Summary: In spite of its ubiquity, Twitter remains misunderstood, especially by digital rookies and reluctant adopters. There are four key Twitter misconceptions that seem to be keeping later adopters in particular from opening an account, exploring the possibilities, and giving Twitter a fair shot to demonstrate its value. These misconceptions stem from emotional reactions, misunderstandings,Read… Read more »
You may not know this but there’s a corner of local government that’s has a major say in decisions that will affect how your family is treated when they are not well. They’re called health and wellbeing boards and while they meet at Town Halls they cover the intersection between GPs, local authorities and patientsRead… Read more »
How would your customers characterize your brand’s personality? Is it corporate, formal, standoffish and perhaps a little too impersonal? Or is it casual, friendly, engaging and personal? If you were to ask your customers to use pictures to describe your brand’s personality, which images would come to mind? Your brand communications – direct mail, email,Read… Read more »
How will DC’s Bill to decriminalize pot impact employees & employers in the District? Find out on Channel 8 in DC tonight at 8:30 or 11:30, or click on the following link – http://www.wjla.com/blogs/news-talk/2014/02/darrel-thompson-fed-benefits-for-same-sex-couples-marijuana-the-workplace-20897.html
Federal employees have many concerns on their plate in terms of Congress and the federal budget, including: What will happen with federal pay in 2015 following the 1% increases in 2014? Will Congress pass a debt limit increase? How will the president’s State of the Union promise to use more Executive Orders play out? KenRead… Read more »
As the U.S. recovers steadily from the most recent recession, confidence in the nation’s economy is growing among small business owners who foresee steady growth in the next few years, as monitored by the database of government contracts. In 2012, 22.25% of federal government contracting dollars went to small business, just short of the annualRead… Read more »
Creating resilience with public/private partnerships—and planning By Chuck Brooks http://executive.mit.edu/blog/2014/02/creating-resilience-with-publicprivate-partnerships-and-planning/ * Please also see link at bottom of article for my presentation at MIT Innovations Forum in Moscow on global cybersecurity. Thanks @ChuckDBrooks Public/private partnerships are critical to the success of government operations that provide essential services and benefits. Such partnerships can help agencies reduceRead… Read more »
Ok, so this is a little bigger than ours A few years back a couple of neighbors and I decided to band together and buy a snowblower. After years of pushing snow around on frigid mornings and nearly breaking an ankle the previous winter I was easy to convince. Anything that was going to keepRead… Read more »
This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. The the IBM Center for The Business of Government is pleased to present a new report, Realizing the Promise of Big Data: Implementing Big Data Projects. The report, written by Kevin Desouza, Arizona State University, provides aRead… Read more »
I suspect that most people reading this will be familiar with the idea of crowd sourcing, that is drawing on the help of other willing souls to solve a problem. It occurred to me recently that I had a digital communications problem, well two, that the crowd might be able to help with. So whatRead… Read more »