Monthly Archives: May 2010

5 Things Gen Y Needs to Know!

5 Things Gen Y Needs to Know and No One is Telling Them You’re not the best thing sliced bread!: It’s ok to express new ideas, to request new challenges, and to want to gain a promotion; however, respect the politics, culture and communication practices of your organization. Understand opportunities may present themselves – butRead… Read more »

The oldest social network

I apologize for linking out to another site but wanted to share my latest video blog post on the oldest social network, something for all to always keep in mind. John

Lawmakers disregarded Defense Secretary Robert Gates‘s calls for fiscal restraint on Thursday, approving a military pay raise higher than President Obama and the Pentagon requested. The House Armed Services personnel subcommittee approved a 1.9 percent pay bump for uniformed military personnel, half of a percentage point higher than Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget. The markup alsoRead… Read more »

SharePoint Saturday DC on 5/15 has lotsa Gov 2.0 sessions – Be There!

Don’t miss SharePoint Saturday DC this Saturday! So far, we are expecting 1k+ attendees & 85+ speakers & 90+ sessions. Gov 2.0 sessions include: – Making Government Collaboration Stick: Out of the box Solutions for common problems – How Social Security Administration (SSA) Deployed SharePoint Backup/Recovery Solution Leveraging DocAve – Federal Cloud SharePoint Architecture –Read… Read more »

Poll signals trouble for government oil spill response

Happy Thursday! Here’s an interesting nugget in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll regarding the BP oil spill: 45 percent of respondents think the government hasn’t done enough in response to the spill, while 43 percent say it has done enough. The numbers are a bit worse for British Petroleum: 50 percent say theRead… Read more »

Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)

Eric Qualman of Socialnomics has updated his four minute video about the impact of Social Media here When I blogged about the first video, my friend Jason came barreling up the next day and said, “That’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on the Internet! Can I steal it?” Steal it from YouTube? But why?Read… Read more »

Why are local govs keeping social media in a silo? Join us tonight 5/12 for #localgovchat at 9 EST

You hear over and over again that social media is supposed to help break down silos, yet after reviewing hundreds of localgov fliers, web pages and other communication materials, social media was surprisingly absent or treated as a “special feature” in the corner. “Hey look, we did it.” Why are local govs not touting theirRead… Read more »