10 (Relatively) Painless Icebreakers for Your Next Meeting
To make your next meeting a bit less cringe-worthy, here are 10 suggestions for easy, fun, and relatively painless icebreakers.
From Down the Hall: Here’s How to Make Sure Executives, Managers and Employees Get Each Other’s Message
Remember the game telephone? One person whispers a message into the next person’s ear and that person whispers to the next, all the way down the line until the message no longer makes sense? That’s how communication within a large organization can feel sometimes.
8 Sanity-Saving Questions for Federal Web Managers
Questions to ask yourself to make sure your website is actually effective.
Apply Now! $100,000 Innovations in American Government Awards
Do you have a creative and effective government program or initiative, or know of one that deserves recognition? If so, Harvard’s Innovations in American Government Awards are now seeking applications for our 2016-2017 award cycle. Administered by the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School, the Award is given to programs that serve as examples ofRead… Read more »
Cookbooks for Facebook and Twitter Reports
Social media reporting can be intimidating because it’s perceived as difficult to do. I try to simplify things as much as possible so that people will actually read my reports. Social media metrics only work if they are simple and easy to follow.
Federal Employees Health Benefits Premiums Increasing?
Last fall, when the 7.4% (on average) increase in FEHB (Federal Employees Health Benefits) premiums was announced by the government to employees and retirees, it was the largest premium increase since 2011.
7 Books to Help You Prepare for the Presidential Transition
Don’t wait until Election Day. Dive into these books to get prepared for the presidential transition.
White Privilege in the Federal Government
White privilege dominates the federal government. This condition gives White people tremendous advantage in a bureaucracy that rewards connection, uniformity and the status quo. In workplace environments controlled by a homogeneous group of people, confirmation and experience bias take root as members gravitate toward associates who look like them, talk like them and act likeRead… Read more »
The Impact and Importance of Teamwork in Government
Teamwork is an elusive – yet critical – component of a successful government agency. Developing a team-oriented office might take a little effort, especially if doing so means changing the culture, but you won’t have to implement any expensive initiatives or invest in pricey software to make it happen.
Next-Generation Technology Improving Automation
Next-generation automation multiplies resources by removing easily-repeated tasks from an engineer’s workload.