For the week ending June 23, 2012 A combination of strategy and tactics posts and discussions graced the Govloop project management community this week, click through and catch up on what you’ve missed. Remember to start new discussions yourself by asking your most pressing questions here with the tag “project management” including the quotes. GainingRead… Read more »
Australia has been at the forefront of social media use by government agencies for a few years now (though don’t tell them I said so or they might get complacent). However I think this is possibly a world first. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released the first tranche of results from Australia’s 2011Read… Read more »
Today has been a crazy day in my hometown Tampa (yes, I actually live in Tampa although I spend a ton of time in DC). Tons of rain all day with threats of tornado all day. The wife and I stayed at home all day and I found it interesting to see which technology whichRead… Read more »
Three months ago, I made a huge change in my life. After eight years as a government consultant in DC, I picked up my family and moved to Chicago to work at Cramer-Krasselt. I went from DC to Chicago, from consulting to PR, from government clients to big brands, from the suburbs to the city,Read… Read more »
Check out the latest Army Social Media Handbook – great resource for agencies to use Army Social Media Handbook 2012 View more documents from U.S. Army
After commuting back and forth from the SF Bay Area for three months, I’m just getting settled down in Los Angeles with my family. I’m down in SoCal to continue growing my startup, NationBuilder, which is based in downtown LA. Getting settled means I’m doing a lot more thinking about where we’re going next withRead… Read more »
Last week was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for the stock market as we saw strong gains early in the week, a big sell-off in the middle of the week, and another rally on Friday. Greece, Spain, economic data, and some bank downgrades helped shape the action. Here are the TSP fund returns forRead… Read more »
By Joseph Semsar, Associate Consultant Five months ago, Associate Consultant Sam Williford and I began working on a study, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, to identify truly effective employer-driven job training programs. Yesterday, June 18th — after consulting over 450 reports, articles, and case studies, interviewing over 20 workforce development experts, and, lastly,Read… Read more »
The greatest source of potential use cases for technology is the user community. This is a great reason to attend events where customers are at the center of focus. This was what last month’s Splunk Live DC was like. Splunk is a very user-focused capability and when you create a venue where users can exchangeRead… Read more »
NOT certain I could say it any better myself…. From the Chris Hoff”s blog The “Cloud Security, Meh!” crowd are an interesting bunch. They don’t seem to like change much. To be fair, they’re not incentivized to. However, while difficult, change is good…it just takes a lot to understand that some times. It occurs toRead… Read more »