expectations for online engagement

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“one change is this website”

MOSPLAN discussion forum

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Community Engagement Strategy

• Championed by Councillors• Informed by experience• Adopted 7 April 2009

• Visit mosmanroundtable.net/ces

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Councillor Workshops

1. Brief intro to social media2. Blogging: A New Way To Lead DVD3. Case studies: Councillors using social

media4. Tools to publish, communicate &

converse5. Key considerations

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a 15 minute documentary about usingthe internet to engage with communities

blogging: a new way to lead

civicsurf.org.uk

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Good topics for staff workshops

• Working with Creative Commons content• Photos• Music

• Easy wins with simple web-based tools• IdeaScale.com• UserVoice.com• twtpoll.com

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Mosman Libraryvs

Google

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Mosman Libraryvs

Google

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Mosman Libraryvs

That Search Engine

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Goal

• Increase awareness of the Library’s electronic resources

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Mosman Library vs

The Search Engine

• 5 rounds, 1 question per round• MosLib rep – our electronic resources• Google rep – only web search• Users vote on best answer

(PollDaddy)• Online event

http://mosmanlibraryblogs.com/challenge

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NSW Local GovernmentWeb Network

• Why not join?http://lgwebnetwork.org

• Conference ‘We believe in community’ 20-21 August 2009

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thank you

Links from this presentation available athttp://delicious.com/mosmanlibrary/risg2009

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