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Jeffrey Levy‘s profile was updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Jeffrey Levy are now friends 6 years, 2 months ago
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Jeffrey Levy posted an update in the group
Kiva Microlending Team 6 years, 4 months ago
Hey, folks, our lending has really plummeted this year. I just put some more money into the system after my initial deposit paid for 8 loans over the years. I was repaid 100% of the time, but the small amounts donated to keep kiva.org running eventually ran down the total.
2012 lending by our team: $10,274
2013: $6650
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic In 7 Words or Less, What Makes a Great Manager? in the forum Human Resources 7 years ago
Credits below; takes blame; coaches, inspires awesome.
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic You Tell Me: Does Government Take Its Employees Seriously? in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 7 years, 8 months ago
First, I agree with what Mark Hammer said.
But really, there’s no such as thing as “the” government with stuff like this, meaning there’s no universal answer. Different agencies, and even different parts of the same agency, can have different cultures around employee communications and what I’ll call “management forthrightness.” And even within…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic You Tell Me: When Are We Going to Stop Babbling About Social Media? in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 7 years, 10 months ago
I think your evolution from Twitter to social media to citizen engagement is normal and healthy. Now you’re in a position to help others make that trip even faster.
When people come to me and say “I want to launch an X,” my usual first question is “why?” Then we get into all the various tools that might help them achieve their goals. And most…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Levy posted an update in the group
Kiva Microlending Team 7 years, 11 months ago
Tom: I can see that you’re on the the Kiva team (you appear at http://www.kiva.org/team/govloop/members ), but I can’t tell whether any particular loan is applied to the team.
Log into Kiva, then go to your personal team page: https://www.kiva.org/community/teams/my-teams
It’ll show your “preferred” team – if it’s GovLoop, then it should apply it…[Read more] -
Jeffrey Levy posted an update in the group
Kiva Microlending Team 7 years, 11 months ago
I just realized it’s been 4 years since we started this group!
I just updated the totals on the permanent post at the top of the page: we’ve lent almost $40,000!
Let’s celebrate by lending some more. We have 90 members here on GovLoop, but only 37 on Kiva, so either people are interested but not lending, or lending but not attributing loans to…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Levy posted an update in the group
Kiva Microlending Team 7 years, 11 months ago
Hi gang. Not too much activity in this discussion group recently, but I just lent money to this group of women: http://www.kiva.org/lend/511310
From the project description:”Chaan, a widowed mother of five children and 48 years old, is a local farmer originally from Moung Russey district of Cambodia. She has two and a half hectares for growing paddy…[Read more] -
Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic When Should An Organization Abandon Social Media? in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 7 years, 11 months ago
Oh, I LOVE this! When I speak about social media strategy, I ask people ‘what’s the first thing you should say when your boss says “go get me some of that social media!'”
My answer: why? If you don’t know why, you shouldn’t start yet.
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic When Should An Organization Abandon Social Media? in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 7 years, 11 months ago
Social media is free like a puppy is free.
I didn’t make that up, but I use it constantly! I think it might have come from Chris Dorobek …
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic When Should An Organization Abandon Social Media? in the forum Communications, Citizen Engagement, Customer Service 7 years, 11 months ago
Dannielle, I didn’t see the question as being “should we abandon social media?” Where did Andy or his colleague ask that? I mean, as you can imagine, I agree wholeheartedly with you arguing the answer is emphatically “no.”
But I think the answer to the question he did ask (“should we keep doing this podcast”) is rooted in, you know what I’m…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic “Managing Up” – What does it mean and why is everyone talking about it? in the forum Leadership, Management, Supervision 8 years, 2 months ago
One last thought: here’s an OUTSTANDING GovLoop post that relates directly to your question:
Ten Things You Should Be Saying to Your BossAnd on the flip side, another post by the same person covers Ten Things Your Boss Should Be Saying to You. If your boss isn’t saying them, bring them up yourself.
And keep in mind: all of this (everything…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic “Managing Up” – What does it mean and why is everyone talking about it? in the forum Leadership, Management, Supervision 8 years, 2 months ago
Oh, one more thing your manager is responsible for: helping you grow.
Any time you spot an opportunity to increase your skills, speak up: training, conferences, webinars, or even meetings that interest you.
On that last one, for example, I brought a junior staff member to a briefing for our deputy administrator. He learned more about how senior…[Read more] -
Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic “Managing Up” – What does it mean and why is everyone talking about it? in the forum Leadership, Management, Supervision 8 years, 2 months ago
Hmm. I agree that all the things everyone has said are good to do, but they don’t fall into my definition. Ok, Andy’s point about helping your manager know when you need more work does meet my definition.
I coach my team pretty frequently on managing up. To me, it’s a set of actions under the umbrella of getting your needs met by meeting your…[Read more] -
Jeffrey Levy posted an update 8 years, 8 months ago
@0wedwt7w3uc6oHi Karl. I’m afraid I didn’t see your note until just now. I hope your event was a success!
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic On Muffins and Mind Readers: Have Government Events Gone Wild? in the forum Leadership, Management, Supervision 8 years, 9 months ago
Commenting on your questions:
1) I’ve been to, and organized, many conferences. Every one of them was worked over 100 times by contracting officers and attorneys making sure everything was legal and appropriate.
And I just attended a briefing for senior managers at EPA all about the rules for providing food at conferences.
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic On Muffins and Mind Readers: Have Government Events Gone Wild? in the forum Leadership, Management, Supervision 8 years, 9 months ago
Andy, please don’t spread the overblown claim that any agency paid $16 for muffins. That was a totally made-up thing so reporters could cry “scandal:”
- Quick from the New York Times The $16 Muffin That Wasn’t
- Detailed from the Washington Post: Another look at Justice Dept.’s …
Please edit your post to remove that claim – it just does…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Levy replied to the topic Federal Service Time in the forum Human Resources 8 years, 9 months ago
Anthony, I don’t even know what a term position means, but your HR office is your best bet. I suggest calling them and asking for help.
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Jeffrey Levy posted an update in the group
Kiva Microlending Team 8 years, 10 months ago
Tom: great! 🙂
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