David Eaves

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A public policy entrepreneur, open government activist and negotiation expert David is retained by several governments to advise on open government and open data, works with two spin-offs of the Harvard Negotiation Project and advises businesses on open source strategies and community management.
If you are interested in having David give a talk his speaking engagements are handled through the Lavin Agency.
Follow him on Twitter: @daeaves

Open Source Evangelist Author

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The science of community management, a look at open source 2.0

Want to thank everyone who came to my session and who sent me wonderful feedback from both the keynote and the session. I was thrilled to see ZDnet wrote a piece about the…

The US government’s digital strategy: The new benchmark and some lessons

The White House recently launched its new roadmap for digital government. This included the publication of Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve…

Mainstreaming the Gov 2.0 message in the Canadian Public Service

A couple of years ago I wrote a Globe Op-Ed " A Click Heard Across the Public Service" that outlined the significance of the clerk using GCPEDIA to communicate with public…

Public policy: The big opportunity for health record data

A few weeks ago Colin Hansen - a politician in the governing party in British Columbia (BC) - penned an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun entitled Unlocking our data to save lives…

Next generation open data: Personal data access

Last Monday I had the pleasure of being in Mexico City for the OECD's (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) High Level Meeting on e-Government. CIO's from a…

Transparency isn't a cost – it's a cost saver

Last month, Don Drummond - a leading economist hired by the Ontario government to review how the province delivers services in the face of declining economic growth and rising…