Mobile Apps in Gov’t – Cool List
USA.gov just launched a mobile app directory. What’s your favorite? Me – I have the TSA app and it’s pretty good for wait times. http://apps.usa.gov/?v=all Any other cool ones at state/local/interantional levels?
Tech
Playing with my identity….
Tagxedo is one of the free web tools I use rather frequently. I’ve employed it to create a portrait of compliments for a much beloved team member who was heading back to her homeland after her visa expired, to create front pieces to briefing materials that present the crux of the materials in a snap,Read… Read more »
Web 2.0: Is the public sector really behind the private sector?
In the first of what could become and ongoing discussion series I join Leila Sadeghi, Ph.D., to discuss a recent Harris Interactive poll. Leila Sadeghi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor with the Center for Executive Leadership in Government at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. This first post has been interesting, a joint writingRead… Read more »
Japan’s Online Mall Rakuten Makes Global Bid
Can any one provider ever really claim title as The World’s Online Mall? If anyone can, Japan can. Japan’s largest online shopping mall is making a bid to become the leading global online shopping mall. With 7 million+ registered members in Japan, Rakuten already has a beach head in the US (they own buy.com withRead… Read more »
Unsatisfactory Reports
Unsatisfactory Reports I was a U S govt ‘war worker’ at the Air Force logistics depot on Hickam Field/AFB, Hawaii during and, for a few more years, after WW2. When hostilities ended I was reassigned from aircrew parachute and emergency survival gear maintenance to the depot Maintenance Division’s staff office that investigated, documented and processedRead… Read more »
Attributes of Social Customers
The Social Customer has been discussed in great detail across countless blogs and web sites. In my opinion, no one has done a better job of providing a more complete definition than that provided by Jacob Morgan’s Chess Media Group, with Attensity, at the end of June, 2010. With Jacob’s permission I am including hisRead… Read more »
5 Reasons to Kill ‘The Meeting’
Perhaps one of the most popular blog topics in the working world is bagging on meetings. Perhaps some of them are even written on smart phones during meetings. No one is talking about the one-on-one with a boss or a colleague to work out an issue or smooth through wrinkles in an action plan, orRead… Read more »
Heroes and Villains
The Six Villains of Gov 2.0 or for that matter, social media within organisations. What do the villains in the public sector look like? What do the heroes look like?
Member-of-the-Week: Sara Estes Cohen
Sara Estes Cohen Project Manager, Teracore, Inc. www.teracore.com Department of Homeland Security First Responder Communities of Practicehttps://communities.firstresponder.gov Govloop.com Gulf Coast Oil Spill Forumhttps://www.govloop.com/group/gulfcoastoilspillforum 1. What was your path to public service/current job? Born and raised in New Orleans, after college I moved home and I was living there and working as a rock and rollRead… Read more »
How do you create a culture of learning and creativity that integrates innovation into daily work?
Reply to @lindanaiman if you can help (looks like an opportunity to me). She writes a cool blog here. Her original tweet follows: @lindanaiman How do you create a #culture of #learning and #creativity that integrates #innovation into daily work? I’m looking for case studies.