GovLoop Member of the Week – Mary Davie, GSA’s Assistant Commissioner, Office of Assisted Acquisition Services, Federal Acquisition Service

When I am asked for best practice examples of how GovLoop is accelerating knowledge exchange and breaking down traditional barriers that hinder interagency communication, I immediately cite Mary Davie. A few months ago, Mary launched the Acquisition 2.0 group with the following comment: “Would love to hear from gov and industry – best practices andRead… Read more »

“You are Brilliant and the World is Hiring” – Paul Hawken

It’s easy to get tunnel vision and this commencement speech by Paul Hawken can reset the “what’s really important” perspective button. From the overall theme – YOU ARE BRILLIANT AND THE WORLD IS HIRING – to the concluding paragraph, “the most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. Hopefulness only makesRead… Read more »

Career Advice: Why Initiative Beats Inertia

Originally posted by Lily Whiteman on thegovgurus.com: Even if you have the best boss in the world, you will never be more than your boss’s second most important priority. Indeed, no matter how kind and caring your boss is, how much camaraderie you share with your colleagues and how loving your family is, you’re theRead… Read more »

“A Federal Family Portrait” and “Reaching Generation C”

This past week, I delivered a couple presentations at the 2009 American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition. Below are the slide decks. After you’ve had a chance to peruse them, I’d be interested in getting your feedback on a couple key question that arose in all of my sessions: 1.Read… Read more »

Is “Govtube” in Our Future?

In February of 2005, a couple of guys went to a dinner party and shot some videos. After the party they wanted to share the videos and realized there wasn’t an easy way to do this (at least this is how the story was said to have started). They guys saw a need and YoutubeRead… Read more »

GovLoop Member of Week – Steve Lunceford of GovTwit and Deloitte

Steve Lunceford is one of the many great people I’ve met through GovLoop. Originally we met online through GovLoop but have been able to meet up in person a few times and even co-host a sweet podcast called Gov 2.0 Radio. I thought I’d use this chance to pick his brain….so here we go. SoRead… Read more »

Federal Web 2.0 Virtual Podium Series – Final Webinar of the Series – this Wednesday @1pm EDT!

In case you haven’t heard about the Young AFCEA Bethesda Chapter Federal 2.0 Webinar series, the final webinar to wrap up the series is this Wednesday @1pm EDT! The topic is – Diplomacy in the Information Age — Working Toward Enterprise 2.0 at the State Department Speakers include: * Bruce G. Burton, Senior Advisor, OfficeRead… Read more »

How to Go From 4 to 400 LinkedIn Group Members in 4 Months

As someone who is studying the intersection of social media and generational diversity in the workforce (with an emphasis on the public and social sectors), I am intrigued by a couple key questions right now: What drives people to become engaged in social media? What are the decisive moments or key motivations that move aRead… Read more »

Sweet Gov Tweets – Wednesday May 27th

EllnMllr : RT @danmintz: RT @cheeky_geeky: Have you heard about the NY State Government BarCamp yet? http://capitolcamp.org #gov20 gahlord : The CDC shares it’s web analytics data report: ttp://cli.gs/govmetrics #opengov #usa danmintz : RT @cheeky_geeky: Have you heard about the NY State Government BarCamp yet? http://capitolcamp.org #gov20 govloop : On GovLoop: Leading Without the TitleRead… Read more »

Un-marketing and Gov 2.0

With the wildfire growth of social media tools the buzz out there around any person/institution/company/product/etc is growing. Given this, the promotion ways of the past need to be reexamined. Simply pushing your company/product/institution/self out there without room for feedback, engagement, or participation doesn’t work as well as it did in years past when the publicRead… Read more »

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