I was reading the fairy tale, Hansel and Dick. You know, the one where the two guys got out of the woods because they left a trail of handouts behind them. I have come to think that the most important part of a sale is making sure all the prospects have something in their handsRead… Read more »
When I think of waiting, I think of the DMV. As painful as that experience usually is, at least I have a number. I know that I’m making progress. Eventually, I know that I’ll talk with someone. Now, compare that to the federal government’s dysfunctional hiring process. The Obama administration’s hiring reform plan unveiled lastRead… Read more »
The original post can be found at my other blog: The Place of Social Media Participatory Chinatown launched on May 3 in Boston’s Chinatown. It’s a 3-D interactive game designed to augment the traditional community meeting. Instead of the traditional model of people responding to a powerpoint presentation about the neighborhood, participants in this meetingRead… Read more »
No matter how experienced you might be, I guarantee, at the very least, you’ll be slightly nervous when you interview for a new job. To get past this natural phenomenon, the best advice I can give is this… Don’t want the job so much! When people really want a certain job, their anxiousness and desiresRead… Read more »
As we all know, despite the increasingly frequent use of social media tools by government agencies, managing this engagement remains challenging for many, especially at state and local levels. Last summer CTG began to explore this topic and what we ended up hearing often from government professionals that we interviewed was that they would reallyRead… Read more »
As the post-election smoke clears, we’re launching a small experiment on the Foreign Office Global Conversations blogs. On a number of blogs (for now, mostly the US ones, such as this one), we’re adding the comment functionality of Facebook Connect. So for now, we have different mechanics on different blogs, but this is by wayRead… Read more »
Research Reports 1. The Impact of Social Computing on the European Union (11/19/2009): Trends about user-centric and effective services as well as new forms of civic and political participation. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&obj_id=9410&dt_code=NWS 2. WEB 2.0 implications on knowledge management (2009): Web 2.0 can do more than broadcast messages to a wider audience. Through simple, user-driven tools, theyRead… Read more »
Weekly TSP Wrap-up from TSP Talk Rebound runs out of steam The TSP funds were tossed around last week as stocks rebounded earlier in the week, but headed down again by Friday. The jubilance of the Greece bailout on Monday turned to doubt as the euro continued to trade lower. There is lingering concern thatRead… Read more »
The first overseas visit of Foreign Secretary William Hague’s tenure was to Washington DC where he discussed policy issues common to the UK and US.
Exploring over the Internet I recently landed over the subject of incarceration around the world and rather landed myself into trouble of loosing two consecutive nights in sleeplessness. For here I am (we are) selling Open Governance, Social Media, Government 2.0 to a generation with social consciousness, and thinking how sweet the generation would beRead… Read more »