Wanted to share a cool post by Luis Gallardo, Managing Director, Global Brand & Marketing at Deloitte. Touches on thinking holistically and acting personally (versus Think Global, Act Local) to help businesses succeed in today’s global economy. Check out the original post on the Deloitte Perspectives Blog. March 15, 2011 By Luis Gallardo: Think Global,Read… Read more »
More than likely you don’t fall under either of those two categories as 49 percent of Americans in a recent Washington Post-ABC poll stated that they felt “uncertain” about the future of the US government and how it works. Merely 26 percent said they felt “optimistic” and 23 percent said they felt “pessimistic.” From ourRead… Read more »
Last week, I had the opportunity to host GovLoop’s web-based training session entitled, “Common Mobile Challenges and How to Overcome,” which featured insight from State Department’s Gary Galloway and Microsoft’s Steve White. We’re hosting the second in the series this Thursday: Register for Part 2: “Go Mobile, Be Secure, Improve Performance” During last week’s training,Read… Read more »
You know the story – a young, idealistic Department of Homeland Security employee launches a social network on a whim — as a hobby, really — in mid-2008. He invites a few of his friends to join and they come alongside him as Community Leaders. They welcome new members, write Member and Project of theRead… Read more »
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of presenting for the ACT-IAC Human Capital Special Interest Group. My working title was “Surfacing Top Talent with Social Media.” I built on a previous slide deck, adding 6 examples of agencies and people using social media as part of the recruitment and hiring process. I’ll let the slidesRead… Read more »
Do you remember what it was like starting your two year journey as a Presidential Management Fellow? Remember the experience was a whirlwind of confusion and questions as you interviewed for a half dozen positions – some in agencies you had never heard of! I’m sure it did not get any easier when you hadRead… Read more »
A friend of mine shared this with me and I wanted to pass it along. Jonas Bendiksen has a gift and an incredible vision. More people live in cities than in rural areas and more than 1 billion people live in slums. I was blown away by that. We’ve all heard of slums, but haveRead… Read more »
First off it seems like everyone is trying to avoid a shutdown these days and for some reason or another all those shutdowns are focused in on the hill. Obviously the government has their hands full with their own shutdown but now some people are looking for feds to get there hands into the NFLRead… Read more »
If you’ve been to any event with GovLoop, you know we love to pass out some swag. Whether it’s handing you a landyard at a GovUp or throwing a t-shirt into a crowd, we love seeing Govloopers sporting some green and yellow! Want swag of your very own? GovLoop is now giving you a fewRead… Read more »
Katie Couric’s got some recommendations for government to get less redundant. First, a hat tip to our friend Ed O’Keefe, Federal Eye at the Washington Post, who found this fun nugget. So I’ll say it again in case you couldn’t believe your eyes (ha ha – and to be redundant): Katie Couric offered a quickRead… Read more »