We’re glad to share this announcement from Amanda Jones of the Health Equity Movement: “The new National Institutes of Health publication, Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd Edition updates and expands the 1997 booklet published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (http://www.cdc.gov/phppo/pce/). The executive summaryRead… Read more »
Excellent service is important to all of us. It measures our success as professionals. It certainly influences our decision to be a customer. So how do we make sure it’s happening when each person could have a different interpretation of what “great customer service” actually means? You’ve all heard me talk about The Six EssentialRead… Read more »
Networking should be fun, like eating chocolate. Here are a few hints. Jay 1) Job Shadowing — Imagine you’re interested in taking a job in another office at your agency. But you’d like to test the waters before you make the big leap. Shadowing the leaders in that office is a great way to learnRead… Read more »
My thanks again to Jeff Porter for sharing his insights on our June 30 Collaboration TechTalk Show “Web Radio and Podcast Options” (available as a podcast via this BlogTalkRadio link). Jeff is owner of Ausmerica Business Development Network www.ausmerica.com and Management Analyst with the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. He also helps independent authors publish AudiobooksRead… Read more »
The 2011 AALL Annual Meeting is underway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the city is broiling hot with the temperature hitting over the 100 degree mark. There is so much beauty and history in Philly. All you have to do is walk out the door of your hotel and there it is. Even in the swelteringRead… Read more »
Is this how government employees are viewed? Well, this is what I see every day when I get home from work. This is hopefully not the norm, but it does reflect poorly on all of us. We need to be better. We are public servants – that’s right, we serve the public with the moneyRead… Read more »
I’ve been looking into QR codes recently – yes, I know, I’m somewhat behind the times – as part of some research I’m doing into how digital engagement can help in planning. For the uninitiated, QR codes are square barcode-esque looking things, that when scanned, contain data such as a web address or indeed anyRead… Read more »
“France succumbed to Twitter” – this is today’s headline in one of the most popular French newspaper “Le Parisien”. Two million French are using Twitter as of today. This number is nothing compared to the true success of Facebook on the French soil. Half (!) of the population in France are using the biggest socialRead… Read more »
Some caveats first: I’m entrepreneurial, but not an entrepreneur in the sense that I’m bootstrapping my own enterprise. I don’t work in public education, though I have a rich background and history working in public education. I don’t publish proprietary content (save for what’s on the blog and in a few magazines), but I’ve beenRead… Read more »
While studying history, and looks that long ago, ended up in my mind the following definition:“The science that studies the Past, the Present To Organize and Prepare the Future!” Considering how the Information Technology Profession of the Future, since I was 13 years old I hear it, we notworry about the long wait for theRead… Read more »