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Fergus Hogarth

Adelaide

Hi there, I'm Fergus from Adealaide (but a Queenslander deep down). I am presently the Manager of Information and Knowledge Management in the Department for Families and Communities. I am responsible for online services, a Geographic Information Systems Unit, two libraries and records management. I have a strong interest in how technology is changing the world and especially how it is being used to share, connect and engage. I have strong background in online community engagement and led a small eDemocracy team in the Queensland Government which achieved some great things via the Get involved website (www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au).

Recently, Fergus Hogarth...

  • commented on Government 2.0 - Two Cheers for the Romantics - Final Part about 1 year ago.

    Nice one, Martin. The realist v romantic notion struck a chord with me, for sure. I used it as a quote (with attribution to you and Cisco, of course) at the GOVIS conference in NZ last week. Some realist v romantic tensions certainly apparent in NZ - makes for a healthy debate, I think. Cheers

  • created Stories of technology and engagement etc - SA style about 1 year ago.

    Readers may be interested in keeping an eye on the SA Stories site which has been set up to support the work of the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence program and current Thinker Dr Genevieve Bell. The aim is to collect lots of stories about how South Australians are using technology, including to engage and connect. 

  • created Obama, eDemocracy and ABC radio about 1 year ago.

    I listened to the new ABC Radio National program, Future Tense, about where Obama is heading with web 2.0 etc. It included an interview with Micah Sifry (runs the Personal Democracy Forum) who mentions the Obama memo (noted by Paul J )“Knowledge is widely dispersed in society and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge”. That must have public servants shivering in their boots! There are some other interesting comments on the interview re Obama has...

  • commented on Draft Whitepaper on Government 2.0 about 1 year ago.

    Hi Paul, nice work on the paper, the intro bits especially are a very simple and useful overview of Web 2.0 etc. I have been thinking about why government might not embrace Web 2.0, I'm not sure whether it is part of the "Objections" section, but, in essence it is that government might stuff it up i.e. a government department will dip a toe in the water with good intentions, say, with online engagement, but they wont tap the full potential of social media. They will talk but not listen and&nb...