Yearly Archives: 2012

White House hosts second annual science fair, celebrates academic achievement

Yesterday in Washington, President Obama hosted the second annual White House Science Fair. Video of his comments is embedded below, along with a storify of exhibits and students from the day. “The young people I met today, the young people behind me — you guys inspire me. It’s young people like you that make meRead… Read more »

Recapping the Florida Educational Technology Conference: social media tools vs. educational Web 2.0

Deltek Senior Analyst Kyle Ridley reports. Tom DiScipio, founder of the educational social media tool, ePals, gave an in-depth presentation on the ups and downs of social networking tools vs. Web 2.0 education platforms at the 32 Annual Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) held in late January. He launched the session with hard-hitting statistics onRead… Read more »

Pop Quiz: What’s Up with your Employer Brand?

Building on last week’s post (Everybody Else is Recruiting…), here are 5 hints to assessing your employer brand (a distinct: Is your agency’s website well-designed and highly-navigable? When on your agency’s website, does it take more than 10 seconds to identify the careers or jobs page? Is there an intuitive approach to the way theRead… Read more »

Research Assistant, The Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, Arlington, VA

The Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC), a non-profit consulting organization, seeks a research assistant to support its research, consulting, and association management activities. The position’s responsibilities would assist in: Analyzing state economic development budgeting and policy; Supporting regional economic research and facilitated consulting projects through data analysis and report writing/editing; and Providing member servicesRead… Read more »

Assistant Director of Community Development, Durham, North Carolina

Assistant Director of Community Development – #2953 Housing and Community Development Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m. Hiring Range: $73,322.00 – $95,319.00 Last Edited Date: 01/27/2012 Closing Date: 02/24/2012 Description: The purpose of this position is to assist with direction and activities of the Community Development Department, which include the administration of HUD-funded entitlement programs and their associatedRead… Read more »

Sunlight Foundation: 2Day in #OpenGov 2/8/2012

Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. Here is Wednesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup: Government Conference committees, meant to reconcile differences between House and Senate bills, have proved less and less useful in recent years. More often deals are being cutRead… Read more »

The End of Rude: Did the Year of Civil Discourse make it easier to talk about Israel?

This article examines the results of the Year of Civil Discourse, a program dedicated to engaging nearly 1,000 people in grassroots trainings in civility at four Bay Area synagogues over the course of 2011. From the article… “The purpose was not to have people check their opinions at the door,” Porth added. “We wanted peopleRead… Read more »