Top 5: Set-Ups for Success Using Social Media for HR

A couple weeks ago, I spoke at the Western Region IPMA-HR Annual Conference in San Diego. The conference theme was “Navigating New Horizons,” so I tried to have some fun with the nautical metaphor, as demonstrated by these slides. NOTE: If you’ve seen my slides before, this is all new material! View more presentations fromRead… Read more »

Top 5 Worst Things To Say In A Meeting

Ever been to a meeting and someone just says something ridiculous. That makes you cringe. Here’s my list of Top 5 worst things to say at a meeting Anybody got any chew? I’d love to take a dip right now…Smokeless tobacco at a meeting…not cool Just one more thing – You know when the meetingRead… Read more »

Notes from the NJ Statehouse

So I spoke at the New Jersey statehouse on GovLoop last week. Here are some notes from the other sessions: -Watched video of Socialnomics -Listening first, selling second -Iran presidential elections -State Department sent social media experts to Russia for diplomatic piece -Mexico- use Twitter to talk about locations where violence has occurred -PR andRead… Read more »

In a Wordle: “I work for the government because…”

When members join GovLoop, they complete the statement “I work for the government because…” In honor of Public Service Recognition Week, I pulled your responses together in the Wordle below. What stands out to you? You can see similar responses in Steve’s “Why Do You Serve? Video Edition” based on videos we captured of peopleRead… Read more »

Why Do You Serve? Video Edition

We told you earlier this week that the GovLoop team would be out Thursday on the National Mall to celebrate Public Service Recognition Week. While we were out and about mixing it up with some important (well they’re all important) public servants we decided to ask them why they chose public service and what wasRead… Read more »

“Flash Mob” Insights on Open Government

This morning I attended a great session at the Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington, DC, led my Amanda Eamich and Karen Malkin, both of the USDA. They broke out session participants into three groups based on the Open Gov pillars – collaboration, participation and transparency. As we split up, it felt a bitRead… Read more »

Meet the Gov Mascot: #10 – Uncle Sam

It’s Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) this week and GovLoop is teaming up with the Partnership for Public Service to promote PSRW by running a special series called “Meet the Government Mascot.” Each day we’ve been introducing you to a new mascot, then we’ll run a contest on May 6-8 where you can vote forRead… Read more »