According to the Wall Street Journalʼs Economy section of Sundayʼs edition, there is a growing sense among many economists that Washingtonʼs ability to goose the economic recovery is limited, especially given the deep pain U.S. businesses and households have suffered during the recession. Thursday July 29th at the Washington DC Convention Center, President Obama spokeRead… Read more »
Digital Signage and Reforestation – An Unlikely Partnership Plays Key Role in the Reforestation of Florida State Forest The 2009 Florida wildfires left their mark on forests, but Noventri played a key role in assisting in the reforestation of the land through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation and purchases of the SF-100e digitalRead… Read more »
There has been some pretty good discussion lately going around the Interwebs about what Gov 2.0 and open government looks like. I can’t say that I agree with everything that has been thrown out there with a Gov 2.0 label on it, but I can say without equivocation that this is the opposite of OpenGovRead… Read more »
Wading through all the Gov 2.0 tweets that fill my stream, I happened to come across a recent venn diagram cartoon making the rounds in the higher education circuit that struck a chord with me as a local government webmaster. The cartoon is a diagram showing two circles: the first titled “Things on the frontRead… Read more »
Research 1. Better web search needed on government sites (07/26/2010) – 2010 Harris Interactive study (pdf), finds citizens struggle to find what they need on government websites. 7 out of 10 surveyed believe search functionality on government websites need to be improved. http://www.rightnow.com/pdf/press/2010-open-government-report.pdf 2. Web 2.0 risks and rewards (07/22/2010) –GAO identified 22 of 24Read… Read more »
ClearedJobs.Net’s Patra Frame writes about taking a new look at your job search tactics. Job search is often a longer process than we want. And our activities can become stale or ineffective. Now is a great time to look at your search and see if it is time to re-do or try something new. Tip:Read… Read more »
In the spirit of a post by Andrew Wilson, awhile back, on the benefits of making checklists to improve your work, I wanted to offer an easy way to make a checklist yourself..more specifically the infamous “to-do” list. What I like most about these to-do list options is that they offer a quick and easyRead… Read more »
When you’re the BIC (the boss-in-charge), sometimes it’s easier to delegate work to Middle Managers than it is to take on intricate projects yourself because that’s when you have to say, “I’m responsible”; that’s when you have to do the leg work to get the job done the way your want it. But, if you’reRead… Read more »
Move over cover letters – how about attaching a personal press release to your next resumé submission? I was thinking about it, and it occurred to me that a cover letter is pretty darn close to being a press release (or at least people should be writing theirs like one to stand out from theRead… Read more »
Below you will find a 5 slide deck that I have embedded if you want to scroll through it for context, I have also broken each slide out as an image below with a few comments. The underlying point that I am trying to make is that senior leaders in the public sector deal withRead… Read more »