Be recognized! Enter your best work in the National Association of Government Communicator’s 2013 Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards Competition. This annual international awards program recognizes superior government communication products and those who produce them. Complete details and entry forms are available at www.nagconline.org. Don’t Miss Winning Tips Join past winners and judges forRead… Read more »
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, April 23, 2012 by Ron Manderscheid, PhD, Executive Director, NACBHDD Share on facebookShare on linkedinShare on twitterShare on google | More Sharing ServicesShare | Print Why are we failing to meet our obligations to our veterans? Ever since the founding of our Republic during the Revolution, persons from all walks of life haveRead… Read more »
(Can’t read the whole post? Important stuff is highlighted in grey below.) Two years ago, I met some open data advocates from Brazil and Ottawa, and we schemed of doing an international open data hackathon. A few weeks later, this blog post launched International Open Data Day with the hope that supporters would emerge inRead… Read more »
Sharing information among employees is critical for the success of any organization. Many government offices operate in silos of their own with very little communication with other departments. General Electric (GE) has a long tradition of seeking to eliminate bureaucracy in their operations and for encouraging communication across all levels of their organization. GE hasRead… Read more »
I have thought for sometimes how Federal government can enhance recruitment pool of qualified candidates to fill critical and leadership positions and how agency Human Capital Officer can help identify those high performing employees who have been trapped in the same position for so many years without having a chance to move out of hisRead… Read more »
Change management is important for Technology initiatives and since many Cloud services focus on rapid deployments, this area is sometimes forgotten. The move to Cloud has not only technology implications but also business implications. Business processes and operations can be encapsulated as services and delivered expeditiously. Change management for the Cloud should look into theRead… Read more »
It was a wild week on Wall Street last week as we saw multiple triple digit moves in the Dow, including a 300+ point drop the day after the election. Investors were trying to adjust their portfolios accordingly based on the results as they now know which fork in the road the country will beRead… Read more »
This is a response to a great summary of the recent survey posted here: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/project-managers-top-5-challenges 1. Time constraints Get Agile. Release in iterative cycles instead of a monolithic delivery. It allows for better evaluation of progress, forecasting, and customer feedback. 2. Setting a goal and sticking to it Get Agile. Use cases and user storiesRead… Read more »
If this were a State of the Union address, the takeaway may appear disheartening: the state of government-media relations is not strong. In fact, it never has been a harmonious relationship and appears to be getting worse due to a variety of factors. All government employees, as well as the general public, should understand theRead… Read more »
“The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.” Steven Covey If you were put in charge of a beach and you wanted to make it safer, what would you do? I frequently ask this question when I speak about vendor communication, and aside from a few puzzled looks, I usually get the same responses:Read… Read more »