One of the issues faced in helping coordinate a national Public Sector Innovation Network is that my colleague Rob and I are located in Canberra. …

This is a guest post from Stephanie Denman, Senior Policy Officer, Resource Planning & Skills, Qld Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Did you know that July …

The GovCamp AU Innovation Dialogues events will all feature a panel session with innovation leadership guests, who will share their knowledge about and experience of public sector innovation, and highlight cases from within and outside the sector for innovative delivery of public policy and services.

We are grateful to the generous support in 2015 of a network of partners and collaborators across Australia from within the public sector as well as other supporters.

Public sector innovation always makes me think of one of my favourite sayings: “Show me a completely smooth operation and I’ll show you someone who’s covering mistakes. Real boats rock.”

A guest post by Secretary Glenys Beauchamp PSM, Department of Industry and Science encouraging you to get involved with the GovCamp Innovation Dialogues this year being held in each capital city as part of Innovation Month 2015.

In 2015 a new national program – the GovCampAU Innovation Dialogues – is being kicked off with two phases as a national contribution to Public Sector Innovation Month 2015.

Saturday, 19 July 2014: the inaugural GovCamp Australia – the first nationally networked GovCamp event.

Just over five years ago I was the web manager at Walsall Council in the West Midlands. I was asked by my friend and colleague Dan Slee if I wanted to attend the first LocalGovCamp: an unconference where like-minded people talk about innovative stuff.

In Australia, GovCamp started in 2011 almost simultaneously in Canberra and then Sydney, followed quickly the following year in Brisbane.