Over the past few weeks people have been in touch with me about what happened in their city during the open data hackathon. I wanted to share some of their stories so that people can see the potential around the event. Here are a few that really struck me: If you get a moment aRead… Read more »
I’m so excited! Only three days left before I quit mail. The last days I’ve been very busy unsubscribe newsletters, answer the last emails and finding smart solutions to productivity. The only thing I have to do is writing down my out-of-mail reply. Your suggestions are welcome! And finally, on New Year’s day it’s timeRead… Read more »
A year ago, I launched our government organizations facebook page. We have over 15,000 members and by extension, all their immediate family, not to mention friends and others interested in our organization. That number should be in excess of 50,000 people. After one year, we have 1,500 followers on facebook. Now I’ve read the literatureRead… Read more »
Woah…useful alert here! Ever go to a town meeting in person or virtually only to witness exploding emotion, frustration, and basically pandemonium? Turning these forums around into useful, productive, and encouraging experiences is the goal of the National Coalition for Dialog and Deliberation. In October of this year, NCDD published a sweet Resource Guide onRead… Read more »
Christmas is over, the New Year is on the horizon….how about some resume tips? James Dyson, fomerly a recruiting manager with L-3 Communications GSES, discusses some typical problems he sees on resumes. Watch to make sure you’re not making these mistakes!
While I know many people on govloop are heavily interesting in Web 2.0 and the open government movement with Gov 2.0, the fact remains many people still fear social media. I originally created this article so people involved with Twitter realize that your follower counts don’t matter, but this is also important for govloopers too.Read… Read more »
By Steve Ressler, Founder & President, GovLoop 2010 has been a tough year for state and local governments. From furloughs to layoffs to cutting services, the budget situation is dire. It’s pretty simple when you have a budget shortfall. You have two options – cut costs, increase revenue. Most of the focus has been onRead… Read more »
‘Your speak with individuals; you sell to organizations; and you live by referrals’ – a friend noted in a recent conversation about professional service firms. Are we meeting the needs of each of these functions in our communications with clients and prospects. ? I’d say yes when meetings were face-to-face and we were a primaryRead… Read more »
Dueling Books Reflect Procurement Experts’ Personalities Self-published books used to be the domain of the mediocre and the desperate. Mostly they were low-rent affairs, cheaply produced. They served pretty much the vanity of their publishers, and looked it. No more. Nowadays would-be authors have an astonishing variety of online social tools to spread the wordRead… Read more »
Never in the history of our country have citizens had a more direct line to the President of the United States. Social Media and other Government 2.0 technologies, combined with a desire to be more transparent, have opened up channels for all of us. Last Thursday and Friday, for example, Press Secretary Gibbs spent 30Read… Read more »