12:50 p.m. Talk is over. Q and A time. Thanks for reading. 12:30 p.m. More from Patrick: Digital Government: Social media and civic engagement. E/M/T commerce. Shared/consolidated services. Apps (See/click/fix). Entrepreneurial. “Are you a climber or a coaster?” The one word you should know going forward: Synchronicity. What we’re doing here. Your Career Brand: HaveRead… Read more »
What do email addresses like “Pookie Bear,” “Hot Mama,” ” Macho Man,” Twilighter,” and “Sexy Stud” have in common. They could all hold up your advancement or even stop you from being hired. Unprofessional e-mail addresses can hurt your chances just as much as unprofessional e-mails. It is important to set something up that saysRead… Read more »
With a 54-mile range as a “pure electric vehicle,” Virginia Tech’s EcoCar has some true green credentials. The vehicle can be run on gasoline, e-85 or electricity; and in the end this gives the car an 80 mpg-e rating. But the EcoCar challenge also required cars to be consumer friendly, which often includes performance. TheRead… Read more »
Research Investment decision-making (12/2010) –The Investment Management Standard is theVictorian Government’scommon-sense approach to shaping investments and making investment decisions. The underlying principles of the Standard include: a focus on the investment benefits (as opposed to finding solutions to a problem), use of plain language, simple concepts and transparency. Transforming Government (07/2011) – Governments across EuropeRead… Read more »
I watched a “professional facilitator” absolutely waste 16 person-hours. The opportunity made me so mad, it took a while to figure out what I think. Here’s what I think: Unless you are working by yourself, you need enthusiastic buy-in from your team to get superior performance. Taking time to get everyone on board is usuallyRead… Read more »
Rob Dale at LGIU blogs about some research being done in collaboration with Networked Neighbourhoods about the impact of online local community activity. You can take part: If you are a councillor, complete this survey. If you are an officer in local government, take this one. Should be interesting to see the results! Possibly relatedRead… Read more »
A group of 30 research universities nationwide are partnering together to help spread broadband to the areas around their campuses. The project is called Gig.U and will bring 1Gbps access to localities around each school. The group hopes that by providing this access they’ll be able to increase economic development and attract start-ups to theirRead… Read more »
Yup, they’re still coming. This one tries to explain the mystery that is RSS. Enjoy! If you can’t see it embedded below, you can download the PDF version from the Kind of Digital website. What is RSS? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly related posts: What is Flickr? What is LinkedIn? What isRead… Read more »
The amount of data being collected growing faster than humans can analyze. But fast analysis over the right data can solve tough challenges. Those facts are driving the continual pursuit of new solutions to Big Data challenges. Solutions to these Big Data issues hold the promise of helping many sectors of our life, but theRead… Read more »
The energy sector is expected to expand in the coming years and the number of troops returning home is expected to increase as well. Perhaps with this in mind, the Department of Energy has teamed up with several energy companies and the Center for Energy Workforce Development to launch the Troops to Energy Jobs program.Read… Read more »