Kent County Council is always looking to create innovative and cost-effective methods of delivering services. One way in which this can be done is through hosting local hack-days for creative students and graduates to come together, to contribute and share ideas and to try out new concepts and prototypes. Who would we invite students toRead… Read more »
Recent severe weather across the southern U.S. has focused attention on communities hard-hit by tornadoes and flooding. Residents of the Alabama and Missouri towns recovering from F4 and F5 tornadoes have a long road ahead of them, as do those living along the flood plains of the Mississippi River. David Ladd, a hydrologist/GIS specialist atRead… Read more »
Web Manager University is looking for your feedback! As we gear up for the 2011-2012 WMU Training Schedule, we’d like to hear from you! What are your training and learning needs? How can we better partner with you and your agency? In what ways can we provide our services to meet your digital government andRead… Read more »
Steve Tkalcevich is a member of the Lakeshore, Ontario chapter of PMI in Canada. His chapter partnered with another community organization to do something great. He gained some great experience, and is continuing to volunteer. In an email exchange I recently had with Steve, he said: I am now volunteering with a local art galleryRead… Read more »
Attention all government HR/Training professionals – please take a very short survey? We want to learn more about the impact of the Telework Enhancement Act on your training programs – thank you!! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/56HXGHH surveymonkey.com
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there lived tens of thousands of struggling professionals who wanted to get into project management. They found a blog on the internet called “pmStudent”. The man behind the writing and training really wanted to see them succeed and achieve their career goals. So the manRead… Read more »
This week’s question comes from a congressional staffer who’s frustrated by the unclear policies around sick leave and vacation days. I work on the Hill so the rules on sick days and vacation days may be different from the rest of the known universe. Despite asking our chief of staff in the beginning of theRead… Read more »
I recently published a blog on 5 Ways to Make Your Training Conferences Rock! But we all know that large training conferences aren’t always the most effective training platform. In fact, if we have to have a training conference at all, the smaller conference or meeting (sounds less formal) is the best face-to-face way toRead… Read more »
Last week on vacation, I traveled across three states before spending time with friends and family on a lake in Michigan. While the great majority of my time, of course, was spent kayaking, canoeing, swimming, sightseeing, and eating much more than I should have, it was still hard to avoid the way residents of eachRead… Read more »
Agencies that implement an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system are typically losers-but in a good way! The whole reason to implement an ECM system is to lose the waste while gaining efficiency. Below are five things you can kiss goodbye when your ECM system comes online: Wasting Time: How much time does your current processRead… Read more »