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Yearly Archives: 2013
Resume Review With Heather Gantz, Waldron HR
To date, we’ve had an overwhelming response to the Emerging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) network “Resume Book,” an opportunity to showcase your resume to a wide variety of employers in the region. Thank you for your interest in this unique opportunity for ELGL members. Providing opportunities like the Resume Book is consistent with ELGL’s commitmentRead… Read more »
Day 35 of the Sequester – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Every month the DorobekINSIDER breaks down your Thrift Savings Plan. We want to know the funds fare, changes to your retirement process and trends in the funds. So did March match February’s gains? Click here for the full recap. But up front: Sequestration — yes, it is still going on. InRead… Read more »
3 Reasons to get excited about Salesforce
Today’s Salesforce event in DC got me thinking a little bit about the reasons why people should be interested in Salesforce. Whether they’re public sector or private sector there are a lot of reasons why people are moving to the cloud. I know that I am certainly not at the front of the hype cycleRead… Read more »
Thursday Thoughts: 5 Elements of Meta-Leadership
I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »
Big Data and Analytics Conference- Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security
Over the last few years, big data has been a hot topic in government. No longer just a buzzword, it has emerged as a real way to increase efficiencies, reduce waste, increase productivity and make smarter, data driven decisions. Organizations are already collecting large amount of data so the conversation has moved from “when” toRead… Read more »
Appealing to Digital Girls (and Guys) in a Digital World
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Today citizens expect to interact with their government and civic organizations in drastically new ways, and many municipalities are struggling to keep up. Self-proclaimed Community Engagement Evangelist Michael Ashford of CivicPlus teaches this session to equip communications leaders with the skills and ideas they need to dealRead… Read more »
OnlineCourses.com
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New EPA Home Page
I’m lucky enough to lead EPA’s Office of Web Communications. I’ve written a lot about our social media efforts, but another one of our roles is to manage EPA’s home page. We redo it from time to time, and this is one of those times. Our effort started a couple of months ago with aRead… Read more »
04.04.13: Your Morning Buzz
Can you hear me now? Cellphone turns 40 The High Five Libraries offer weird things to draw new borrowers – This spring, your next packet of garden seeds may come not from a hardware store or nursery, but from your local public library. The Hunt Is On For A New FBI Director – Robert MuellerRead… Read more »