Social Media At Work
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Looking for a broad social strategy: which content goes to which channel?
I’m with Minnesota State Parks and Trails, a division of the MN DNR. We have an active Facebook page with a solid strategy behind it, a YouTube channel, and we tweet. What we don’t have is any kind of plan for what kind of content goes to which channel, how to use which channel andRead… Read more »
Employee and Workforce Morale
What will it tell leaders when the morale of the workforce is low? Organizational structure, work assignments, workload, supervisor and employee relationship, career advancement opportunities, unfairness and treatment of employees, misplacement of the right talents, underutilization or overutilization of personnel, mismanagement, pay, organizational trust, job satisfaction, working conditions and environment, employee engagement, wrong leaders andRead… Read more »
Implementing An Organizational Realignment – Useful Guidelines
With any organizational realignment or restructuring the challenge and real work is in the details of implementation. There are risks, challenges and issues to identify, address and manage. Realignment can be as small as rearranging a few positions and responsibilities or a major re-positioning of large divisions, along with changes to their operating units, processesRead… Read more »
Rebalancing Towards The Asia Pacific Region: CTO and CIO issues
By ChrisScott I was lucky enough to be able to attend the AFCEA ASIA PACIFIC conference in Honolulu this month. The theme was “Rebalancing toward the Asia Pacific” and I wasn’t surprised to see a large turn out again this year, especially from Industry. Over 150 exhibitors put on one of the best exhibition hallsRead… Read more »
The Impact of the Fiscal Cliff on Local Governments
By Sam Williford, Associate Consultant As Congress works to find a solution to the ‘fiscal cliff’ by the end of the year, the federal budget is hardly the only player involved. Without a compromise, state and local governments, which are required to keep balanced budgets, would feel the effects from less federal support. This couldRead… Read more »
Center Releases New Report: Mitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement
This post was initially published by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. Today, the IBM Center for The Business of Government is pleased to release the report, Mitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement, by Paul Wormeli, Executive Director Emeritus, IJIS Institute. This report comesRead… Read more »
Proactive Disclosure – An Example of Doing it Wrong from Service Canada
Just got flagged about this precious example of doing proactive disclosure wrong. So here is a Shared Service Canada website dedicated the Roundtable on Information Technology Infrastructure. Obviously this is a topic of real interest to me – I write a fair bit about delivering (or failing to deliver) government service online effectively. I thinkRead… Read more »
Community Advocates can learn from Silicon Valley
6 Things Silicon Valley Can Teach Social Entrepreneurs WRITTEN BY: Claire Diaz-Ortiz Co.Exist Based on my work leading social innovation at Twitter, here are six essential things that Silicon Valley can teach social entrepreneurs. Claire Diaz-Ortiz If there is anyplace that knows about innovation it is Silicon Valley. Claire Diaz-Ortiz asks “Can a social enterpriseRead… Read more »
Innovation as Experimentation
Innovation is a hot buzz word these days. Tech magazines rank the most innovative companies in world. Industry groups do the same for government. So what does it take to actually be “innovative?” In the book Running the Gauntlet by Jeffrey Hayzlett, Deustch Inc. CEO, Linda Sawyer states, “Be fearless and not afraid of failure.Read… Read more »