Resources

Conference presentations

Laughing Mind

• CISA- CommunIT, 1-2 May 2006: Changing your world with technology- The digital means to the Social End: CMS selection in the Not-For-Profit sector- A situation and options assessment PDF file, 0.9MB

Notable reference conferences and presentations

• Enterprise2.0: Enterprise 2.0-Efficient Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange
• Thomas Vanderwal: Bottom-up all the way down. How Tags help businesses organise
• Scott Gavin: Meet Charlie-What is Enterprise2.0?; Charlie goes mobile with Enterprise 2.0
  

Social Media, Online Communities for NGOs and Business

Social media strategy, community engagement and growth

• IABC Article: Best Practices for Building Successful Online Communities

Forum Platform Comparisons

• Forum Matrix: http://www.forummatrix.org/
• Forum Software Reviews: http://www.forum-software.org/forum-reviews

Platforms

• Small World labs
• Cynapse, builders of the Cyn.in platform as an extension of Plone



Organisations and Professional Associations

• DIA: The Design Institute of Australia
• GRI: The Global Reporting Initiative
• Health-e-directory: Online and printed eHealth provider directory for Australian Health ICT firms
  
• HFES: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society- USA
• HFESA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society- Australia
• ISACA: Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• OGC: Office of Government Commerce, UK
• RMIT-Global sustainability: RMITs centre for global sustainability
• RMI: Rocky Mountain Institute
• WBCSD: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• The IHS: The Insititute for Humane Studies
• Environment Business Australia: An Australian based think tank for sustainable business enterprises providing commercial solutions
  

 

Firms we recommend


• CHIK: For monitoring the pulse of Australian eHealth activity
  
• GMT consulting group: For selection of good people, fast.
• Atlassian: For leading edge enterprise Wikis, Issue management, SDLC innovation and Agile Project delivery platforms, fresh from Oz

 

Tools we use regularly and recommend

ICT Architecture, Management and Governance

• ISACA
• • CoBIT: Information Systems Audit and Control Association IT governance framework, freely available. Stands for Control Objectives for Information Technology
  • ValIT Business Case: a part of the overall suite of tools for Value Management of ICT
    
• PRINCE2: PRINCE2 Project management methodology
• CSS and Accessibility standards: For quick CSS and accessibility references
• OGC Successful delivery toolkit: Office of Government Commerce, UK
• AGIMO (Australian Government Information Management Office):
  
• • Measures to support environmentally friendly ICT
  • Business Process Interoperability framework
  • Australian Government Architecture
  • ICT Investment framework
    

Applications and Monitors

• Plone: the leading Open Source Content Management System for all seasons and reasons
• Host-Tracker: useful little uptime and website performance verifier

Business Operations Management

• Business Process Trends (BPtrends): Provides a primary source of news and information relating to all aspects of business process change, focused on trends, directions and best practices
• Lombardi Blueprint: Lombardi software approach to BPM represents a very interesting use of the Atlassian Confluence product in a targeted approach to BPM
• UK Institute of Operations Management
• • Comparison of Lean and Six Sigma approaches in the UK NHS: Whilst healthcare focused, a useful comparison article of both approaches in practice.
• American Productivity and Quality Centre (APQC): For their well iterated Business Process Classification framework.
• Lean Your Company: For a good blend of Six Sigma and Lean techniques.
• SixSigmaFirst: Whilst Six Sigma focused, it's also a good reference for other Operations management techniques
• Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB): providing a platform for direct investment into unlisted companies to fund their growth and expansion

Sustainable Business

• EcoDirectory: Australia's guide to being green. Useful.
  

Talent we love

• ACF: Australian Conservation Foundation:
• A List Apart: Advocates for clean, fast simple designs for the web and thought leaders for the web design community
• Apple Computer: Thought leaders in user interface development since the original Macintosh.
• Assai: Architectural solutions for Asia Pacific, culturally driven
• Ark Workspace: Displaying innovation and creativity in virtual office developments.
• Blogger: For cost free self service, easy publishing online..
• Bungendore Woodworks Gallery: An amazing collection of affordable, contemporary and unique design in the worlds most sustainable medium
• Freshly squeezed software: Squeezing talent from their brains to create some fine, fine software..
• Interaction Design Association: Applying a bunsen burner to the talent test tube for interdisciplinary interaction design- in, above+ beyond the online medium
• Maya.com: A soothing balm for complexity and chaos, with a trail of breadcrumbs left behind them..
• uxnet:User eXperience NETwork: Bridging pools of knowledge to help create a foundation for better user experiences
• Zoo: Friendly people, innovative workplace, agile methods.
• Spirit Rock: For vipassana 101 and insights on looking inwards, looking outwards.
• Worldchanging: The tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us..
• CommunIT: Spreading the word of socially engaged ICT initiatives
• Chiara Fox: For a useful set of tips on Content Auditing for website revamps and redevelopment
• Corporate Punk: for leading edge thinking on Enterprise2.0, with implementation experience.
  

 

Places we recommend

• Jera-Jamal: South Coast NSW Yurt retreat

 

Thought leadership in action

• Greg Bourne, president of WWF, and ex-head of BP (British Petroleum): Transcript of his 2005 Hawke lecture on why Australia must become a world leader in sustainability best practice, without delay. Thought provoking.

"...There is no energy crisis, only a crisis of ignorance.."
Source: R Buckminster Fuller, quoted on Buckminster Fuller Institute .




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