”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 »
Happy Friday!!!! We hear at the DorobekINSIDER are at the Next Generation of Government Leadership Conference. If you can’t make it in person you can still live stream the entire conference here and we will be blogging and taking lots of photos. If you can make it down, stop by and say hi to theRead… 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 »
The Next Generation of Government Training Summit is tomorrow and I’m super excited to meet all 600 of you (check out the live stream for those not coming) Here’s everything you need to know for manana: 1 – Prep yourself for an amazing experience at NextGen! Tomorrow, you will hear from several experts on aRead… Read more »
Happy Wednesday! An abbreviated edition of the DorobekINSIDER today as we are all gearing up for the Next Generation of Government Training Summit, which starts Thursday right here in Washington, DC. If you’ve never been, it is an awesome experience — and not just for young people. Hear the new administrator of the Office ofRead… 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 »
Government agencies are always looking to engage with citizens. However, often when government agencies do reach out for engagement, they get little in return. So how do you truly engage citizens? I recently watched an old video from Tom Steinberg of mysociety (embed below) where he has a simple idea – “focus on self interest”Read… 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 »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 24th of July, 2012 The President’s nominee to lead the Office of Government Ethics says Congress should change a new law that aims to prevent insider trading of stocks because of potential unintended consequences affecting the privacy and safety of federal employees. We’ve been tellingRead… Read more »