The State Department’s Foreign Service Institute Offers High-Value IT Training
This training is open to all government entities. For courses and prices see fsitraining.state.gov
Resume Review With Heather Gantz, Waldron HR
To date, we’ve had an overwhelming response to the Emerging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) network “Resume Book,” an opportunity to showcase your resume to a wide variety of employers in the region. Thank you for your interest in this unique opportunity for ELGL members. Providing opportunities like the Resume Book is consistent with ELGL’s commitmentRead… Read more »
3 Reasons to get excited about Salesforce
Today’s Salesforce event in DC got me thinking a little bit about the reasons why people should be interested in Salesforce. Whether they’re public sector or private sector there are a lot of reasons why people are moving to the cloud. I know that I am certainly not at the front of the hype cycleRead… Read more »
Thursday Thoughts: 5 Elements of Meta-Leadership
I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »
Appealing to Digital Girls (and Guys) in a Digital World
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Today citizens expect to interact with their government and civic organizations in drastically new ways, and many municipalities are struggling to keep up. Self-proclaimed Community Engagement Evangelist Michael Ashford of CivicPlus teaches this session to equip communications leaders with the skills and ideas they need to dealRead… Read more »
OnlineCourses.com
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New EPA Home Page
I’m lucky enough to lead EPA’s Office of Web Communications. I’ve written a lot about our social media efforts, but another one of our roles is to manage EPA’s home page. We redo it from time to time, and this is one of those times. Our effort started a couple of months ago with aRead… Read more »
04.04.13: Your Morning Buzz
Can you hear me now? Cellphone turns 40 The High Five Libraries offer weird things to draw new borrowers – This spring, your next packet of garden seeds may come not from a hardware store or nursery, but from your local public library. The Hunt Is On For A New FBI Director – Robert MuellerRead… Read more »
But Wait, There’s More!: Part II of an Interview with Pamela Wright, CINO of NARA
Innovation is one of the many buzz words floating around federal agencies. In a recent interview, Pamela Wright (CINO of NARA) shared the innovation goals of the National Archives and explained two projects that are looking to achieve those goals. As promised, below are three more goals, as well as descriptions two successful projects thatRead… Read more »
Federal Agencies Leading by Example – The Federal Green Challenge
A great post by my colleague Lana Suarez about the 2013 Federal Green Challenge award winners. Has your agency joined the challenge yet? By Lana Suárez When I joined the Federal Green Challenge team in October 2011, I had no idea what I was getting in to but quickly realized this dynamic group of regionalRead… Read more »