I saw an interesting article, the Best Kept Secrets of Successful Business People, but found many of its ideas fit anyone who seeks success. And there is a purely selfish reason they are kept secret. However, the question for trainers is: Can you train someone to be successful? I have to answer: Not really. IRead… Read more »
Neal was telling me about his most prized Christmas present. His kids had given him a book of the best scientific essays of the past year. Short, a couple of pages per thought, he was enthralled. He was relishing the wonder of several pounds of other species that live on and in our bodies, how,Read… Read more »
Top 5 way to Successfully “Do Lunch” At some point, you will have a lunch business meeting. Whether this is sitting with a superior to discuss your career or a potentially ally that you need to convince, a lot can be accomplished. However, there is an art to the business lunch. Here are my topRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: As the world has become dependent on IT, so has the federal government. Leveraged effectively, technical tools can engage the public, create cost savings, and improve outcomes. These benefits are obscured by regular reminders that federal IT is fundamentally flawed. It is too big to succeed,” said Zachary Bastian. Find outRead… Read more »
I recently co-founded an organization called OpenOakland with Code for America alumni Eddie Tejeda. One of our passions was that we both believe that government can and should be much more than a vending machine. It’s no secret that current local governments have a ton of changing to do, but we think it is unlikelyRead… Read more »
Join Y.O.U.N.G. AFGE for its annual meeting and happy hour at this year’s Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference. Email [email protected] if you’re interested in attending. For more information on this year’s Legislative Conference please visit http://www.afge.org//Index.cfm?Page=LegislativeConference. (You will need to log in to the AFGE website to access the information.) Filed under: Events, Trainings, Uncategorized,Read… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Terracotta offers novel solutions to speed enterprise software Note: excerpted from Terracotta’s blog (here). In the last few posts, we have outlined how in-memory solutions are being adopted in industries such as financial services, travel & logistics, and big pharma to overcome many kinds of Big Data challenges. Here I’d like to shareRead… Read more »
The complex Administrative Law Judge application may open up in 2013. Get ready by attending a free webinar with ALJ Experts from The Resume Place, Inc. From Social Security appeals, whistle blower fraud, and compensation claims, to utility rate findings and animal welfare enforcement proceedings, Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) handle a wide range of casesRead… Read more »
Reblogged from Building the Marketplace for Cities: With participation, open source and shared practice the buzz words of city governance as we kick off 2013, LLGA offers cities the perfect opportunity to share what they’ve been doing with their global peers. Whilst municipalities have a duty to explain how they’ve been spending public funds andRead… Read more »
As the world has become dependent on information technology (IT), so has the federal government and its constituencies. Leveraged effectively, technical tools can engage the public, create cost savings, and improve outcomes. These benefits are obscured by regular reminders that federal IT is fundamentally flawed. It is too big to succeed,” said Zachary Bastian. TheRead… Read more »