Today is the third anniversary of my retirement from CIA. I’ve learned a lot in these 3 years. One particular plus has been getting to observe how this generation of knowledge workers is incorporating new tools to think and do differently. At Deloitte Consulting we’ve become advocates for the transformational impact of social and workRead… Read more »
This exclusive interview was published by Federal Technology Insider. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently implemented a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) pilot program to meet urgent IT budget challenges. As a result of the effort, the agency was able to achieve significant savings, while enhancing employee productivity – all while creating the ideal case studyRead… Read more »
Originally posted to Federal Technology Insider http://federaltechnologyinsider.com/sequestration-could-shift-focus-of-federal-it-spending/ With an impending March 1 deadline set to trigger $85 billion in federal budget spending cuts, a recent InformationWeek article highlighted concerns raised by officials about the impact sequestration will have on federal IT expenditures. “By cutting technology, it’s going to put us into situations where we eitherRead… Read more »
Is learning the answers to the following 10 questions important to your job and your agency’s mission? If “Yes” then I urge you to enroll in our Gov Meetings Go Virtual online course – Spring semester starts March 7! http://www.GovMeetingsGoVirtual.com What is the difference between a webinar and a virtual meeting/conference? What are the keyRead… Read more »
The importance of being agile isn’t just for sports I’ve spent a good amount of time talking about agility as it pertains to the organization, development practices and a whole bunch of different things but I don’t think I’ve talked too much about how important agility is for the individuals you work with and haveRead… Read more »
Last November, I had a great opportunity to speak at PSEngage, an interesting event for Canadian public sector leaders. I’ve embedded the video of my presentation “Beyond Cats and Kardashians – How to Build Meaningful Civic Engagement” It’s a 20 minute presentation: Beyond cats and Kardashians – Steve Ressler from PSEngage on Vimeo.
This week Esri has been holding various events to teach, collaborate with and get feedback from government agencies. The hope is that through this collaboration, Esri can continue to create tools and platforms such as ArcGIS that can be used by government agencies to help groups of people and the nation as a whole. ToRead… Read more »
This week Esri has been holding various events to teach, collaborate with and get feedback from government agencies. The hope is that through this collaboration, Esri can continue to create tools and platforms such as ArcGIS that can be used by government agencies to help groups of people and the nation as a whole. ToRead… Read more »
A federal agency recently made news by hosting a Google+ Hangout. It was impressive because the agency was NASA and participants were in outer space. “They can put a man on the moon, but they can’t ________”– Complainers since 1969 I bet you can’t use Google+ Hangouts as a video conferencing tool at work. ItRead… Read more »
If you’re like me, you’re still recovering from and trying to absorb and sort all the content shared during Social Media Week last week. There was so much information and so many ideas presented at each session that I found myself consistently over-stimulated, but in an exciting way. As I wait for all of theRead… Read more »