Miscellaneous

In Defense of Data Centrism

In the never ending search to know “what works,” we have a few choices. We can look to theories, i.e., this ‘should’ work; or we can look to data. Often the latter choice is considered backward looking, or stripped of context. Data autopsies are conducted with the results analyzed and presented as a ‘case study.’Read… Read more »

Bridging the Digital Divide at NASA

Citizen Engagement at NASA View more presentations from Nick Skytland. NASA Ames will be hosting a Tweetup February 11, 2011! The event will provide NASA Twitter followers the opportunity to speak with scientists and Center leadership. The Tweetup will include a “meet and greet” session to allow participants to mingle with fellow Tweeps and someRead… Read more »

Federal Pay

Interesting article from the San Diego Union: Federal paychecks top private in county Has some interesting numbers not only from the Federal sector but other sectors as well… Most of the numbers, that were of an interest to me, were the numbers of employees in the different categories. Because of the following quote … “TheRead… Read more »

Best of 2010: Top 5 Most Popular GovLoop Blogs and Forums

If you’ve ever watched the awards ceremonies, they usually save the Best Movie or Best Actor and Actress until the very end…so my colleagues at GovLoop have covered the best of everything in 2010 on GovLoop and beyond…with the exception of blogs and forums. So we thought we’d leave the best for last. What IRead… Read more »

Purpose Of The Presentation

I was listening to a trainer demonstrating how to talk for an hour straight, how to get all the facts out, how to entertain the prospect, how to answer objections before they occur. That was ugly enough to teach me something important. Try this: The Purpose Of The Presentation is to have the prospect changeRead… Read more »