Next steps to use social media effectively for the long view globally?
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IRAN’s BLOGGERS – Risks and Rewards
Iran’s Blogosphere and Grassroots Voices: Risks and Rewards of Engagement conference will examine the powerful effect of the new media and social networks in today’s Iran. It will also explore what opportunities may exist, even in the face of growing political tensions, for citizen diplomacy and people-to-people connections. Iran’s Blogosphere and Grassroots Voices: Risks andRead… Read more »
Tips for Keeping Cloud Computing Compliant
Transworld Data CEO Mary Shacklett points out that getting IT involved in the beginning – before service contracts with the provider are signed – allows the IT team to help ensure all the technical bases are covered from the onset. http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/show.aspx?c=79258&slide=2
YouTube outreach: Early returns.
On Monday, we posted a video press release to YouTube on the subject of highway preservation and funding. It’s being described in the media as “KDOT’s first video press release,” which isn’t quite correct; we released a short video a month ago to accompany the announcement that READER’S DIGEST named Kansas roads and highways NumberRead… Read more »
Today’s Cleared Job Fair is bustling … lots of cleared jobs seekers seeking that next big cleared gig!
Sharing some quick links to our Cleared Job Fair being held *right now* at the Double Tree Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia: Video: Cleared Job Fair in Crystal City, Virginia is getting busy!! US military professionals in career transition @ our Cleared Job Fair on April 8, 2010 Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearedjobsdotnet/sets/72157623680429671/ TwitPic folks @ L3 CommunicationsRead… Read more »
Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What To Do Instead
This is the title of one of my favorite books on this topic, authored by Mary Jenkins and Tom Coens. Many people have strong opinions about how to do performance appraisals, what improvements we can make and whether they even work at all. One of the best management thinkers of our time said: “(The annualRead… Read more »
OMB’s New Guidance on Social Media is an Improvement – But There’s a Catch
By Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D. There are many discussions going on about the OMB’s recently issued Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act. Basically, this guidance makes it easier for Federal agencies to use variety of social media and “web 2.0” tools for interacting with the public without having to go throughRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Feds urged to telework during nuclear summit
Officials are urging nonessential federal workers who work in downtown Washington to take leave, telework or work at an alternate site in the suburbs Monday and Tuesday when President Obama’s big nuclear safety summit is expected to tie up downtown traffic. Federal agencies will open and operate as normal on Monday, but the Office ofRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Eye Opener: Does MSHA need more muscle?
Happy Thursday! As rescuers prepare to enter West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch Mine and investigators prepare to probe the cause of Monday’s blast, attention is beginning to focus on whether the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration did everything in its power to help avoid the disaster. Though Congress passed major mine safety reforms followingRead… Read more »
Steve stole my title: 10 Reasons Why Government Shouldn’t Use Social Media ;)
Last week I hosted a session for the BC Public Service community on the topic, ‘The Future of Social Media in Government,’ in which Steve Ressler was a guest presenter. As Steve has mentioned, I opened the session listing the top 10 reasons for why we shouldn’t use social media in government. Being the CommunityRead… Read more »