On September 13th, GovLoop hosted our first ever virtual show, the Government Innovator’s Online Summit. The virtual conference brought together nearly 1300 government innovators, and provided five trainings throughout the day. Participants had the opportunity to virtually network, download resources and attend free online trainings to help them do their job better. Topics for theRead… Read more »
On September 13th, GovLoop hosted our first ever virtual show, the Government Innovator’s Online Summit. The virtual conference brought together nearly 1300 government innovators, and provided five trainings throughout the day. Participants had the opportunity to virtually network, download resources and attend free online trainings to help them do their job better. Topics for theRead… Read more »
Last year, President Obama released Executive Order 13589: Promoting Efficient Spending. This Executive Order promotes agency reductions in the following areas: travel, information technology devices, printing, vehicle fleets, and extraneous promotional items. Certainly, with the perilous state of the federal government’s budget, certainly any savings that can be found and continue to provide the highestRead… Read more »
It’s a beautiful Saturday morning, so I thought I’d take a little bit of time to unwind, do some writing, and enjoy the weather here in DC. Today, the focus is on Bob Dylan, leadership, your career and some thoughts on Forever Young. Bob Dylan has now released his 35th studio album, Tempest. Some DylantologistRead… Read more »
This week I spoke on a panel at MicroPact’s 462 10th Annual Conference: The Changing Landscape on EEO in the Federal Workplace. Be sure to check out some of the follow up posts from MicroPact by checking out their blog. As I mentioned in a previous post, speaking at events like this are typically oneRead… Read more »
Every once in awhile, we have weeks when we are back up against the wall with work, and regardless of progress, you feel like you cannot get ahead. You suddenly find yourself as Sisyphus rolling that ridiculous boulder up the hill and watch it storm back down, over and over. About a few months ago,Read… Read more »
At the workplace, our path is never quite charted out for us. At some point in all of our careers, we need to take the time to critically think about our careers, understand the landscape we are in, and what the organization can actually provide in terms of growth. While thinking about it, you mayRead… Read more »
Project management is an interesting area of study for government. On GovLoop, we have lots of great resources for project managers, we even have a great upcoming training for government employees during our Government Innovators Online Summit show on Thursday, here are the details: Project Management Survival Guide- 3:30-4:30PM EST Government is becoming more andRead… Read more »
On Wednesday, I will be sitting on a panel for MicroPact’s 462 10th Annual Conference: The Changing Landscape on EEO in the Federal Workplace. Speaking at events like this are typically one of my favorite parts of my job – it’s always great to connect directly with government employees to really learn first hand aboutRead… Read more »
I hope you’ll join me next Thursday for the GovLoop’s Government Innovator’s Online Summit, this post will provide some further insights to the State of Government Social Media session, which will occur from 11:30 to 12:30. During this webinar we will discuss how to define social media metrics, best practices on Facebook, Twitter and emergingRead… Read more »