Don Tapscott

Obama's youthful volunteers still keen to help

Dec 5, 2009 | Writing

A new Harvard poll finds that a majority of 18-29 year-olds disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of major issues, but nevertheless most of them (58%) approve of the president’s job performance generally, and many intend to help get him re-elected. The poll...

The friend of my friend is my friend

Dec 3, 2009 | Writing

Suddenly yesterday I started receiving hundreds of friend requests on Facebook, far more than I normally receive.  I Tweeted this fact and others replied that they had experienced the same phenomenon.  Finally pieced together why.  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg...

The UK government's Digital Economy Bill is deeply flawed.

Nov 26, 2009 | Writing

As the person who coined the term The Digital Economy in my 1995 book of that title, I feel obliged to comment on the UK government’s Digital Economy Bill, which was unveiled last Friday.   The proposed law is fundamentally flawed because it punishes Internet users...

Governments need to re-think citizen engagement

Nov 21, 2009 | Writing

I posted yesterday about my remarks to the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Malmo, Sweden. The first wave of democracy established elected and accountable institutions of governance, but with a weak public mandate and an inert citizenry.  Citizens listened to...

Economic crisis makes government re-invention more urgent

Nov 20, 2009 | Writing

I gave a speech today to the 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Malmo, Sweden.  My message was that governments should not let the world’s current economic crisis delay much-needed government reinvention around the Internet and other digital technologies....
Don Tapscott