Every year I attend and/or speak at numerous conferences, events, and seminars related to marketing, communications, social media, technology and government. Â While they all seem to bring value to the table, certain ones stand out from the crowd. Two of these are taking place within the next month.
Here’s the scoop: In the 17th annual report to the Prime Minister published a few weeks ago, Privy Council Clerk Wayne Wouters states “government departments have to embrace the Web 2.0 tools and technology that rest of the world uses that allow more collaboration among workers, levels of government and Canadians”. While his predecessor included similar phrases in the last report, Wayne clearly makes a point to emphasize how Canada has fallen behind in terms of e-government, not just from a technological standpoint, but much more importantly from an organizational culture standpoint.