The 2010 ALGIM Web Symposium was held on 3 & 4 May 2010 at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington.
Symposium Highlights:
Some of the programme highlights from the Symposium included:
- Future focus, web 3.0 and open data with Nat Torkington & Rowan Smith
- Local government websites in New South Wales, Australia, with international speaker Reem Abdelaty
- Developing accessible and usable websites with Royal NZ Foundation for the Blind
- Findability of council websites with Dave O'Brien from Optimal Usability
- Writing for the web workshop with Rachel McAlpine and Alice Hearnshaw
- Intranets best practice and case studies, including Mark Harrison from Vodafone NZ
- Social media case study with Shane Harmon from Rugby World Cup NZ
- Content management system (CMS) community workshops
- PLUS our wonderful council case studies, web audit results, website awards and much, much more!
View photos from the 2010 Web Symposium and Web Awards on Flickr
2010 presentations available
We have provided PDF or Slideshare versions from many of the 2010 Web Symposium presentations.
View and access the 2010 Web Symposium presentations
2010 ALGIM Council Website Evaluation & Audit
Early in 2010, the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) conducted its annual survey of council websites throughout New Zealand to assess sites from both a technical and content perspective. This external review of all 85 councils assesses compliance against the Government Web Standards, information and service content. The results of the evaluation were announced at the 2010 ALGIM Web Symposium.
There is also an online sub-survey open for councils to complete which provides an overview of how they manage their website, what software applications they use and online functionality provided.
2010 website evaluation reports and survey
Download 2010 ALGIM Local Government Web Standards Audit Report (PDF, 202 KB)
Download 2010 ALGIM Local Government Website Survey (PDF, 394.7 KB)
Download 2010 ALGIM Website Report - information and service content (PDF, 134.3 KB)
2010 Council website rankings
The results from the ALGIM Website Evaluation and Audit are collated together to produce a "rankings" list of all 85 councils in New Zealand.
Find out where your council is ranked:
Download the 2010 council website rankings (PDF, 31.6 KB)
2010 ALGIM Web Audit reports
ALGIM are offering an individual evaluation report for your council website based on the results and findings from the 2010 Website Audit. This report will be available to you within six weeks of ordering.
Order a report - find out how you can improve
The cost of the 2010 Web Audit report is based on your council's population size. The categories are:
- Under 10,000 - $350
- 10,000 - 50,000 - $400
- 50,000 - 100,000 - $600
- Over 100,000 - $1000
If you’d like to enquire or proceed with ordering this report, please e-mail admin@algim.org.nz with your enquiry or purchase order number.
2010 ALGIM Web Awards
Supreme Award - sponsored by ALGIM
The Supreme Award winner is based on the results of the ALGIM Council Website Evaluation and Audit.
First place:
Porirua City Council: www.pcc.govt.nz
Second place:
North Shore City Council: www.northshorecity.govt.nz
Third place:
New Plymouth District Council: www.npdc.govt.nz
Category Award Winners - sponsored by Microsoft NZ
Category award winners are judged externally and also have a 'People's Choice' Award voted by ALGIM Web Symposium attendees. The Usability Award was assessed by Royal NZ Foundation for the Blind.
Intranet Awards - sponsored by Microsoft NZ
Best Redevelopment: Intranet
Hutt City Council: ourspace
Best New Feature: Intranet
Western Bay of Plenty District Council: Personal Development & Achievement Plan
Website Awards - sponsored by Microsoft NZ
Best New Feature: Website (Large Council)
North Shore City Council, Online Consenting Solution: www.northshorecity.govt.nz/Services/OnlineServices
Best New Feature: Website (Medium Council)
Taupo District Council, Adopt-a-dog: www.taupodc.govt.nz/dogs
Best Redevelopment: Website
North Shore City Council: www.northshorecity.govt.nz
Best Usability: Website
Thames-Coromandel District Council: www.tcdc.govt.nz
People's Choice Awards - sponsored by Microsoft NZ
'People's Choice' Best New Feature: Website (Large Council)
North Shore City Council, Online Consenting Solution: www.northshorecity.govt.nz/Services/OnlineServices
'People's Choice' Best New Feature: Website (Medium Council)
Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Online Submissions
'People's Choice' Best Redevelopment: Website
North Shore City Council: www.northshorecity.govt.nz
Web Study Award - sponsored by Cucumber
Web staff within local government are nominated to undertake $3,000 worth of professional development or study. This is the first time this award was offered and it was externally judged.
2010 Web Study Award winner:
Mike Jansen, Western Bay of Plenty District Council