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This year we decided to have one day of workshops and one day of the conference with shorter presentations of around 30 mins to an hour, similar to last year.
Workshops will likely run for a half day. This will allow you to get more in-depth training in a specific field. We will hopefully run 6 workshops depending on the feedback we get.
Let us know if you like this idea, or have any comments on the conference format.
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We know from last year that we had a wide variety of people who came, some were fully fledged coders, and others only were involved in the web as part of their role. So some people were looking for the really techi topics whilst others were more interested in communications and the basic tech stuff.
Would you find it useful to have an indicator showing the technical level of the content to help you choose which conference stream to go to?
Would you like this simply as low, med, high tech. Or prefer something like: high tech, low tech, creative, writing, etc to indicate the subject as well?
Let us know.
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I would like to learn more about this - especially using the Local-e system. eg - what are we required to keep and how can we keep them using Council's record keeping systems such as TRIM. We touched on it a bit last year - but would like more information on how to impliment this using the programs we have.
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The necessity of meaningful KPI? Whether we like it or not we need to measure how well we (people managing websites) are doing, if we provide good service to community and internal publishing and advice. Sure we can measure a website visits pageviews and bounce rates... but it brings up larger question more visits are good, longer visits are good or bad? Who is the primary audience of council website?
Sharing of ideas about meaningful way of measuring how well we are doing.
Maybe in a way of poll and 10 min talk?
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I'm figuring this is a topic people will be interested in at many levels. We're looking to get someone to do an overview session during the main conference, but would people be interested in us running a more in-depth workshop as well?
(For those who don't know WCAG 2.0 are the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0 was published in December 2008)
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I am interested in hearing from those councils who have taken the plunge and used social media. The senior exec are often frightened of using this medium due to it's uncontrollable nature however I think there is a lot to be gained especially with event promotion and possibly even consultation. I want to hear from those who have had success and also the horror stories.
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Intranet -- all about LG corporate Intranets. It's hard to know what to include and what not to include, how to attract users, how to get authors on board, etc etc etc.
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Looking at new social media and how that is changing behaviour in different demographics, eg, people over 55 are now 34 % and rising in our city, while the 15 to 25 age group is largely unvoiced. Can we use social media /web 2.0 technologies to talk with these groups.
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Lightning Talks:
At Linux.conf.au we have a process called lightning talks where people get a couple of minutes to talk about a project they are involved with and what they are doing.
Basically it's a way of introducing people and projects without the need for a formal "Talk/Workshop"
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If anyone is interested I would like to do a presentation on the Open Source Tools available to aid in the development of LocGov2.0 type services and products.
Just off the top of my head, I'm thinking it should cover Content Management Systems, Emerging Social Networking packages, Instant Messaging, WebConference packages and so on.
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How to optimise photos for web display and short download time
building a scenic collage for web page display - keeping in mind download time and large file sizes. Taking good digital photos with correct light requirements - Creating a local (Offline) gallery of stock photos - walking, walking with dogs, biking with local backdrops, recreational/sporting facilites, schools etc. Ideal and consistant photo sizes, presentation of images like watermarks, cropping (there could be lots to cover or just a quick overview - there may be too many software programs out there to cover all this in one session).
Creating an animation where an image fades into the next image.
Images just make a page more interesting to view.
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Learning more about systems and technology is great, but when the rubber hits the road we need to get buy-in from our colleagues or nothing happens. Some sort of management/psychology session on working with other departments would be good.
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We have been tossing up on the idea of using survey's on several different matters. EG - Website improvements, Department Satisfaction, How can we improve ect? There are several different systems that can do this, Survey monkey being one of the best ones I have used. If other people think this would be interesting, it would be good even just as a discussion to find out how we should be using these.
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Could there be some discussion on the issues involved in uploading recordings of Council meetings on the website, eg privacy, editing of the recording prior to uploading, no "parliamentary privilege" protection for councillors and staff, councils' liability as the publisher, recommended timeframes for uploading and removing, records management of recordings, prevention of a recording being modified once downloaded etc.
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If possible, video and/or audio recordings of each workshop and presentation would be great, even if these are just short highlights of the best moments. Also, handouts from all the sessions in the conference pack would be very handy.
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Well - since you asked!! :-) The Food last year was amazing!! Although the morning and afternoon tea could do with a bit of fruit or something?? But either way, it was great and would be happy to see similar again. Thanks!!
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Identify what the top challenges are for IT & ITC teams are today and find out the ways to address them with quick wins>
a)Soical media invading work ethics - how to ensure your staff and employees are working effectively and not socialising
b)How to measure the results of an IT rollout and communicate it successful to your stakeholders?
c)Budget cuts - how to keep hold of your budget and projects for 2010
d)Shared services -how to reduce costs but still keep projects running
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Accommodation - Have any arrangements been made with accommodation providers close to venue - similar to last year? If so can you recommend one.
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