Last weekend (31 May – 2 June) was a big weekend for Government 2.0 in Australia, with the first truly national GovHack held across eight locations, including seven of Australia’s eight major states and territories. With over $170,000 in prizes, and around 100 national and local prizes on offer, GovHack 2013 attracted 900 participants, whoRead… Read more »
Why blog? When we asked folks at Blah, Blah, Blog and Blog Lab why they blog, here’s a few of their answers: The boss told me to Recruiters will see me I may make money by blogging I am a writer, and therefore I blog I have something to say and want to share it.Read… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Joho the Blog » [2b2k] Knowledge in its natural state PSFK Future of Work Report 2013 Donald Clark Plan B: More holes in Sugata Mitra’s ‘Hole-in-Wall’ project Digital Leadership or just leadership? | Curiouscatherine’s Blog David Wilcox » Much discussion about networking local government – nowRead… Read more »
More great stuff from Ken Robinson. Original post
May was the busiest month in the two year history of ELGL.org. We recorded 10,228 hits for the month, topping 9,409 hits in November 2012. Just two years ago, in May 2011, we received 351 hits. Many thanks to everyone who visited the site, and especially those who spent hours upon hours re-clicking on ourRead… Read more »
Tomorrow (Monday, June 3rd), President Obama and Vice President Biden will host a National Conference on Mental Health as part of the Administration’s commitment to launch a national conversation to increase understanding and awareness of mental health. The day-long conference at the White House will convene people from across the country, including representatives from stateRead… Read more »
Melbourne Metro, a transit service based in Australia, has been successfully using social media to educate the public about safety around trains. Last year they produced this video called Dumb Ways to Die starring a cast of cute little characters and a catchy tune. Dumb Ways to Die Video And now Melbourne Metro has releasedRead… Read more »
The holiday shortened week got off to a good start, but things flattened out mid-week, and fell apart in late afternoon trading on Friday turning a positive week into a negative one. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through May 31, including the final returns for May. The S&P 500 has pulledRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Here we go again. Another NGEN delay. The program office announced this week that they have “re-entered discussions” with the offerors – HP and a team led by CSC. This program has been so long in the making it’s hard to stay positive. By the time anything gets delivered, industry standards willRead… Read more »
I need to blog more often. I’ve known this for some time, and wanted to get an apology out to anyone who follows this page. After chastisement duly administered by a certain dear Spanish friend, I am finally taking steps to increase the rate of blog posts on this little cul-de-sac. (Said chastisement occurred fiveRead… Read more »