Presentation on careers in technology and government given to the Technology in Business Faststream network in London 13/9/10.

1. Developing a career using social media in
government, without actually getting sacked.
Dave Briggs
Community Evangelist
www.learningpool.com

4. @davebriggs
dave@learningpool.com
d@vebrig.gs
www.davepress.net

6. What I do now
Read
Think
Write
Talk
Consult

8. How I reached local government
A-Levels: English Lit, History, RE
Degree: Politics
NatWest: Ugh
University of Cambridge: Computers, yay!

9. How I reached local government
A-Levels: English Lit, History, RE
Degree: Politics
NatWest: Ugh
University of Cambridge: Computers, yay!
By 2004, I reached King’s Lynn

10. 5 years (and a blog)
later...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/downingstreet/
3045344571/

11. Any advice?

12. Develop yourself!

13. Different skills are needed
Networking
Storytelling
Curiosity
Flexibility
Community building

14. My Dad’s on Facebook

16. The importance of in-between
“2010 is going to be a performance – not an experience
– competition. That’s why I said the other day that I
think people who are connected are going to get all the
rewards this year. It’s going to be about making things
happen, and that means you need an in-between.”
James Gardner, CTO, DWP
http://bankervision.typepad.com/bankervision/2010/01/the-in-betweeners.html

18. It’s not always easy

19. An opportunity:
open government

20. Need for change
1. People are demanding it
2. Can’t afford not to

21. Open government
Transparency
Collaboration
Participation

22. Making it happen
Culture
and
Technology

23. Culture
Innovation
Sharing
Learning

24. Technology
Cloud
Open source
Social
Mobile

25. Change, and how to cope with it

27. Hitler hypnotising gays

28. Hitler’s hypnotising gaze

29. Treat your children with suspicion
and contempt.

30. Just because something might
go wrong isn’t a reason not to
do it!

31. More tech thoughts

32. Mainframes
Minicomputers
Web / Mobile
Microcomputers

33. Control of
technology
Disrupters
Disruptors
become
come along
controllers
(Tension)
Cool new
stuff

34. 1. Ignorance of technology
should not be worn as a badge
of honour

35. 2. It helps to understand where
things came from, and why they
are what they are, and how.

36. 3. We should have the utmost
respect for the people that really
understand, and do, this stuff.

37. Good guidance
Be credible
Be consistent
Be responsive
Be integrated
Be a civil servant

38. Better guidance:

39. Don’t be a dick.

40. Be bold.
Be human.
Be relentlessly
positive.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdegenhardt/4623915594/

41. Thanks for listening!
dave@learningpool.com
www.learningpool.com
www.davepress.net
@davebriggs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbeltjones/
3365682994/