A week ago, I was having some issues with my laptop and I happened to mention it to the neighbor kid (okay, so he’s really more of a young man as a 20-year old college sophomore. studying computer science..but the older I get, the younger they look!). Anyway, while he was helping me fix myRead… Read more »
Literally in every GovLoop live chat, online training, or speech I give, I always get two questions “What are tips to having a large and successful Facebook page?” and “What is a good example of a government Facebook page?” *****This is draft 3 with comments incorporated (thanks everyone) – leave comments for me and I’llRead… Read more »
I happen to be in Washington, DC, this week to welcome our new fellows and connect with a few other folks while I’m in town. So it’s only appropriate that I’m posting this week’s GovGoodies prize contest as we’re helping SeeClickFix to announce the launch of a Civic Points contest with the District of Columbia.Read… Read more »
This morning I woke up and read an interesting post about whether an advertisement could help change government perception. I don’t know if the answer is a yes or no even though personally I think that it can’t do anything but help but that’s not the question I’m really asking. Rather I want to knowRead… Read more »
You’ve probably noticed this week that we’ve been rolling out a ton of new stuff on GovLoop. We really want 2011 to be the year of awesome in the community and we’re off to good start. The week has flown by and I figured I’d give everybody a breakdown of the cool things we’ve doneRead… Read more »
Most federal employees would agree that it’s already pretty cold when it comes to payroll with the pay freeze but federal govies might need to prepare for another winter storm: 2 week furloughs. Just posted today by Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post a plan to enforce a 2 week unpaid vacation for feds hasRead… Read more »
I am currently a student at The Maxwell School at Syracuse University working towards my Masters in Public Administration. I use this blog to write about my experiences at Maxwell, especially related to social media use in the public sector. You can follow me on Twitter: @pjfiorenza and please feel free to leave some comments!Read… Read more »
EveryFriday, we take a quick look back at the week and highlight fivemembers or moments that were especially awesome. Here’s who and whatrocked it out this week. Also we want to know how or what you think killed it this week on the site so help us out with your comments below. 5. The MostRead… Read more »
EveryFriday, we take a quick look back at the week and highlight fivemembers or moments that were especially awesome. Here’s who and whatrocked it out this week. Also we want to know how or what you think killed it this week on the site so help us out with your comments below. 5. The MostRead… Read more »
Here in GovLoopville, we really enjoy hosting live chats with interesting and cool interviewees. The more chats we do, the better groove we get into, but we’re not going to pretend we were born doing this. It takes practice. Maybe a bit like hosting a live radio show or being an emcee, you need toRead… Read more »
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