Our recent June 29th derecho event, featuring lightening, thunder, rain, wind, trees falling, and power lines failing, has provided yet another opportunity for people in the Washington, DC area to experience what the Federal government calls “unplanned telework.” As it did when our area suffered through snowstorms and earthquakes, the government provided employees with theRead… Read more »
This resource-rich post comes from NCDD member Max Hardy, Director of Twyfords — a prominent consultancy that works throughout Australia and New Zealand. Max is co-author of the just-published book The Power of Co: The Smart Leaders’ Guide to Collaborative Governance. Is Roz on your radar screen? Leave a comment below to let us know.Read… Read more »
A feature length article this week from Government Technology showcases how leaders like Newark Mayor Cory Booker (who just co-founded a new video-sharing service) and Alex Torpey (elected Village President of South Orange, NJ, at 23 years old last year) are using new media and other emerging technologies in their work. Highlights from the GovTechRead… Read more »
The Kettering Foundation posted the following interviews with Ruby Quantson, a development consultant from Ghana, to their Vimeo channel a couple months ago. They share a specific example of using deliberation to support capacity development efforts of small-scale farmers, look at how public deliberation is being used at the local, national, and international level andRead… Read more »
In 21st century America, access to affordable health care for all should be considered a fundamental freedom and a basic human right. Today, more than ever, access to health care is central to one’s attainment of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Yet tens of millions of Americans nationwide, including those with severe andRead… Read more »
Freedom – that is why we are here, is it not?! How did our great nation begin…. somewhere in there, was a quest, a yearning, for freedom. Freedom from what? Freedom from any large entity dictating to us – telling us how we must live our lives, no taxation without representation, of speech, life, libertyRead… Read more »
Freedom – that is why we are here, is it not?! How did our great nation begin…. somewhere in there, was a quest, a yearning, for freedom. Freedom from what? Freedom from any large entity dictating to us – telling us how we must live our lives, no taxation without representation, of speech, life, libertyRead… Read more »
There’s been a lot of talk about the use of Kinect and robotics. Yes, people have figured out how to use Microsoft’s awesome gadget to manipulate robots. And Microsoft even has a Robotics website and development toolkits for this purpose. But so far, most of the demos I have seen focus on using robots toRead… Read more »
YOYO: Your On Your Own At midnight on July 4, 2012 I issued the following command: “git push brigade master.” That means I sent a command to to redeploy the Brigade website from its code repository on GitHub. The new site transforms the Brigade from a community of app deployers into a community of civicRead… Read more »
Veritiss LLC is currently hiring highly qualified and professional Pashto/Dari translators for OEF-A (Operation Enduring freedom in Afghanistan). At Veritiss LLC, we firmly believe and follow the core values of integrity, professionalism and responsibility, and thus retaining the persistency of the values has earned us the title of the top company in 2011/12. We alsoRead… Read more »