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On-the-Fly Solutions Deliver Value

Take a look at the photo. Look odd? Well, it still brought value. At a recent Young Government Leaders meeting, we had two people calling in by phone. Unfortunately, each phone could only support one call. We had a problem, but we solved it. We put the phones next to each other. The people wereRead… Read more »

PM Podcast Episode 181: Improving Your Project Presentations – One Tweet at a Time

This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: So tell me… how often do you as a project manager need to give a presentation? This could be as simple as adressing your team during a team meeting, facilitating a telephone conference with your customers, giving a formal status update to your sponsors or customers orRead… Read more »

PM Podcast Episode 181: Improving Your Project Presentations – One Tweet at a Time

This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: So tell me… how often do you as a project manager need to give a presentation? This could be as simple as adressing your team during a team meeting, facilitating a telephone conference with your customers, giving a formal status update to your sponsors or customers orRead… Read more »

What does Wiki Government mean for me?

And by me, I mean you. I want you to ask this, especially if you’re a Government minister and even more so if you’re a citizen. In their Digital City leadership paper, New York CIty blends together a business strategy with new media technologies, and they also describe the use of “Crowdsourcing” techniques, such asRead… Read more »

Collective Intelligence 2012: April 19-20, 2012 in Cambridge, MA

The other day, this promising-looking conference popped up on my radar: Collective Intelligence 2012. From the site (emphasis mine): Overview Collective intelligence has existed at least as long as humans have, because families, armies, countries, and companies have all–at least sometimes–acted collectively in ways that seem intelligent. But in the last decade or so aRead… Read more »

Google extends fiber project to Kansas City, Missouri

In March, Google announced that it had chosen Kansas City, Kansas to be its first high speed fiber community. Now, thanks to successful lobbying efforts by the community an additional agreement with Kansas City Power & Light and Great Plains Energy, the companies will install fiber-optic lines along existing electrical infrastructure thereby extending the networkRead… Read more »

Social Media in Government 101 Course Description, with Bibliography – Your Thoughts?

A few months ago, I was approached by a university and asked if I could teach a Social Media class. Though I have not committed to teaching the class (those of you who grade papers will know why), I have put together a rough outline of what I’d like to cover, how I’d structure theRead… Read more »