How and when and where leaders communicate continues to be in the midst of transformation. It seems we’re always on the air in some way. Have you noticed? It is evolving as the whole landscape for leadership changes —involving all of us; stretching across cultures and many dimensions of difference at a breakneck speed. EachRead… Read more »
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Conference Report: Legal Information Issues at POGW: Princeton Open Government Workshop
The workshop entitled Open Government: Defining, Designing, and Sustaining Transparency (POGW), held 21-22 January 2010 at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP), featured much valuable discussion about legal information. (The Twitter hashtag for the workshop is #pogw. An apparently complete collection of tweets from the workshop is available here. My tweets from theRead… Read more »
Accessibility Hack #1: Captioning Online Video
This is a crosspost of dotgov.com. Author: Glenda Watson Meet Karen Putz – a deaf mom of three deaf and hard of hearing teenagers. Her husband is also deaf. On top of being a busy mom, Karen is a sales manager for videophones and relay services for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.Read… Read more »
Member of the Week: Mark Gorkin a.k.a.”The Stress Doc”
1. What personal life experiences inspired you to get a degree in clinical social work? First, my family was a living laboratory for a lot of complex emotional issues and conflicts, including depression, substance abuse, etc. So whether physician or clinician, first you must heal thyself. My MSW program provided an initial path for self-understanding.Read… Read more »
‘Common look and feel’, rationalisation and egov success
Public Sector Forums (PSF)’s Ian Cuddy reports that Worcestershire’s councils have gone with a ‘common look and feel’ policy (aka ‘standardised’). In the Twitter conversation it’s been pointed out that the common design fails some standards and a link to a policy document explaining what they’ve done in detail hasn’t yet been found (Cuddy isRead… Read more »
Medical Coding Resources at the National Library of Medicine® (NLM®)
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) responds to more than 100,000 questions each year. Regularly asked questions become Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). NLM Reference and Consumer Health FAQs are at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faqref.html. We review and update our FAQs frequently. The FAQ resources include national and international government agencies and non-profit organizations. One of our FAQs isRead… Read more »
Rep. Patrick Kennedy: Integrating Behavioral Healthcare into Healthcare Reform
Rep. Patrick Kennedy: Integrating Behavioral Healthcare into Healthcare Reform 09.10.2009 04:59 PM By Robin Jay, BHC Editorial Director Just hours before President Obama addressed the nation in a highly anticipated speech about healthcare reform, and just one day after returning to office following the passing of his father, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Representative Patrick KennedyRead… Read more »
3-D Group Combat-Intervention at the Burning Out and Burning Up Battlefronts: Using Discussion-Drawing-Diversity to Disarm Conflict and Build Camaraderie-Community
Being a conference or retreat speaker and “Motivational Humorist” sounds like a lot of fun; and it usually is. However, sometimes you are asked to intervene with a group that’s under siege. At these times, the tension and acting out of frustration between management and employees or mistrust within the diverse employee ranks is palpableRead… Read more »
Web 2.0/Sentiment Analysis
From the NY Times Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts By ALEX WRIGHT Aug. 23, 2009 Computers may be good at crunching numbers, but can they crunch feelings? The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression. For computerRead… Read more »
What is the most popular thing in a Footer for a municipal website.
As I look to what content should be in my new redesign I thought it would help to understand what the common Vocab would be. I surveyed 230 municipal websites Looking to see the common factors among them. Some items where combined together like Contact and contact us because they were so close as toRead… Read more »