Scott Rosenberg’s Say Everything How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, And Why It Matters is a homecoming book for me. In a history of blogging, he explains why blog time is faster than print time, has great quotes from my forty favorite bloggers, friends, and heroes, and provides a context for some of the knottyRead… Read more »
Gee the public center has value …who’d a thunk! Review of Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths By Mariana Mazzucato Book review in the Financial Times (free registration required…worth a look see) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/32ba9b92-efd4-11e2-a237-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2b2Q4KzJN Sandy
Stocks started the week with some modest losses, and even with the volatility after the Fed’s policy statement on Wednesday, the S&P 500 was still down for the week. But after digesting the Fed’s statement overnight, and some better than expected economic reports, stocks rallied sharply on Thursday. Friday’s jobs report took stocks lower initially,Read… Read more »
This week, BetaNYC partnered with OpenShift to demonstrate the swift ability to take a GitHub repo and spin up a number of CitiBike tools. In a developing partnership with NYU Rudin and an ongoing partnership with OpenPlans, civic hackers shared their tools, apps, and problems working with @CitiBikeNYC and #BikeNYC data. We were honored toRead… Read more »
There’s quite a bit of discourse regarding management. From Forbes and the Harvard Business Review to TED and the countless how-to books out there, various resources are advising us on how to become a better manager. While there are many experts providing great advice, I don’t actually look to a Forbes columnist to tell meRead… Read more »
This week marks the beginning of the local football season with high schools and youth leagues beginning camps and tryouts—and YES, the Green Bay Packers are “in camp” too! As such it is appropriate to focus on Thought No. 11 of the Thirteen Thoughts for 2013: Requirements Development—the blocking and tackling of federal procurement. JustRead… Read more »
Here’s the stats from the Governing article: Overall, how satisfied are you with your job/working conditions? Response Percentage Very satisfied 38% Somewhat satisfied 40% Somewhat dissatisfied 16% Very dissatisfied 6% Please rate your satisfaction regarding your organization’s performance in providing the following: Rating Very Satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Very dissatisfied Work/life balance 36% 50%Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda One minute of internet time, visualized: three days of video uploaded to YouTube and more than 200 million emails. A block for me, a block for you: Nancy Scola has started a new blog, The Shared City. Giants, Meatballs, Apps? (Three things you could find in clouds): Government Technology reports on governments thatRead… Read more »
Story One – A friend is going through a job change. She was working on getting out more, and walked in to an Arlington County job assistance center in Ballston. She wanted to leave invitations for a free job search techniques presentation by a nationally known outplacement consultant that was being given in DC. ARead… Read more »
Colleagues, Fellow National Association of Government Communicators member Jane CaultonHead reached out to our president, Glen Thomas, for help with a research project supporting her Ph.D. studies in Organizational Leadership at Regent University. With his approval and support, she is now asking for our help with her research exploring the culture of courageous followers asRead… Read more »