Yearly Archives: 2010

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 7, 2010

Get your work week on: Ed Chi: Mind-meld in Group Decision Making Michael Gurstein: Open Data – Empowering the Empowered, or Effective Data Use for Everyone? Dan Woods: 10 Corporate Social Media Mistakes Economist: Untangling the social web Alex Howard: “Spontaneous collaboration” and other lessons from the private sector and Bringing open government to theRead… Read more »

Last One In Wins!

I attended a sales seminar where the presenter and the audience were agreeing that being called in to give a buyer “three bids’ was a bad thing, a waste of time. I musta had a depraved upbringing, because I always found a high percentage of those calls resulted in transactions. The way I see it,Read… Read more »

Tariffs Among NAFTA Nations Not Dead Yet

As previously featured on this blog, trucking rights for Mexican companies in the US has been NAFTA’s most-enduring hot potato issue, since its ratification 15 years ago. This is tied into the US’ non-compliance with NAFTA’s international trucking provisions. While US companies already operate freely in Mexico, the inverse has not yet come to pass.Read… Read more »

Setting Service Expectations

Check out this article in the San Diego Business Journal. http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/aug/30/communication-key-avoiding-legal-conflict-workplac/ This is exactly what we’ve been talking about when we talk about the Science of Service. There are Essential Elements in an organization’s effort to create a culture of great service. Giving people written standards and expectations (definitions really) of what great service means,Read… Read more »

HR=Humans Represent: Mind, Body, and Soul

So far you’ve done everything right in your job search. You’ve been pretty busy and working hard at it trying out a few of my suggestions : · Tidying up loose ends (professional email address, using latest technology-basically doing your homework) · Social Networking to reach out to others · Remembering to include offline opportunitiesRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 6, 2010

Happy Labor Day, and thank you, organized labor!Benjamin Strong: Federal Employee Internet Bill of RightsIrish Times: Innovation in the city Peter Klein: Analyzing the Wikileaks DataJenifer Levini: Easier living through government transparencyAdriel Hampton: How To – Write a News Analysis of Political Use of Twitter and Other Social MediaGov 2.0 Radio: SaaS Before the CloudRead… Read more »

Podcast: SaaS Before the Cloud Was Cool – Rob Hoehn of IdeaScale

Listen to internet radio with Gov20Radio on Blog Talk Radio Join Gov 2.0 Radio producer Adriel Hampton for a conversation with IdeaScale co-founder Rob Hoehn. In the fourth of our series on crowdsourcing, innovation and ideation in the government and enterprise, Rob talks about how business clients are learning from the government, being SaaS beforeRead… Read more »

What if……….. Internet Gaming Systems and Security

What if ………… My son has recently become a Call of Duty, World at War addict. For those of you not familiar with this popular game it is what is referred to as a “first person shooter” in which players collaboratively take on other players in global cyber space. The game was first released forRead… Read more »