Residents try hand at San Jose budget cuts via Innovation Games
I was at the event, working as an observer at one of the table groups. Article is a decent write-up of what took place.
BetterMeans – Open and Democratic Project Management
Open source-style project management tool
Malaysian Gov’t engaging citizens through social media
How has this changed the relationship between the people and the Government?
At the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, besides a website, we have set up Facebook and Twitter accounts to facilitate the ministry’s operations in the technology age. The ministry has been able to obtain direct feedback from the individuals we serve, as well as community activities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders.
In fact, both the Minister, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and I have our personal twitter accounts to make ourselves available to the public as much as we can. We value and appreciate comments, feedback and input from our online followers and do our best to respond and engage with them.
To date, between us and the ministry, we have more than 15,000 Facebook friends and almost 6,000 followers on Twitter. Response in terms of accessibility by the public has been so encouraging that the ministry has gone further, and required each of its six agencies to set up its own Twitter account.
Through social media, the ministry has been able to promote and broadcast its events to a larger audience. Today, ministry personnel are able to tweet live at ministry events, and pictures are often posted on the ministry or the minister’s Facebook page, and later, the website.
These usually happen in real time, and often elicit comments and feedback from followers, sometimes with posts of pictures at the ministry’s events.
Social media has allowed the ministry to transmit information on its programmes and policies to the public, without having to wholly rely on traditional forms of media.
Example of a government incrementally taking steps in engaging the public through social media, tasting results and further increasing adoption.
Malaysian Gov’t increases transparency, accessibility through social media
Example of a government incrementally taking steps in engaging the public through social media, tasting results and further increasing adoption.
Amplify’d from thestar.com.my
How has this changed the relationship between the people and the Government?
At the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, besides a website, we have set up Facebook and Twitter accounts to facilitate the ministry’s operations in the technology age. The ministry has been able to obtain direct feedback from the individuals we serve, as well as community activities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders.
In fact, both the Minister, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and I have our personal twitter accounts to make ourselves available to the public as much as we can. We value and appreciate comments, feedback and input from our online followers and do our best to respond and engage with them.
To date, between us and the ministry, we have more than 15,000 Facebook friends and almost 6,000 followers on Twitter. Response in terms of accessibility by the public has been so encouraging that the ministry has gone further, and required each of its six agencies to set up its own Twitter account.
Through social media, the ministry has been able to promote and broadcast its events to a larger audience. Today, ministry personnel are able to tweet live at ministry events, and pictures are often posted on the ministry or the minister’s Facebook page, and later, the website.
These usually happen in real time, and often elicit comments and feedback from followers, sometimes with posts of pictures at the ministry’s events.
