We’re winding down Day 1 of the Next Generation of Government Summit, but we got a lot of exciting speakers coming up in our closing session. Don’t forget you can check us out live at govloop.com. I’d highly recommend you tune in for the closing sessions. Here is the lineup: Lightning Speakers “Nature 3.0 –Read… Read more »
Lunch Keynote: Mario Morino Relentless: Investing in Leaders Who Stop at Nothing in Pursuit of Greater Social Impact Mario Morino, Author, Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity America, believes we need a fundamental rethinking in the nonprofit and public sectors to solve our most pressing social challenges. The cruel ironyRead… Read more »
Dave Uejio, Lead for Talent Acquisition, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and President, Young Government Leaders, started off the lunch break out session taking some time talking about Young Government Leaders. “We want to help you formalize the Next Generation of Government event 365 days a year,” stated Dave. The YGL website states: Young Government LeadersRead… Read more »
”What Do Change-makers Have in Common” Andrew Rasiej, Founder, Personal Democracy Forum Next Generation of Government Summit 2012 Andrew stated his presentation by speaking about the difficulties of change, and particularly, changing from within a system. Andrew shared a story about when he ran for office in the early 2000’s, “I ran not because IRead… Read more »
Today kicks off the 3rd year of the Next Generation of Government Summit. The Next Generation of Government Training Summit began in 2010 and this year, will enhance the working and personal lives of 600 Generation X and Y government employees. The sessions and workshops that will be presented over the next two days areRead… Read more »
Desktop virtualization is an increasingly important technology for the public sector. As agencies face restrictive budgets, uncertain funding, demands for bring-your-own-device strategies and pressures to collaborate over a dispersed workforce, desktop virtualization allows agencies to provide a simple, cost-effective and secure way for employees to access applications and resources needed to perform their job functionRead… Read more »
Jack and Laura Dangermond founded Esri in 1969. Today I had the privilege of hearing Jack talk about Esri, and some of the new features and products that Esri now offers at a press briefing at the 2012 Esri International User Conference. In particular, Jack spoke about ArcGIS Cloud, and his vision of how theRead… Read more »
This week I am attending the Esri User International Conferencein the beautiful City of San Diego. Esri was founded in 1969 by current Esri President Jack Dangermond and his wife, Laura. Esri is an acronym for Environment Systems Research Institute. The Esri website states, “Esri’s early mission was to organize and analyze geographic information toRead… Read more »
This is the fifth blog post in a series of blog posts and podcasts talking through the recent GovLoop Guide to Workforce Planning. Be sure to take a listen to the podcase below and view the guide. You can find more HR resources by visiting the GovLoop Guide to Workforce Planning Homepage. Stephen Beard ofRead… Read more »
Big data continues to be one of the hottest trends in government. A recent report from Oracle, Integrate for Insight, states, “Enterprises must learn to understand how best to leverage big data soon, since the amount of data being generated shows no signs of slowing down.” With the adoption of social channels by government, citizens,Read… Read more »