Do you want to start a Facebook group to rally folks to your cause, organization, content or personal brand? Don’t do it. Let me tell you why Facebook Pages are better than Groups, with an eye to Web 2.0 newbies. Many organizations and individuals are jumping on the social media bandwagon by moving content toRead… Read more »
From TheGovGurus.com: 1. KNOCK ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S FRONT DOOR AND BACK DOOR: Most job seekers look for federal openings only on USAJOBS (usajobs.opm.gov), the federal government’s official jobs website. But there are plenty of other ways to land federal jobs.For example, employment agencies and consulting firms frequently place employees on contract jobs in federalRead… Read more »
Strategic communications, education or information outreach when applied effectively means really knowing your taget audience as a critical component to any campaign and its success. Often times, informaiton is put out, but at times there is a major “disconnect” between the outreach and the end user. I thought of this video of an elderly womenRead… Read more »
Words make all the difference. It is not the progress that is feared, it is the change. Small changes are less feared than large changes. So, if less small progress (and less fear,) more small changes. More less small progress. Finding the right words; to keep trying combinations until the lock opens: The more lessRead… Read more »
So a while ago Steve posed the question: Is bureaucrat a bad word? He and I had a spirited dialog about the whole thing, and in he responded with a crystal clear mental model of his definition of the word: I’d like to reclaim the word “bureaucrat” as a true insider’s word. Kind of likeRead… Read more »
UK gov blogger’s comment re: online diplomacy
President-elect Barack Obama called his appointment of Nancy Killefer as the first chief performance officer “among the most important I will make.” The task ahead of her — as the nation’s first CPO and as a deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget — is daunting, considering the thousands of governmentRead… Read more »
My agency has been experiencing an e-mail storm for over a week now. Someone erroneously sent an e-mail message to almost everybody in the organization. Then everyone started replying to all to complain about receiving the message or to ask other people to quit hitting reply to all to complain about receiving the message. ThenRead… Read more »
Microsoft has launched a very insightful blog about government technology called FutureFed, and it is definitely worth checking out. Here’s their latest post on trends in government IT. The year ahead promises to be an exciting one for government IT. At all levels, a new Administration on the national scene will influence directions, mandates, andRead… Read more »
FedBlog has two quick dumps of results from the 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey: the questions that showed the most improvement from 2006 to 2008 and the top-rated ten agencies in four key areas, and the top ten agencies that showed the most improvement. Check out Government Executive later tonight for a full analysis ofRead… Read more »