Leadership

Watching the future

My strong recommendation for this evening’s entertainment is to watch a documentary about nuclear waste in Finland – it’s on More 4 at 10pm and will be available on the Channel 4 website for a while after that (and north American readers can find dates of cinema showings here). It’s much more interesting than itRead… Read more »

Research and Best Preactices eNewsletter

Research Digital American Family (04/12/2011) – A Nielson study looks at how multicultural families across America are adapting to today’s digital landscape. Within the Hispanic community, mobile serves as a key source of connectivity. African-Americans tend to prefer TV and mobile services, while Asian-Americans exhibit a huge appetite for online media, according to the study.Read… Read more »

Defying Cultural Patterns and Predictions Engaging Stress and Crisis: The Stress Doc’s 3 “R”s for Discovering Your Responsible, Resilient & Risk-Taking Essence

When you get a thank you card at the end of a program signed by participants during the event either it’s a less than captivating workshop or the group was really motivated to give you feedback. Fortunately, it was the latter and the words inscribed were very positive and poignant – people felt “enlightened,” “inspired”Read… Read more »

Micro-participation project

We’re starting an open innovation-y project at Kind of Digital about micro-participation. Do get involved! Possibly related posts: Micro-participation at ShropCamp Digital engagement workshop, Peterborough, 25th May Some Kind of Digital posts More on micro-participation The need for micro-participation Original post

Take Your Employees with You Everywhere!

This is every HR Manager’s dream come true: The iPeople app let’s you take your employees with you wherever you go! Check out the details below: Originally posted by Christiane Stagge of SAP Spectrum. HR Management, Meet iPad iPeople provides human resource managers on the go with a full overview of information on employees, organizationalRead… Read more »

FedSMC 2011 Makes Some Headlines!

Never too early to start thinking about FedSMC 2012 – but before we go there, I want to share some highlights of 2011! FedSMC 2011 Headlines: FedSMC 2011 Made The Top Five Most Important Government Events of 2011. Thanks to GovEvents.com and all the voters! Feds Respond to Averted Shutdown“Federal employees attending the Federal SeniorRead… Read more »

HOW TO MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA A BUSINESS TOOL

Frank Eliason, senior vice president for social media at Citigroup, is not only a believer in social media, but also has put social media to work. Eliason recently joined Citi after making a reputation as a change agent at Comcast. FedInsider spoke with him following his presentation at last week’s Federal Senior Management Conference (FedSMC)Read… Read more »

2011 PMF Survey: How did you do?

If you are a 2011 PMF finalist, please take the time to fill out this survey. I am collecting this information to get an idea of how effective the job fair was, and some information about the placement rates and geographic distribution of finalist appointments. If your information changes, go ahead and submit a newRead… Read more »

Small Projects: How To Rock Them

Feeling like your small projects aren’t giving you the experience you need? I know where you’re coming from. It’s how “accidental” project managers like us start out. Small businesses, small projects, small teams. I’ve worked in environments like this in the past, and currently volunteer for several non-profits where this is the case. My activitiesRead… Read more »

Towards an Open Academic and Collaborative Environment

The AuSakai 2011 South West Pacific Conference is being hosted by the Australian National University, in Canberra, 13 – 14 September, 2011. Sakai is a Learning Management System which ANU uses for its Alliance system for some student and research discussions (this is separate from the main Moodle based system called “Wattle” used for theRead… Read more »