One topic that always comes up is how to keep colleagues accountable for results. How to manage up. And How to manage sideways. It’s such a big topic we devoted a session to it at Next Generation of Gov’t Summit on 7/6th with speaker Misti Burmeister and Kate Walker. Misti is a rockstar and blogsRead… Read more »
Engaging your audience isn’t easy in fact there’s a lot more ways to do it poorly than correctly. But good news is there are people who have it down pat and can help. One of those is David Uejio, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Human Resources, National Institutes of Health. David will beRead… Read more »
If you’ve been watching CNN recently, you’ve probably seen the FloodSmart.gov commercial – you know, the one where there are two guys getting rained on under floating rooves. One is “having a problem.” The other: dry and secure. I wanted to see it again, so I quickly went to YouTube to see if I couldRead… Read more »
Q: How do we bridge the digital divide – that ignominious gap between people who enjoy ready access to web-based and mobile technology and those who lack such resources? This question is a little explored, but critical element of President Obama’s Open Government initiative. One possible answer was presented in my local newspaper last weekendRead… Read more »
Hey – Lily Whiteman (One of our speakers for Next Generation of Gov’t Summit and Author of How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job) recently talked with Human Resources IQ on “Strategic Tips for Creating a Personal Brand” – which is the name of session Lily’s talking about at Next Gen Gov Summit Listen toRead… Read more »
***Register today for Next Generation of Gov’t Summit – Join 200+ gov’t rockstars – nextgengovt.com*** As you may know…we are big fans of awesome at GovLoop. Our charity is AwesomeGov.org. We have great bloggers that advocate awesomeness like Christopher DuFour. And generally it has always been my point that government CAN be AWESOME. Government hasRead… Read more »
Two weeks ago we launched a contest to see who could cook up the best video response to the question: Why are you the next generation of Government? Well ladies and gentlemen the results are in and five government rockstars have scored free tickets the Next Generation of Government Summit July 6th and 7th inRead… Read more »
**New to GovLoop? Join today to share gov’t best practices and amazing career advice*** Every day someone reaches out to me with a similar story. I work at X agency and am looking for another gov’t job because a) I’m moving to X city b) I’m bored c) my boss hates me. Generally, these individualsRead… Read more »
Carol Spencer, Morris County, NJ Social media – Changes the way people live their lives-2nd biggest change in her IT career – 1st personal PC, 2nd social media Knowledge networks that are so powerful Mars County, NJ-hootsuite – parks put out magazine for 90 days -she has tweets scheduled out for 90 days -health notifications,Read… Read more »
Govies have been out in full force this week and James Hanson decided to give our Next Generation of Government Challenge a whirl at the YAFCEA Bethesda event Tuesday night. Favorite