Susan Clark says the idea of comparing local democracy to the Slow Food movement came to her while working in her garden. And, why not? Just as many cooks and food lovers have become more intimately involved in local food production, Susan and co-author Woden Teachout saw an opportunity to help citizens sow and growRead… Read more »
With three months still to go, people are already talking about the European elections on social media. But will social media actually make a difference? And, perhaps more importantly, can we get beyond speculation and measure the impact of social media on the 2014 European elections? In this post, I’m going to take a briefRead… Read more »
I had an interesting conversation via Twitter with @hughstephens of Dialogue Consulting on Friday regarding how and when different consultation and engagement tools should be used by government. His view was that online surveys should not be the default consultation method for government, Possibly going to be controversial by saying that online surveys should NOTRead… Read more »
Ukraine, Syria, South Sudan, Venezuela, Iraq, Egypt — all divided by deadly violence resulting from dissatisfaction with government. Scotland and Catalonia — two most prominent sub national regions conducting succession referendums based on dissatisfaction with government. Walonia, Basque, Quebec, Tibet, — most well known regions with active separatist movements. Colorado & California — states withRead… Read more »
Stocks were mixed last week with the Dow and S&P 500 (C-fund) posting minor weekly losses, while the small caps and the I-fund posted nice gains. Bonds (F-fund) were up slightly, but still beat the G-fund. Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns through Friday, February 21… The S&P 500 (SPY /Read… Read more »
If you’ve ever sat down with a bowl of popcorn to watch the Devil Wear’s Prada or Office Space you know what fearful bosses look like. These are the boss that strike terror into their employees, a simple email can trigger a wave of despair. As a government leader you don’t want to be thatRead… Read more »
By Guest Blogger: Ray Bjorklund, President, BirchGrove Consulting LLC As a business developer, you follow the money. You trek toward the customers that spend money and the customers that spend the most. Discretionary spending authority, appropriated by Congress, is your bellwether. As an experienced business developer, you follow that portion of the budget authority intendedRead… Read more »
If a tree falls in the forest and no one notices does it make a sound? The same same concept is true in the Twitterverse. If you tweet your Congressman and they don’t notice, does your tweet even make a difference? David Moore is the Executive Director of the Non-Profit Participatory Politics Foundation. Moore andRead… Read more »
Originally published at cpsrenewal.ca I first met Bob Chartier a few years ago in Calgary. We shared a stage at an event put on by the National Managers Community at the Fairmont hotel. I was the opening act, there to speak about how technology was changing government. He was the main attraction, there to speakRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda On the other hand. . . FCW reports that “U.S. ranks sixth in use of digital government” while FedTech takes “A Look at NASA’s Innovative, Secure Mobility Strategy.” These two themes are reconciled, kind of, in a second FCW article, “Time to raise networking expectations in government“ The power of social media isRead… Read more »