In a way Cal Horton introduced several ELGL members (Heather Martin, Kent Wyatt, and Kirsten Wyatt) to the world of local government in Oregon. While first year students at the UNC MPA program, we signed up for a City Management class taught by Cal Horton, Chapel Hill town manager (at the time) and David Ammons,Read… Read more »
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Unrestricted staff access to social media
Free use of social media across a whole company – it’s not a concept everybody agrees is productive. But where I work, it’s helping us to achieve some of our organisational values of openness, trust, teamwork and flexibility. I speak about this very often with people interested in the approach taken where I work, MonmouthshireRead… Read more »
Govloop – a knowledge network for government
According to the small world theory, we are all six connections or less away from anyone else on the planet. I’ve been putting this theory to the test during my stay here in the USA by trying to connect with various people who are doing interesting things with digital media. One of the people IRead… Read more »
The Transition with Jennifer Lewis-Goff, Former Chief of Staff for Sen. Burdick
A former chief of staff for State Sens. Burdick and Metsger, Jen has transitioned to working as a policy analyst for Cover Oregon. Cover Oregon is a central marketplace where Oregon individuals and employers will be able to shop for health insurance plans and access financial assistance to help pay for coverage. With the AffordableRead… Read more »
Opening up
Twenty years ago, before regular people had the web, I was a 13 year old discovering a hybrid database/scripting application called HyperCard. One of my early projects was a random number generator for the newly-launched National Lottery, which incredibly, made it onto the cover floppy disk (’3MB of great software!’) one of the early editionsRead… Read more »
How Political Payoffs Work In NY
The arrest of several New York elected officials and political party leaders shows once again how the influence of money and minor party political lines results in corruption. Democratic State Senator Malcolm Smith wanted to run for Mayor of New York City. Smith’s strategy was to run on the Republican line. Under New York StateRead… Read more »
Using the disruptive web to your advantage
I’m excited to be off to Toronto today (vacation) to deliver a pair of workshops to students at Humber College. As you likely know by now I am very particular about my presentations. I spend countless hours agonizing over images, placement, word choice and the relationship between the different elements; here’s what I’ve come upRead… Read more »
Empowering Supply Chain and Financial Processes
Another unique element of Jetstream is the fact that we allow you to automate both supply chain and financial processes. Many of the vendors we find ourselves in competition with only offer one or the other. Here are a few reasons why we think that’s a benefit worth mentioning: Powerful automation applications across the boardRead… Read more »
Through the Grapevine or Twitter?: The Selection of Pope Francis and the Age of Social Media
I bought a newspaper today. I can’t remember the last time I did since I acquire all of my news on the internet. If I had a smartphone, I’m sure I’d be even more up to date, being constantly attached to a plethora of information. But today I picked up a copy of the NewRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: March 01, 2013
This article has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Mobility helping government caseworkers. In Governing, William Eggers writes about his new report “Gov on the Go: Boosting Public Sector Productivity by Going Mobile,” Pinterest helping home-cooks everywhere. A few weeks ago, I wrote and spoke about 10 Pinterest boards that I’d likeRead… Read more »