GSA IAE is seeking Industry Feedback

I am reposting this from the IAE Interact site. You can read more and sign up for this interactive community here. “The GSA Integrated Award Environment team is asking you to dive into our current business processes to tell us what can be improved as we move forward with the development of the future environment.Read… Read more »

Spring Time Renewal

What is it about the warmth of the sun? What a glorious weekend we just enjoyed on the east coast. Sunshine and some nice, warmer, spring-like temperatures. Truly wonderful to think that those wintery, cold days are finally behind us. One of the women who works with me likes to say that spring is aRead… Read more »

5 Ways to Add $100,000 to Your Retirement Savings

Saving is hard – especially these days. You may have immediate concerns like student loans, credit card bills, mortgages, or childcare payments. Or maybe your current job is “just for now,” and you don’t want to commit to a retirement plan yet. Perhaps you’re new to investing, or you’re nervous about taking on risk. WeRead… Read more »

Civilizing Online Discourse by Expanding “Like” Button Options?

If you were wondering with us recently about how online comments sections can be made more civil, we encourage you to check out a savvy new tool that our organizational partners at Public Agenda are experimenting with. PA has embedded a “reader reaction button” – an evolutionary leap forward from Facebook’s “like” button – intoRead… Read more »

7 Simple To Dos for Rookies to Enhance Their LinkedIn Profile

To some people it may seem rather ridiculous to share this kind of guidance in 2014, but judging from the anemic LinkedIn profiles I view on a daily basis, it’s clear that it’s advice people still need. I know everyone is busy, but if how they represent themselves as professionals is important to them (andRead… Read more »

Financial Advisors and the Federal Employee

http://www.psretirement.com/the-federal-financial-advisor/ I was recently asked if my trainer of financial advisors and planners interested in the federal workforce differed from training federal workers? Without missing a beat, I said most emphatically “It certainly does.” It is more intense because financial advisors and planners need to know more about the Federal Retirement Systems than the federalRead… Read more »

Glogster

The Paint Branch High School is special. Years ago they decided that their annual science fair shouldn’t just be a checkoff on a list and started redesigning their event. They looked at why no one came and decided to move it from the middle of the day to the evening to make it easier forRead… Read more »

Which PMI Credential is Right for me?

The Project Management Institute (PMI)® offers 5 credentials in project management. Are you confused about which is the right one for you? Well, then here I am to help you find an answer. PMI has a global presence with members in over 170 countries. It is the largest association dedicated to project management in theRead… Read more »

Smarter-spending Solutions for State and Local Governments

Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it. -H. James Harrington Deciding to implement a new budgeting process and software solution can beRead… Read more »