Mel Flanagan

Producer, storyteller, data designer, wrangler, maker of useful information services, open gov and open process advocate

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@DropboxSign @DocSend hey @rheddleston I'm a designer / founder just read your helpful doc:
https://t.co/UySR0mkdVc
You might want to update link to - Invision they are now with Miro - tho have recommended another fun app for prototyping https://t.co/wDy28Iekhf

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@_LouiseRP Thanks @_LouiseRP keen to hear more about the session - so we can share insights and help advocate for CSO and community inclusion in the design of the new beneficial ownership laws and register in Australia.
@TIAustralia @PWYPAustralia @Treasury_AU

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Interested in how Aust governments plan to meet their net zero targets? We are.

There are currently 380 ASX listed company fossil fuel projects in the pipeline.

To find out more - read the @PWYPAustralia Fossil Fuel Footprint Report 'Out of the Shadows'. #Auspol2023

[PWYP Australia @PWYPAustralia]

Has been great to launch "Out of the Shadows - Australia's Fossil Fuel Footprint" at #APClimateWeek ahead of COP28. There can be no new fossil fuels if Australia has any hope of meeting net zero targets. Read the full report here https://t.co/K9f77XPKDO

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Excited to be running a storytelling and design workshop in Helsinski Monday 16 Oct with @OKFN in Finland and Estonia. Tickets are free:
https://t.co/5olbnvxMAi
@opengovpart #opengov #contentstrategy #ContentDesign #opendata #openprocess

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Interested in knowing more about mining, oil and gas projects and their impacts?

We'd love to hear what you want to know and/or have tried to find. The @PWYPAustralia survey is below. 👇

[PWYP Australia @PWYPAustralia]

Please take a few minutes to fill in our survey... let us know what kind of information do you look for - what would make mining, oil and gas more transparent https://t.co/OHGSVbxNKp

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@SilvanavF @OpenHeroines @SarahEOV @AncaMatioc @ineselvi @delosmechi @pitucaffarone Lovely! Sorry I couldn’t make it. Looking forward to catching up in sessions!

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@OpenOwnership @cacnigeria1 @cislacnigeria @DireLegislativo Great initiative! Looking forward to seeing everyone's work.

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Look forward to being on the panel for this session at #OGPEstonia on the role of design in making information and knowledge accessible. 💫

[Open Knowledge Foundation (@[email protected]) @OKFN]

Meet the speakers of The Tech We Want to Open Governments (https://t.co/jz4ctjS3uO, Sep 4, Tallinn) #OGPEstonia

Mel Flanagan is the Founder and Design Director at @nookstudios. She is a global transparency and open government advocate, and a member of the #OpenKnowledgeNetwork.

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Join us for our #OGPSummit Making Open Government Design and Storytelling Workshop Friday 8 Sept 1pm - 5pm.

Won’t be there? You can still participate! Submit a creative advocacy project you’d like to share for our pop up and online gallery. Register https://t.co/ZuJMMjz7mj

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

"A cake of tax refunds and an icing of government grants". How PwC consulting paid no tax on $1.2b income last year #auspol
https://t.co/snz9tTNBn3

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@sihombingnanda @opencontracting @NadineFernz Hey Nanda - happy to catch up about Australia any time.

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Beneficial ownership registers that are public, open, and free have multiple social benefits. What's in it for business? @OpenOwnership covers this is a US case study. #auspol

[Open Ownership @OpenOwnership]

What’s in it for business? The US case: Lessons from private sector and civil society advocacy for beneficial ownership transparency reforms

Our new case study highlights learning from the decade-long effort to bring about US #BeneficialOwnership reform.

https://t.co/LKBFLHSklt

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

A very sobering read about workers rights abuses in developing tech and AI. @ChenaultKen says this is not just a 'technology issue', public and private sector need to collaborate on guides. Everyone will need to be literate in AI. If Tech doesn't value workers now, what's next?

[Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo]

Can't quite believe I'm writing this: Today, 150 African workers behind ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook voted to unionize at a landmark meeting in Nairobi.

These AI workers are invisible, underpaid, and the backbone of the tech in all our pockets:

https://t.co/IXK5xqj0fH

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Why do we need to know who owns and controls companies? It's important for good governance and due diligence. Great to hear the progress @OpenOwnership are making from @_LouiseRP @opengovpart . #Auspol2023 Let's make Australia's beneficial ownership register great. ✨

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

As OGP launches its new strategy, @_LouiseRP highlights three things @openownership is doing to make beneficial ownership a reality.

Don’t miss Open Ownership’s #OpenGovWeek webinar on recent beneficial ownership research. https://t.co/kJr3VFOjeP

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

Registration for #OGPEstonia is open!

Join us on Sept. 6-7 in Tallinn, where reformers will discuss how digital governance & #opengov values of transparency, accountability & participation can renew democracy & fight back against autocratic threat.

https://t.co/4VwkapY9sm

[Open Government Partnership @opengovpart]

Join OGP as it launches its 5-year strategy to make the Partnership even more responsive to the community of #opengov reformers & to better tackle the democratic challenges we face today.

Register for an insightful conversation with #opengov reformers ⬇️
https://t.co/MiBOXD3yDx

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Open Government in Australia is getting a refresh and reboot! Interested in hearing more - you can tune into a zoom live stream tomorrow 6pm. Passcode: 587009. #Auspol2023
https://t.co/D3k8Og6YNh

[Transparency International Australia @TIAustralia]

📢Upcoming event!📢 Open Government: Never More Needed will feature discussion from leading thinkers on what's next for #Australiandemocracy. Find out more and #register for #free at https://t.co/Vg6gkFwd4V

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@TIAustralia @TIAustralia looks like a great event - is it in person only or will it also be online?

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

@Linkurious Hey @Linkurious this looks interesting. Will you be sharing a recording for those of us who live in places like Australia with incompatible time zones?

[Mel Flanagan @nookstudios]

Well done #Canada for introducing legislation to create a free open publicly accessible beneficial ownership register. @Treasury_AU @JEChalmers Great inspiration for Australia's efforts. Looking forward to more consultation about the design for Australia's register.
#Auspol2023

[Sasha Caldera @scaldron]

#Canada has introduced legislation for a publicly accessible BO registry tonight! Some key features: free-of-cost, scalable with provinces, and verification and validation measures #cdnpoli #endsnowwashing https://t.co/DDitCW6Oyh