2009 Web Symposium
Programme and speaker presentations
Please note: some presentations may have been edited to reduce their file size.
Day One - Monday 4 May
Jeremy Wood, Google
An overview of selected Google products, including Google Trends and Insights for Search, Google Analytics and Website Optimiser.
View Jeremy Wood's Google presentation (PDF 1.5MB)
Ivan Fuyala, Nielsen Online
Research findings on who is online in New Zealand, what they are looking at and how we are using consumer generated media.
View Ivan Fuyala's online audience research presentation (PDF 704KB)
Carol Hayward, Rodney District Council
An overview of UK’s Bristol City Council e-democracy programme including multimedia forums, e-petitions, webcasting and online consultation as a way to increase and improve general citizen engagement in council deliberations. Learn how you can implement e-democracy initiatives in your Council.
View Carol Hayward's Bristol City Council e-democracy presentation (PDF 803KB)
Jason Dawson, Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM)
Find general themes and findings from the annual ALGIM Local Government Website Online Survey. Get a snapshot of how Councils manage their website, what software applications do they use, reporting and search facilities, functionality and online services provided. Also discover the top five tasks of Council websites.
View Jason Dawson's ALGIM local government website survey presentation (PDF 47KB)
Matt Elliott, Environment Canterbury
Website case study: Mapping mash up with Google Maps
View Matt Elliott's website case study on Google Map mash ups (PDF 1.1MB)
Alice Patterson, Archives New Zealand
Find out what Archives New Zealand has uncovered when researching the current trends in managing web records. Also included will be some guidance on meeting the requirements of the Public Records Act.
View Alice Patterson's Public Records Act presentation (PDF 152KB)
Sigurd Magnusson, Silverstripe
What are the interactive website features Councils should have over the coming 24 months? How can open source, open data, and sharing allow councils to produce better, more useful, council websites?
View Sigurd Magnusson's future of Council websites presentation (PDF 2.6MB)
Kylie Gibbon, Manukau City Council
Website case study: Engaging your community online - ‘Tell us your Manukau’, an online conversation for the Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP).
View Kylie Gibbon's website case study on engaging your community online (PDF 412KB)
Sean Lee & Kyle Chadwick, Dunedin City Council
Website case study: Lessons learned when redeveloping and launching a new website.
View Sean Lee and Kyle Chadwick's website case study on redeveloping a website (PDF 456KB)
Matt Lane, State Services Commission
Find out what web 2.0 is all about and discover opportunities, challenges, case studies and strategies to navigate the social media landscape.
View Matt Lane's social media presentation (PDF 1MB)
Claire Sherrington, Retirement Commission | sorted.org.nz
Workshop on website marketing and how you can use it to your advantage.
View Claire Sherrington's website marketing presentation (PDF 573KB)
James Fraser, Datacom
Workshop on the pros and cons of manual versus automated content migration.
View James Fraser's content migration presentation (PDF 95KB)
Day Two - Tuesday 5 May
Wayne Forgesson, Intergen
What is social networking, why have they become so popular, how can Social networking be of use for organisations including local authorities and examples of social networks.
View Wayne Forgesson's social networking presentation (PDF 1MB)
Anthony Hawkins, State Services Commission
A general (and largely non-technical) overview of the new central Government Web Standards, released in March, which now draw more strongly from the W3C's web standards.
View Anthony Hawkin's 'new' web standards presentation (PDF 218KB)
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind and Squiz New Zealand
What is digital inclusion, what this means in context of public information, and how it is not just a disability issue but a wider community issue.
View the digital inclusion presentation (PDF 183KB)
Thomas Scovell, SHIFT
Examine how to measure both your website's performance and your organisation's online reputation, how to establish ROI and key performance indicators for ongoing benchmarking, and how to implement gradual improvement activities for your web presence.
View Thomas Scovell's presentation online: www.thewebtactician.com
James Fraser, Datacom
Workshop on how to perform a content audit of your website, including concepts, processes, and benefits of content audits.
View James Fraser's content audit presentation (PDF 123KB)
Dale Hartle, Porirua City Council
Website case study on the redevelopment of the Porirua City Council website, including funding tactics, the big issues that were dealt with, the results, and the lessons learnt.
View Dale Hartle's website case study presentation (PDF 1MB)
Lee Tong, Napier City Council
Website case study on implementing Napier City Council's intranet, pros, cons and the success of the implementation and why Joomla was chosen over MOSS.
View Lee Tong's intranet case study presentation (PDF 786KB)
The rest of day two presentations coming soon!