How did your state vote with their political donations?
Want to see how your state voted with their political contributions. This interesting site lets you create your own comparisons using available federal data.
Creating an effective crisis communications plan
We live in an “instant information” age, with 24-hours news channels on TV, radio, and the Web, all needing information and wanting exciting, attention-getting headlines. This creates an environment where managing the message to the media takes on heightened importance, since the chance for a misstep to go unnoticed is slim. We have all seenRead… Read more »
No Such Thing As A ‘Born Leader,’ Study In Fish Finds
It might sound a little strange that a lot about leadership can be learned from studying fish, but that is just what a group of researchers recently discovered. The major finding from the study of fish suggests that leadership is a dynamic process that is dependent on the context of the followers. In other words,Read… Read more »
Everything Might be Fair in Love and War, but not in Leadership When it Comes to Women…
The problem with leadership development is that as humans we are predisposed to think we know a good leader when we see him. (notice I said see “him”) Unfortunately, this view overlooks a wide talent pool of women and minorities who if given the chance could become special leaders. A recent study revealed that genderRead… Read more »
No Such Thing as Ethnic Groups…It is All in Our Head Study Reveals
A recent study from my favorite source the Science Daily reported that ethnic groups are a creation of our minds and not grounded in genetic reality. What substitutes for what we think are ethnic differences are really the result of social rules and norms we have created to erect barriers between groups. Probably as aRead… Read more »
DOD “Expeditionary Medal”
Hello to all I generally understand the purpose of DOD “Expeditionary Medal” but my question is are our Air National Guard (Armed Forces) entitled to a DD 214. 1. If not why? 2. And is the Air National Guard entitled to 5 points for veterns perference after serving in the Gulf War? 3. I amRead… Read more »
MULTI-GENERATIONAL Leadership Qualities: The Power of Thinking Together
These are difficult times for leaders at every level in government, business and society across the world. We are all reinventing our visions of the future as we work to forge the new paths in an environment of crisis, challenge, and opportunity. We are also in need of re-evaluating everything about how we think, operate,Read… Read more »
Local government ‘needs Digital Stream Managers’
Peter Barton, who heads up UK council Lincolnshire’s web team, is one of the most experienced local government (LG) webbies around and also a great thinker. We have chimed very often on his usual hang-out, the UK’s Public Sector Forums Bulletin Board. A new post of his hits all my sweet spots by describing theRead… Read more »
Aloha from Hawaii
At the State of Hawaii we are currently using Zope/Plone as our CMS for most of our departmental web sites. We use Real Media to do our live streaming. Most of my sections work is concentrated on helping the Governor and Lieutenant Governor with their web sites. What else does anyone what to learn aboutRead… Read more »
My time in the wilderness
As you might know from my last post, I was scheduled to spend some time with the fine folks at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium these last few weeks. Due to the hotel situation, my lack of cell phone coverage, and the quirky copyright and IT policies at the NATO military headquarters,Read… Read more »