Recently, good friend and social marketing thought leader Craig LeFebvre wrote a post on the 10 “What Ifs” for Social Marketing. In the post he discusses his review of the revised version of Nedra Weinreich’s Hands-On Social Marketing book and what he got out of it. After marinating on the book’s content and lamenting theRead… Read more »
I’m happy with passing…as is everyone else. That’s because this class is ridiculously hard and its pass/fail. There is no honors program for CON 90, only those that pass and fail at the 80% line. That’s good because it makes us work hard. Hard standards bring good work. That’s the case here. Oh and I’veRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. #UKGC11: Flickr, Wikipedia and Open Streetmap for local authorities – Great write up of an interesting session from @abeeken Reworking the public sector | Public sector pm – Notes on a great topic at #ukgc11 Uk GovCamp 2011 | Partridgej’s Blog – Nice summary ofRead… Read more »
Since moving house back in October, my local government district is South Holland, in south Lincolnshire. I’m no stranger to it – this is where I grew up, before leaving to go to University. It’s good to see the local council is engaging in some online engagement activity in the near future. Firstly, they areRead… Read more »
So I’m trying to take our official Amver blog and make it Section 508 accessible, not just compliant. The challenge is finding a cheap or free video closed captioning solution. I’ve tried the YouTube cc function, but can’t seem to find a “keep it turned on all the time” default setting. I’m also looking forRead… Read more »
Web Analytics rock star Avinash Kaushik writes: Regular readers of this blog will recognize that I suffer from OOD. Outcomes Obsession Disorder. I am seeing a therapist for it. The way OOD manifests itself is that in every website and web business I work with I am obnoxiously persistent in helping identify the desired outcomesRead… Read more »
This past Tuesday, I read a headline that the United States Postal Service was cutting 10 districts, and 7,500 administrative positions. I thought to myself here we go with Federal layoffs – I’m happy to report this isn’t so! If you research further, these position reductions will take place through attrition as eligible workers retireRead… Read more »
Its estimated 2010 saw 107,000,000,000,000 or (10.7 x 10^13) email messages sent world wide. Not text messages, nor tweets, nor blogs or web posts. Just email. Source: http://blogs.sacbee.com/ticket/archives/2011/01/294-billion-mes.html Now can we talk? Are we becoming a generation of readers or writers? How many emails are read, how many are spam or The ratio of emailsRead… Read more »
Can government be cool enough to attract talented young people AND keep them on the job? In a report for Federal News Radio — “The Need for the Next Generation” — I highlight what some agencies are doing to recruit and retain young people. (Special thanks to Mr. GovLoop Steve Ressler for being interviewed forRead… Read more »
GovCamp this Saturday was a delight, thanks to the wonderful people who attended, those that helped out, and the good folk at Microsoft who looked after us all so well. This year there has been so much written online that I don’t know what else I can add! The easiest place to go for contentRead… Read more »