Turning rules and legislation into interactive digital experiences
Legislation is often extremely difficult to understand and interpret. It uses complex legalese language and often includes multiple references to other legislation meaning you may need to read multiple pieces of legislation to understand one ‘rule’.
Writing for Australian Government websites
The presentation will give an overview of the Australian Government Style Manual. This manual has rules for using plain language and clear writing. It will also explain parts of the DTA’s new Digital Experience Policy, which supports the creation of user-friendly, accessible content.
Outside Looking In: Stepping Back to Overcome Organizational Bias and Embrace User-Centered Strategy
Internal teams often have a strong organizational lens that can obscure their understanding of users and hinder strategic efforts. In this presentation, We’ll share practical methods for overcoming these biases to better connect with the user perspective, whether you’re focused on content strategy, web management, or broader initiatives.
Unlocking Transparency: Open Data Management and Metadata Standards with Drupal and DKAN
Data catalogs are an integral part of open government and transparency policies around the world. By bringing data publishing, sharing, and metadata standardization into Drupal, the DKAN module aims to make data more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (“FAIR”) for agencies and the public.
Little Projects, Big Improvements: Small-step Content Strategy
Your website is full of content. Some may be useful to your constituents, some might need TLC, and other content...well...it's just time to take it out.
How Australian government is experimenting with Rules as Code to deliver complex digital services
Rules as Code (RaC) is gaining momentum and has considerable transformative potential, if done right. This is especially the case for governments, because complex legislation and government rules in a constantly changing landscape can be codified to drastically simplify digital experiences for its citizens.
How data and cultural knowledge come together to create bilingual content on USAGov’s benefit finder
Every year up to $140 billion in government benefits go unused. During this session, we’ll share our work with USAGov’s team to create a benefit finder to make finding benefits easy and accessible for everyone.
Mind Games: Leveraging Behavioral Economics in Content Strategy
"Mind Games: Leveraging Behavioral Economics in Content Strategy" to uncover the psychological insights that can transform your content into a powerful tool for engagement and action.
Build a Better Document Library in Drupal: Revisions, Dynamic Paths, and Unbroken Links
A Document Library methodology designed to improve Drupal's document handling, revision control, security, and avoid broken links.
Governments, companies in Asia-Pacific to get access to AI strategies personalised to their needs
Governments and companies in the Asia-Pacific will be able to get access to AI strategies that are personalised to their needs. Technology firm NCS has rolled out a system that assesses how ready organisations are to take up AI securely and provides them solutions to do so.