Image by ahockley via Flickr Last night I did the keynote/opener for a startup event in Boston and spoke about, based upon my own experiences, startup best practices and the large number of opportunities for startups and other companies to get involved with the fast growing open government marketplace. While you can scan through theRead… Read more »
Last night the GovUp New England tour rolled into NYC for its 11th stop. 65+ rockstars gathered at Los Feliz, three flights down below the city that never sleeps. We had a mix from New York State Senate, the City of New York, State Insurance, peeps from Columbia, Penn, and NYU, GSA, Bloomberg… Stephen Goldsmith,Read… Read more »
These past two weeks have been a whirlwind of travel and conferences. I’ve enjoyed several typical byproducts of those types of events (networking, learning, etc…) but also a few things that are much rarer: inspiration and re-energized passion. This is largely thanks to my most recent stop: NASA’s Education Innovation Summit, held in Orlando, FLRead… Read more »
For the last 10+ years, marketers have started to realize that interacting with consumers is not a one-way street. Refusing to operate with this mindset fully embraced will most likely leave you out in the cold. Consumers don’t want to be talked at, with the only opportunity for feedback a suggestions box glued to theRead… Read more »
Building Capability is one of the four action areas of the Victorian Public Sector (VPS) Gov 2.0 Action Plan. Our strategy includes a suite of initiatives to cater for everyone from the early adopters to the early majority to the novices. We know that building the social media skills of our public sector workforce willRead… Read more »
People who know me might be shocked, but I used to be a bit of a shy person. In fact, even though I am in charge of organizing large career networking events, I still sometimes freeze at these events, standing in a room filled with small groups of people talking with each other and notRead… Read more »
GOVIE GEEK (2010) BEAUTY QUEEN (2008) Thats right! I spent my younger years (really not all that long ago) competing for various beauty queen titles, including everything from Miss America to Miss Hawaiian Tropic. But behind all of the glitz, glitter, and butt glue(yes thats right we glue our swimsuits to our bottoms)…all I wantedRead… Read more »
From The Acquisition Corner According to recent reporting by Federal Times on the state of federal information technology (IT) acquisition and program management, the Government is ill prepared to purchase and manage large scale IT programs due to poorly trained staff, and poor collaboration with industry. Certainly contributing factors, but the issues are much moreRead… Read more »
As a psychology professor turned entrepreneur, Lee Frederiksen has a passion for learning and providing high quality professional services. In his new book Spiraling Up, Lee has managed to combine both of his passions into a thought provoking yet actionable package. Even though the book targets all professional services firms, it contains a lot ofRead… Read more »
Every month, I’ve been writing a “Backtalk” column for Federal Computer Week, collecting and coalescing the best conversations on GovLoop. The latest piece addresses the impact of the mid-term elections on Open Government efforts. Here are a few snippets: “Will the midterm election close down open government?” That was the question my GovLoop colleague StephenRead… Read more »