Yearly Archives: 2009

Practice Safe Stress ™ with the Stress Doc: Non-Traditional Book Review

A friend and career consulting colleague, Martha Collar, [email protected], requested a review of my book, Practice Safe Stress, for Best Practice Magazine (she’s editing) – Hong Kong based — with a circulation of 30,000 (including inflight on Cathay and numerous business lounges in hotels and airlines) and the theme is Corporate Wellness. I’ve pasted aRead… Read more »

Can you spell “IRONY”?

Keep government out of our lives, but provide decent Metro service to visitors from Texas! (And provide police protection for our march, and clean up the trash we left, and reseed the National Mall after we tromp on it, and pay for our Medicare, and make the planes we used to fly here safe, andRead… Read more »

Follow the NAGW conference on Twitter: #NAGW2009

The National Association of Government Webmasters’ annual conference this week in Galveston, TX. Live tweets from conference sessions available by following #NAGW2009. Also – NAGW is live-blogging select sessions during conference – just like being there! See www.NAGW.org for Live Blogs and live twitter feeds.

Using social bookmarking in Gov 2.0

Hi Govloop Community, I am a contractor for the FAA and wanted to find some information on other government agencies using social bookmarking tools. My internet search did not turn up much. Does anyone know of an agency that has implemented this tool? If so, can you tell me anything about it? Much obliged! ShannonRead… Read more »

Media Myth: GOP Has No Health Care Ideas

Many GOP amendments have aligned quite well with the President’s rhetoric regarding health care reform legislation. But Republicans, especially in the House, have been shunned by committee chairs and Democratic leaders who simply refuse to accept GOP amendments to health care bills, even when those amendments align with the President’s stated goals for health careRead… Read more »

Do You Have a Personal Board of Advisors?

One of the best ways to help you navigate the rough waters of your job and career is to have your own support network – a personal board of advisors. This board of advisors (or board of directors, as some call it) is a collection of about 6 to 10 people who know you, areRead… Read more »

Social Media for Government

Overview The Social Media for Government Conference sponsored by The Advanced Learning Institute was held on September 14—17, 2009, in Chicago Illinois, to give insights and examples on how to benefit from social media approaches. During a 2-day general session, more than 90 individuals heard presentations from 12 organizations representing non-profit coalitions, academic institutions andRead… Read more »