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Open Government Cloud Computing

Harnessing Collective Intelligence for Public Sector Transformation An Executive Guide to the Business Value of Microsoft Cloud Computing Download: 16-page PDF This white paper is intended as a strategic overview of Cloud Computing for senior business executives in Government, providing a synopsis of how Cloud-based applications like Sharepoint might be applied to advance progress againstRead… Read more »

The Federal Coach: Work With Someone Who Doesn’t Understand Social Norms?

Most people know how to behave in the workplace, but there are always outliers who are aggressive, quirky or who have never figured out the acceptable social norms. Recently, a colleague shared a rather bizarre story of a federal employee who would burp in the face of a colleague or manager when given a taskRead… Read more »

Converting the Dissenter; Part Two

As a follow-up to last week’s blog, https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/the-greatest-danger-in-times?xg_source=activity, this week’s entry continues our discussion on the tactics that the Change Management Champion (CMC) can utilize to mitigate the change resistors also known as dissenters. As mentioned in my previous blog, frequently a combination of mitigation approaches may need to be utilized together or sequentially, asRead… Read more »

BlogWorld – New York

BlogWorld & New Media Expo is right around the corner, May 24-26, taking place at the Javits Center in New York City. This is the world’s largest blogging and social media conference, and it’s known worldwide for presenting internet luminaries and entrepreneurs, the most popular and knowledgeable bloggers, podcasters and social media marketing thought leaders.Read… Read more »

Got Influence? Nonprofit news, a guilty plea, Vermont solicitations, and more political law links for today

ROGERS’ NONPROFITS IN THE NEWS. Politico reports. “Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has funneled more than $236 million in federal funds since 2000 to a web of nonprofit groups he created back home in the Bluegrass State, according to a new report by an ethics watchdog group.” GUILTYRead… Read more »

LocalGovCamp tickets available!

LocalGovCamp is coming back to Birmingham on the 18th June! 200 of the most innovative and creative people in the local government sector will be coming together on a Saturday to talk about making things better – sometimes with technology, sometimes not. LocalGovCamp is an unconference – basically a conference that’s fun. There’s no agendaRead… Read more »

Why We Text

I am a major proponent of using social media in learning, education and training. I dedicate a good deal of professional and personal energy explaining how organizations improve knowledge flows, how social media becomes a means for collective intelligence and how individuals and groups can improve performance, collaborate and innovate as knowledge and speed increase.Read… Read more »

A recap of the New Jersey NENA conference

INPUT analyst Evan Halperin recaps last week’s New Jersey NENA conference. The conference began with former New York firefighter Captain Alfredo Fuentes giving a chilling recollection of his experience on 9/11 nearly a decade ago. Captain Fuentes has been a consultant and provided his expertise on a number of emergency situations including the Oklahoma CityRead… Read more »