[CivicAccess-discuss] Ottawa Meetup: Government of Canada & Web 2.0

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

If folks come to Ottawa I will happly offer my sofa & futons if people want
to stay over and do my best to make visitors welcome and go for beverages
etc.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Jennifer Bell <jenniferlianne at yahoo.ca>wrote:

> It looks like there's a meetup-style presentation in Ottawa on GCPEDIA
> February 2, with discussion on 'what next' for web 2.0 in GoC.  It could be
> a good place to mingle.
>
> It seems to be a one-off event hosted by a marketing/social media meetup
> group called 'Third Tuesday'. Details below.
>
> Jennifer
>
> ======================================================================
>
> Announcing a new Meetup for Third Tuesday Ottawa!
>
> What: Government Gets It: GCPEDIA, the Government of Canada and Web 2.0
> When: February 2, 2009 6:00 PM
> Where: Click the link below to find out!
>
> Meetup Description: Engineering change within any large organization is
> a major challenge that takes time, energy and careful planning. For the
> Government of Canada, this is not just a challenge, it is a monumental
> undertaking.
>
> With a risk-averse culture, over 250,000 employees, and requirements to
> operate in both official languages in more than 100 departments and
> agencies across the country, one would think that it would take years to
> bring "Web 2.0" into government.
>
> Jeff Braybrook is the person whose job is to confront these challenges,
> and the speed with which he is bringing social media into government
> will surprise you. Jeff is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the
> Government of Canada, and he is the driving force behind a host of Web
> 2.0 and social media initiatives rolling out across government. Most
> notable among these is GCPEDIA, a government-wide wiki that is currently
> up and running across government. Jeff also has a vision for where
> government needs to move in the development of new projects, and is
> leading a series of pilot efforts to rapidly roll these out.
>
> Please join us on February 2nd when we have a discussion with Jeff
> around the challenges with introducing change into large organizations,
> the particular experiences with the development and implementation of
> GCPEDIA, and a discussion of where government needs to go next in its
> use of these new tools.
>
> Learn more here:
> http://www.meetup.com/third-tuesday-ottawa/calendar/9569636/
>
>
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