Calling all PMFs and former PMFs/PMIs… Join PMFeedback! What is PMFeedback? Young Government Leaders (YGL) wants to hear about your experience in the Presidential Management Fellows Program (formerly the Presidential Management Intern Program). Join PMFeedback to participate in YGL-hosted focus groups and surveys. You will be able to provide feedback on working at your agency,Read… Read more »
Last night I had a great taking stage with Alexandra Samuel in Vancouver for “We Want Your Thoughts” at the Khafka coffee house on Main St. The night’s discussion was focused on Social Media – from chit chat to election winner – what next?” (with a little on the social media driven response to theRead… Read more »
For a customer, we at Kind of Digital have been putting together a prototype system using WordPress to crowdsource ideas from the public. We’ve done plenty of reading about previous attempts at this sort of thing, and hopefully have avoided a few of the traps that other projects of this type have fallen into. OurRead… Read more »
We’ve all been hearing a lot lately about generations and the generational divide, the generational gap, multi generational conflict in the workplace – some see it as a huge issue, some see it as a small issue, and some don’t see it as an issue at all – yet it is an issue. If theRead… Read more »
Our next webinar for Open Government Cloud Computing is called ‘Building a City in the Clouds‘, referring to an analysis of how it can be applied at the Municipal level. This will include best practice reviews of cities like New York, Toronto and Edmonton, and how they are re-inventing their citizen service capabilities through OpenRead… Read more »
[Summary: Notes for a presentation on ‘Generation-Y’ and public services hosted by Institut de la Gestion Publique (Institute for Public Management), delivered on 27th June 2011, Paris] Below is a copy of the draft I wrote for a round-table discussion starter at today’s ‘Generation-Y and public services’ conference hosted at the Institut de la GestionRead… Read more »
This Friday Local DirectGov will be hosting the Really Useful Data event (1 July 2011) at the Department for Communities and Local Government in Central London. The event has just sold out – but you can still shape the day! UPDATE: A few additional tickets have JUST been made available. Sign up now. Or findRead… Read more »
Today we’re taking a look at energy efficiency in buildings. We’re starting with a global perspective, because to get a sense of what building owners and managers in various countries are thinking about when it comes to energy efficiency. When we went looking for a global perspective we found it from the Institute for BuildingRead… Read more »
Top 10 Twitter Feeds is a new, regular series on the CEIL Blog dedicated to helping you discover the best — and most informative — Twitter feeds available. This week we’re focusing on the Top 10 Federal Government feeds. There are plenty of fantastic feeds out there, but not all of them put a highRead… Read more »
Just added my Training and Development blog from The Free Management Library. Besides my blog there are many pertinent subjects available to this group. I hope you like it.