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Career, Communications, Leadership, Tech

March 22 PACE Webinar, featuring Matt Leighninger: ‘Planning for Stronger Local Democracy’

From PACE: “Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/680772210 Please join us on Thursday, March 22nd, for a webinar with Matt Leighninger featuring his newly released guide, “Planning for Stronger Local Democracy’. We have learned a great deal about the strengths-and limitations-of public engagement as it is practiced today. These engagement initiativesRead… Read more »

Career, Communications, Leadership, Tech

Special Spring Session with Sandra Janoff & Marvin Weisbord ‘What Would You Do If…?’ A Master Class

Take advantage of your NCDD discount! Dues-paying NCDD members are eligible for a 20% discount off registration for both the ‘What Would You Do If…?’ Master Class sessions (April 2-3, 2012 and June 11 -12, 2012). The regular registration rate for the training is $695 — or only $556 with NCDD discount! The classes takeRead… Read more »

Tech

Maryland picks CSC for health care upgrade

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has been selected by the state of Maryland to replace the state’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The company will also serve as a fiscal agent for selected Department of Health and Mental Hygiene programs. The five year contract is valued at $297 million. Under the terms of the agreement, CSCRead… Read more »

Career, Communications, Leadership, Project Management, Tech

Shifting federal mobility, ACT-IAC gets a new look and smartphone security, what you need to know!

Shifting federal mobility, ACT-IAC gets a new look and smartphone security, what you need to know! by GovLoop Insights Happy Monday — I hope you had a good weekend.And I’ve had a bunch of people ask me about the new iPad. I don’t have it… YET. Yes, it was supposed to be delivered Friday, but…Read… Read more »

Communications, Leadership, Miscellaneous, Tech

Is Your Agency or Organization Ready for the Facebook Timeline Switch? You Have until March 30th!

Did you know that your Facebook Page is going to radically change in look and functionality on March 30th? Below is an overview of Facebook Timeline that we prepared for our Ketchum clients that outlines all of the major new features, and recommendations for how to use the new format. Keep in Mind that AllRead… Read more »

Communications, Tech

Looking for a few good NCDD bloggers

Are you interested in being an NCDD blogger? We’d like to build a small cadre of volunteer bloggers who are responsible for posting weekly on a specific aspect of dialogue and deliberation they’re passionate and informed about. Perhaps you’re clued-in to what’s happening in online engagement, public deliberation, or race dialogue? Or maybe you’d provideRead… Read more »

Communications, Tech

Looking for a few good NCDD bloggers

Are you interested in being an NCDD blogger? We’d like to build a small cadre of volunteer bloggers who are responsible for posting weekly on a specific aspect of dialogue and deliberation they’re passionate and informed about. Perhaps you’re clued-in to what’s happening in online engagement, public deliberation, or race dialogue? Or maybe you’d provideRead… Read more »

Communications, Tech

GovBytes: Most confusing hi-tech terms of the decade (so far) named at SXSW

With new technology constantly emerging, I often find myself Googleing what exactly the latest hi-tech term means, and I’m certainly not alone. The Global Language Monitor, a media analytics company which tracks language trends,determines a yearly list of the most confusing hi-tech jargon, which is presented at the SXSW Conference. The list is determined usingRead… Read more »