By MollyJust Tim Ferriss, the author of The 4-Hour Work Week and The 4-Hour Body, spoke about the popular Quantified Self movement at Wired’s recent health conference – Living By Numbers. The Quantified Self is a movement aimed at integrating technology into the data collection of a person’s daily life in terms of inputs (ex.Read… Read more »
(Photo courtesy of the National Association of State Chief Administrators) By Tess Mullen, MPA ‘13 The reviews are in and leaders from around the country have declared that the 2012 National Association of State Chief Administrators’ Annual Institute was a great success. For the third year in a row, Fels Research & Consulting (Fels R&C)Read… Read more »
Academics don’t always speak the same language as practitioners. But they oftentimes have useful ideas to convey. So how do we bridge the gap between research and practice? I’ve been asked to participate as a “practitioner” on a discussion panel at the upcoming conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) ItRead… Read more »
One of the most focused on areas in technology organization training is a an overwhelming focus on competency area skill development. The focus is almost always on specific skill development in particular methodologies, technologies, best practices and other areas of specialization. This is an exceptional practice that should be encouraged. However, I think it isRead… Read more »
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) present Memos to National Leaders Managing Big Initiatives, Improving Performance, and Public-Private Partnerships Follow @memostoleaders & facebook.com/MemosToNationalLeaders Want to attend this event on November 9th? Register here or email us at [email protected] The November 9th Memos to National Leaders event willRead… Read more »
Post Highlights GovLoop releases new report: Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government GIS offers benefits to those looking to improve social services, public health, and urban renewal GIS helps better understand a problem’s context, make better informed decisions, and to collaborate across agencies in implementing solutions The GovLoop report, Identifying the Promise of GISRead… Read more »
I just noticed that “encourage” and “courageous” come from the same word. I never realized this relationship before. There’s something important in that.
At the weekend I got my copy of Rich Millington‘s new book, Buzzing Communities, through the post. It’s excellent and provides everything you need to know about building successful online communities. Thinking seriously about community building is something that I think digital engagement efforts in government and beyond are lacking a lot of the time.Read… Read more »
More speechwriting tips from the Congressional Research Service: An effective…speech is defined not by rules of rhetoric, but by the character of response it evokes. So true! In fact, I would argue this is the metric of success for all persuasive communications. Another tip: Ideally, a speech draft ought to be reviewed three times: byRead… Read more »
There is a data explosion occurring in the world. Data that is being created is not just transaction oriented and is not structured. Such data cannot be managed effectively with some data management systems since traditional systems cannot process such data.Data sets are being gathered from a variety of data sources and the volume, velocityRead… Read more »