Annual National Preparedness Month observances urge us to review our family and workplace safety plans, but more often than not, people instead think of planning for natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and tornadoes. This year, the Child Support Report offers practical advice to help government offices prepare for issues surrounding workplace violence. AccordingRead… Read more »
Posted by John Verrico We all know that government budgets to go to conferences are practically non-existent nowadays. So communicators at all levels of government are working to find alternative ways of meeting with stakeholders, usually turning to online virtual solutions. But, as one communicator said in response to a survey earlier this year –Read… Read more »
NAGC President Elect John Verrico is featured in our next installment of the NAGC Webinar Series, Lightning Talks with Subject Matter Experts. This installment, entitled “Get Out From Behind the Table and Meet Your Public: How to Excel in Face-to-Face Community Relations,” is scheduled for Sept. 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. EDT. Even asRead… Read more »
Colleagues, Fellow National Association of Government Communicators member Jane CaultonHead reached out to our president, Glen Thomas, for help with a research project supporting her Ph.D. studies in Organizational Leadership at Regent University. With his approval and support, she is now asking for our help with her research exploring the culture of courageous followers asRead… Read more »
The National Association of Government Communicators, in partnership with FedInsider and Adobe, continues its Webinar Series Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 2 p.m. EDT, with the next one-hour session, “Social Media – Get Ready to Analyze and Engage”, featuring NAGC’s Competition’s Director, Marisa Ellison, of the Missouri Department of Transportation. The Federal Digital Government StrategyRead… Read more »
NAGC recently surveyed our membership on this year’s Communications School to gauge, from your perspective, the effectiveness of the school’s curriculum so that we can fine tune our plans for the 2014 school and to ensure the subject matter offered meets your expectations and needs. In reference to April’s school, more than 95 percent ofRead… Read more »
Posted by NAGC President Glen Thomas NAGC recently wrapped up its annual Communications School in Arlington, VA. The Communications School is NAGC’s cornerstone event, and this one did not disappoint with a variety of entertaining, informative and interactive speakers and topics. As I stated in my opening remarks to the group, our industry is oneRead… Read more »
Posted by John Verrico, NAGC President-Elect Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. — Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 A great sigh of relief went out in the Boston area – and across the country – this evening with the successful capture of the second Boston Marathon bombingRead… Read more »
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Have you been on the fence? There’s still time.Don’t Miss the National Association of Government Communicators 2013 Communications School!You can see the full agenda here: http://www.nagconline.com/CommunicationsSchool/documents/NAGC-Communication-School-Program2013.pdfRegistration is now open for the NAGC 2013 Communication School, “Government Communicators – Engaging Citizens in Democracy,” being held April 17-19, 2013,Read… Read more »
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Can government communicators influence their leaders toward greater transparency? That’s the goal of a major effort in South Eastern Europe. Having done away with their socialist past in the early 1990s following the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the nation states in the broader regionRead… Read more »