Bridging Cultural Diversity through Multiple Intelligence, Conflict Styles and Interactive 4 “H” — Healing, Humanizing- High-Performing and Harmonizing — Humor

Wanted to share a new program. Feel free to share/pitch to others, etc. Over the years, I’ve heard some complaints about cultural diversity programs too often turning into prickly or preachy affairs. Of course, this is a sensitive topic. Thought it was time for a very different approach. Any comments are appreciated. Mark ————— BridgingRead… Read more »

Denver postings

Are there any positions available in the denver area for an administrative specialist? Looking at moving out there? Are there any available? Can anyone give me any assistance? Thank you Robert

Federal Eye: What’s Next for Federal Building Security?

The release last week of a jaw-dropping report on security at federal buildings has prompted little public comment from federal authorities, but congressional sources and other observers expect plenty of activity in the coming months to address concerns about the Federal Protective Service. As last week’s GAO findings revealed, government investigators successfully entered 10 high-securityRead… Read more »

ATO Major Fail on Accessibility

Yes it’s that time of year again, income tax return time and the ATO have once again provided an eTax application. Today on twitter I discovered that a glaring issue which has been a fault of eTax since it’s inception and has not been addressed yet again, is that it only runs on the WindowsRead… Read more »

Social Networks Complicate Relations Between Bosses and Employees

What happens when your boss wants to be your Facebook friend? Story Welcome any thoughts on the subject.

Operating web and IT in an abundance mindset

Republished from eGov AU. Chris Anderson, the owner of Wired, recently wrote a very thought-provoking article about the need for organisations to consider how to operate within an abundance mindset rather than a scarcity-based one in his article, Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity. Chris uses oneRead… Read more »

Social Media Webinars

One of my long-term goals has been to create a set of basic webinars about each social media tool: blogs, wikis, photo sharing, social networking, etc. Our target audience is government staff who don’t know much about social media; these won’t be advanced webinars with a lot of implementation detail (maybe we’ll get to thatRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Census Nominee Vote Expected Today

Later today the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Robert Groves to serve as the next director of the U.S. Census Bureau following more than a month of objections from Republican lawmakers. Debate on the Groves nomination begins around 4:30 p.m., with a vote slated to start an hour later, according toRead… Read more »

Any folks using private social networking tools in their organization?

Has anyone used Elgg – Open Soruce Social Networking app in their organization or any tool like this?

Confronting Prejudicial Comments in the Workplace

The same day that the right wing terrorist invaded the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC and killed a security guard, my girl friend encountered a much more prosaic form of anti-Semitism. And while her experience was not in any way life-threatening, nonetheless her casual if not commonplace encounter merits documentation and its expression deserves confrontation.Read… Read more »

Yearly Archives: 2009