As the Digital Era progresses, professionals at all levels and career stages need to develop and maintain a core set of digital competencies. These competencies can be developed informally, through online social learning communities, but they must also be developed through formal education and training programs. Academic and other organizational leaders must recognize that itRead… Read more »
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How to Grow Your Business Development Capability
When you are a small business or a brand new department in a larger company, you might start as one person who is responsible for winning government contracts. This is not a problem—you can join the ranks of many who have started at one point or another and are still the only one writing proposals,Read… Read more »
A Primer For Local Government Officials Who Want To Jump Start Economic Development
Any easy way to grasp “how to jump start local economic development” is to understand that every community across America {except where the sale of liquor is prohibited by a municipal law or County ordinance} has three types of bars? There are trendy upscale bars – the nightclubs, supper clubs and ethnic pubs. Places whereRead… Read more »
USA Networks on Twitter is a Case Study in How Big Organizations Should Engage Average Stakeholders
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Over the weekend, I watched a USA Networks made-for-TV movie called Over/Under. It was terrible. Don’t get me wrong, I love the programming on USA. My two favorites right now are probably Suits and White Collar, but I have watched most of what they’ve put on the air in theRead… Read more »
What the NRA Should Have Said
Dear Mr. LaPierre, I’m writing this open letter as a concerned citizen and interested observer to provide some sound public/media relations advice and analysis. The reason is because the NRA has shot itself in the foot yet again from a public relations (PR) perspective — and, no less, during the heart of the holiday season.Read… Read more »
Why I’m Buying an iPad Mini
By RyanKamauff As an avid Android user, I have not bought any Apple products for personal use since an iPod 3rd Generation went belly up on me almost 5 years ago. The battery or some other internal mechanism went, and I have never looked back (well more than once or twice). I thought the iPodRead… Read more »
Ready to work on something that matters? See NGA Senior Executive Position-Director, Online GEOINT Services
By BobGourley A friend at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency mentioned that they have a search underway for a critically important new position on their leadership team. Details are at the USAjobs.com job listing and are also pasted below, but I want to underscore something: Clearly they are looking for someone who can think out ofRead… Read more »
Should politicians tweet (and how should they if they do)?
Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the Liberal Party had ‘slapped a social media gag on MPs’. While the article didn’t live up to the sensation of the headline, it did touch on an area I had provided a media comment on last week. As such I thought I would publish my full notes,Read… Read more »
Tips for Holiday Magic, not Holiday Stress
Holiday Magic 2012 newsletter http://tinyurl.com/b8u5y8u Holiday Magic The holidays are magical times…if you can bring all of the puzzle pieces together in time to feel organized and in control OR if you totally give in and let the holiday’s flow – come what may, it won’t bother you. Where does your propensity lie? Do youRead… Read more »
Federal Salary: It’s About Principles, Not Pay
In case you missed it, the latest study from the official Federal Salary Council (FSC) asserts that white-collar federal employees (“feds”) are paid a whopping 35% less than their private sector equivalents. Are federal executives really being short changed by more than one-third of their salary versus private sector peers? Feds don’t work in governmentRead… Read more »