When Superstorm Sandy hit the eastern seaboard earlier this month more than 20 million people took to twitter to show their support, air grievances and ask for help. Click here for our conversation with Kate Starbird about the social media response. But Sandy wasn’t the first natural disaster to create a social media storm. AndRead… Read more »
Hello, my name is Emma Amos-Hannon. I’m new to this site and looking forward to keeping in touch with ALL of you. I think it is a GREAT site and from the blogs I have reviewed already, I know that I will be able to gain a lot of knowledge from other experts working forRead… Read more »
Are you looking for a free way to connect with citizens or colleagues live by web-based video? If so, I would encourage you to consider Google+ Hangout On Air.* A couple weeks ago, GovLoop hosted a Google+ Hangout On Air entitled “Resume Tips for Prospective PMFs.” When we were looking for a platform to hostRead… Read more »
Do you like where you work? It seems like a simple question on the surface, but for agencies who are fighting for personnel, budgets and morale the question is gigantic. So every year the Office of Personnel Management goes out to agencies and asks that question. In the past few months OPM has asked 1.6Read… Read more »
If you are reading this you are no stranger to blogs. You have probably heard the term more times than you can count, have read more than your fair share, and maybe even have your own online novel collecting “dust” in cyberspace. Even still, the desire to be heard above all the chatter on theRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: If you turn on your TV, open a newspaper or log on to any social media site you are bombarded with the impending doom surrounding the fiscal cliff. And while the dreaded cliff might still happen, there might be a way to lessen its impact. The key could be good management.Read… Read more »
Over last few weeks, GovLoop has been rolling out a series of posts covering one of our latest resources, Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government. In this report, the GovLoop team identified leading case studies, best practices, and ran survey of GIS professionals. The hope of the report was to show how powerful GISRead… Read more »
I saw Lincoln about two weeks ago, and the movie has stuck with me every since I saw the film. Spielberg’s Lincoln is a phenomenal movie across every possible category. Abraham Lincoln has always been my favorite public servant and president. I was left mesmerized by the film, and have been meaning to go seeRead… Read more »
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I’m with Minnesota State Parks and Trails, a division of the MN DNR. We have an active Facebook page with a solid strategy behind it, a YouTube channel, and we tweet. What we don’t have is any kind of plan for what kind of content goes to which channel, how to use which channel andRead… Read more »