Porirua EMO Blog

I found this blog really interesting. It is an example of a Web 2.0 tool being used by a council employee, to present information and opinions, but as the author says: "It's all my personal opinion, so don't go trying to infer any council policy from it. If in doubt, contact the city council. www.pcc.govt.nz". I appreciate that this is clearly outlined at the beginning of the blog, but wonder whether this blog is part of this employee's PD (and thus done in work time) or done in their own time?
I found this blog really useful, one example is the post below:

Monday, December 14, 2009
How's your back-up plan coming along?

Many Telecom XT customers have been left hanging today, with "an unplanned restart" of Telecom's Christchurch XT Mobile RNC switch (whatever that is), which resulted in the majority of XT cell sites south of Taupo not operating from around 6am.

So, how'd you fare without your precious cellphone? Did business grind to a halt? How much money did you not make today because of that simple little disruption?

There is no guarrantee of service, even at the best of times, so have you thought about how your business can carry on functioning without the cellphones working? How about if none of the phones are working? Or if the power goes out? Or if your computer network goes down for the whole day? How are you going to do your job? Have a think. And if there isn't a way to do your job without these things, have enough insurance to cover your losses during such times.
Posted by Porirua EMO at 2:18 PM
Labels: be prepared, business continuity, communications, insurance
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This is a great example of how this organisation is using current events and Web 2.0 tools to connect with the public and get the organistaion's purpose across, to encourage the public in this case to be prepared with an emergency management plan. While this site is not interactive as such there is the option to comment on a post, and this would be a great way for members of the public to share ideas.