The Two Poisons That Destroy Your Job Search ChancesThere are two kinds of poison that can destroy someone’s job search,both stemming from your reaction to rejection.As most people know, the job search is filled with rejection. (InRichard Nelson Bolles’s classic book, What Color is Your Parachute,it’s described as “no no no no no no noRead… Read more »
I survived October. Mostly. And there are a few days left, but the hardest parts are over. As predicted, I got a nasty cold just in time for midterms, the wedding and PMF. I had a close call with my laptop being inches from getting fire/smoke/water damage when we had a small fire at school.Read… Read more »
New VPS Gov 2.0 spotlight. Swoop! campaign. Using crowd sourcing and geo-spatial data mash up to map swooping magpies. http://go.vic.gov.au/sDURpV
Research Citizens give government low transparency rating (10/20/2010) – New study finds proven relationship between transparency, satisfaction and trust. Research shows that higher transparency leads to higher citizen satisfaction with government, which in turn leads to higher trust. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/docs/ForeSeeResults_EGovTransparencyIndex_2010.pdf Best practices in mobile web apps (10/21/2010) – World Wide Web Consortium proposes guidelines for developingRead… Read more »
Despite e-government initiatives, most agency decisions are made without public participation, according to Cary Coglianese’s blog on the University of Pennsylvania Law School website. Coglianese, the director of the Penn Program on Regulation, studied the topic and concluded, “Contrary to prevailing predictions, empirical research shows that e-rulemaking makes little difference: citizen input remains typically sparse.”Read… Read more »
New on the ChatterBachs blog: “What is SocialMention and what is its value?” http://wp.me/p14i4G-1J Day 3: The ChatterBachs Product Review Week continues. Another tool that I discovered recently and have started using is SocialMention. (@SocialMention) developed by Jon Cianciullo (@jonnyjon). From the Social Mention “About” page: “Social Mention is a social media search and analysisRead… Read more »
Paper is a costly crutch and one that may be handicapping your office more than helping. Paper Free Day asks you to commit one day to: 1. Conscientiously make a point to not PRINT 2. Investigate a business process or technology that can cut the paper waste in your office 3. Participate or Produce aRead… Read more »
Oohh….a delivery of our signs for our “Government Doesn’t Suck” rally just came in. Obviously we are super excited. Shout-out to Rock Creek Strategic Marketing for designing and printing the signs Favorite
Update: GovLoop India exists now. GovLoop has extended its influence to the UK, Canada, Israel, Australia and even Russia. However, there’s little on GovLoop about India — the world’s second most populous country. We should change that with a GovLoop India group. What’s going for it — it’s second most populous country and most populousRead… Read more »
In advance of the Government Doesn’t Suck Rally, I wanted to answer a question here that I encountered on Facebook Questions: Why are there so many smart people just focused on making money? I answered: Like a lot of people, I disagree with the thrust of this question. My parents are wicked smart, as isRead… Read more »