Yearly Archives: 2011

The Growing Need for Information Professionals

AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) is now taking the bold step of introducing a new information management certification for IT and information professionals, and I have below tried to describe the objectives of this new certification. Market Trends A number of trends are converging to dramatically change Enterprise IT: Social – The spreadRead… Read more »

Technology Megatrends – Where will we be in 10 years?

Phil McKinney, VP and CTO for HP’s Personal systems group, recently gave a fascinating presentation on the future of technology at the DoD Enterprise Architecture conference. You can see the video of his full presentation on DodEA’s website via this link: http://afei.kzoplatform.com/swf/player/767/chapter:1 . It’s a little on the long side (over an hour) so IRead… Read more »

FEMA and FCC announce a new PLAN to keep the nation safe

INPUT Analyst Krisin Howe reports. The Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Alert System (EAS) is most commonly identified by the phrase “This is a test …” and a series of loud beeps. However, beginning in 2012, the EAS will take on a new form. Currently, the EAS provides alerts through television and radio, but has noRead… Read more »

Social campaigning: do you have a great example?

We’re redoing Connected Councillors: a guide to using social media for local leadership. And a big part of being a local politician is campaigning. Of course, there’s campaigning for office, but there’s also campaigning on local issues. Over the last year I’ve been gathering some examples of campaigning, but we’re looking for more! We’re lookingRead… Read more »

How to Increase Fans, Followers, and Subscribers

I gave a talk last week at National Association of Government Communicators called “How to Increase Fans, Followers, and Subscribers” I’ve attached the presentation below. How to increase View more presentations from GovLoop. What’s your tip? How have you increase the # of email subscribers you have, Facebook fans, Twitter followers? Favorite

The Government Man, the Lawyer and the Donuts – Part Two

In my last blog I mentioned an episode with our learned GSA counsel over donuts. That was not my only conflict with Sweet Caroline, Esq. over donuts. Yes, these events really happened. Caroline devoted much of her career to assuring that no government employee ever violated any ethical standards, no matter how much this policyRead… Read more »

Rocking Resource: “How To Find the Right Gov Gig for You” [VIDEO and SLIDES]

In case you missed it, GovLoop and Young Government Leaders hosted an excellent presentation by “Jobs That Matter”author Heather Krasna this past Wednesday. I think all of the participants would agree that it was a jam-packed hour of life-transforming information (seriously). I learned a lot and I’m sure you will, too. Below is a linkRead… Read more »