I had a great opportunity to share the way that the Arcadia Police Department is using Social Media platforms to interact with the community this past week. On Thursday morning, the Arcadia High School PTA invited us to their monthly PTSA meeting where I was able to demonstrate APD’s use of Nixle for instant andRead… Read more »
Listen to internet radio with Gary Vaughan on Blog Talk Radio My thanks to Jim LaRocca and Sean Bordner of SusQTech for being guests on today’s Show! For those who missed it, 30 minute recording is available above. Here are the links for Discounts noted during the interview: – For detailed information on SusQTech’s SharePointRead… Read more »
A call for ideas and participation — with submission deadline of 15 February 2011 — has been issued for CTC 2011: The National Center for State Courts’ Court Technology Conference 2011, to be held 4-6 October 2011, in Long Beach, California, USA. According to the call: NCSC invites practitioners, scholars and the private sector toRead… Read more »
What is Normal? It is a mosaic of the things we know, the changes we experience, and the structural shifts that affect how we do business. It’s our collective beliefs about the what – how – why – when – who of doing business. It is dynamic and changes as its elements change. Long agoRead… Read more »
Change Management is a planned approach to transitioning the people of an organization through a business transformation. A unique problem with the implementation of a new system, program or strategy, is the natural resistance of certain individuals to change of any kind. Frequently, this resistance results from personnel not understanding the issues involved. It isRead… Read more »
It will be a year ago tomorrow that the Arcadia Police Department launched our News & Information Blog. The first post launching the Blog was on February 5, 2010. In this last year, we have had over 17,077 visits to the Blog from 7,357 unique visitors, with 27,890 pageviews, to date. We have brought youRead… Read more »
Facebook turns 7 years old today. Yes, it was out of Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm (probably wearing jeans and a sweatshirt), February 4, 2004 when it all started. Here are my top 7 thoughts on how it has revolutionized the world: 1. Gets your Grandparents using the internet. The fastest growing sector on Facebook isRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake created an open data initiative for Baltimore City: http://data.baltimorecity.gov/. Already, the most widely accessed feeds are Real Property Taxes, Parking Citations, and 311 Customer Service Requests – an interesting datum in itself. On a related note. . . Federal Computer Week cites “An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to IncreasedRead… Read more »
(This is a cross-post from our blog at the Collaboration Project) IBM’s Center for the Business of Government recently released a report entitled “An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement.” The report presents the results of a review of several open government initiatives at the federal level and puts forward a four-stageRead… Read more »
I’m hosting free webinar, thanks to Learning Pool, that will take you through the benefits that technology can bring to collaboration within public services. Covering the main tools and the strategies to implement them, attendees will be able to identify the right solutions to enable them to manage change, talent, knowledge and learning within theirRead… Read more »