Transportation camp moves west
Following a successful event in New York City, Transportation Camp headed west to San Francisco (CA) last weekend. Original post
Management Professional (PMP)®
Management Professional (PMP)® credential is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to successfully lead and direct projects. Get your PMP certificate: One of the more important steps in preparing for the PMP exam is to schedule you examRead… Read more »
High-speed rail plan to connect Chicago to St. Louis moves forward
Illinois will begin construction on a project that will connect Chicago to St. Louis through high-speed rail. The $685 million federally funded project is set to move forward now that the federal government and Union Pacific railroad have finalized the terms of their partnership agreement. The project is expected to create 6,200 direct and indirectRead… Read more »
New Orleans 5 Years after Katrina – Where the “Work” is Happening..
I had the honor of being in New Orleans during the days that led up to the 5th anniversary of one of America’s great man-made disasters. It’s important to know that folks in this great town don’t blame the hurricane that struck with such vengeance, but rather the under-engineered levees that ringed the neighborhoods thatRead… Read more »
Great Looking Web Video from Standard Def Footage
For those of us who are still stuck shooting in SD, here are some quick tips that I learned at a workshop with Richard Harrington of Rhed Pixel and Nicole Haddock of Pictures on the Waves last week. Sequence Settings I had been editing and exporting with my FCP sequences set to NTSC DV. Eww,Read… Read more »
YGL Govies Gettin Dirty for a Good Cause
GETTING DIRTY – MEET THE TEAM Four of Young Government Leaders’ members are planning on getting down and dirty next month to benefit a good cause. Trust us, by down and dirty, we’re talking junk yards, mud, slop, old tires, and raging rivers. Sound disgusting…these YGL members didn’t think so…they thought it sounded like fun!!Read… Read more »
Hyper-spatial Visualisation of Historical Documents
Associate Professor Michael S. Brown, Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, talked in Canberra yesterday about “Interactive Visualization of Hyperspectral Images of Historical Documents”.Over time documents warp, fade, and the ink bleeds. As a result he decided to scan documents in 3D at the British Library. They then used an algorithm to “flatten”Read… Read more »
The Pulse of Project Management
I appeared on the PM Podcast again in the episode that just came out, along with several other bloggers you are likely to be interested in hearing from. It’s a new feature Cornelius is doing on the PM Podcast called “The Pulse”. I got to talk about Kanban and how I love to help newRead… Read more »
The Federal Coach: Waiting for the Federal Budget
Although we have yet again avoided a government shutdown for at least three more weeks with the passage of the latest short-term appropriations bill for fiscal 2011, the operating conditions created by the continual funding uncertainties are taking a toll on federal agencies. As a federal leader, you’re already doing more with less. Perhaps youRead… Read more »
Customer Service Strategies Start With the Customers
OK – you’re back from the Government Web and New Media Conference, and you’re sky high thinking about mobile apps and Facebook pages and “Meetups.” Gotta have all those channels. But where to start? That’s easy. Start with your customers. What do they want and need? How do they want to get it? Yeah, yeah,Read… Read more »