At GovLoop, we pride ourselves on our community. There are over 250,000 of you — government employees, industry partners, and knowledge experts — who are extremely engaged. You comment on nearly a thousand posts and discussions each month. You talk to each other in the comments about your experiences, dreams and tips. You share your ideas, and inspire one another to be better and do more in the public sector.
Many of you are also prolific GovLoop bloggers. You write about everything from open source in your agency, to best leadership practices, to innovation in government. We here at GovLoop love your blog posts (we’re sort of obsessed with them, actually), and look forward to the new, great contributions we know we’ll be seeing every day.
And it’s exactly because your contributions to GovLoop are so terrific, and so valuable, that we’re looking to expand on them. Today, we’re announcing the eighth round of the GovLoop Featured Blogger Challenge.
We’ve already had a very successful seven runs of this program with nearly 100 amazing GovLoop Featured Bloggers (whose posts you can read here) and we’re looking to keep the momentum going with a bunch of fresh, fascinating new voices who can write about everything from the best way to hold a meeting in the government to how to create the most effective individual development plan.
The details: We’re looking for 15 (or more!) great GovLoop voices to blog once a week for the GovLoop community for three months starting in mid-April. We want you to write about subjects you think are important — from experiences at your agency, to the way big data is impacting your job, to tips on how to increase fed engagement — really, anything that strikes your fancy. If it’s important to you, it’s important to us, and we want it on GovLoop.
What’s in it for you? A lot (we think — but we’re biased!). In addition to having your writing read by our community of 250,000, you’ll get:
- A featured homepage slot on GovLoop every time you post
- Promotion of your posts to our social network communities (and we’ll promote your handles, too)
- Recognition of your efforts and status via a special GovLoop Featured Blogger banner
- A package of free GovLoop swag (t-shirts, stickers, and more)
- Great published clips, and a great line on your resume
- A free, half-hour career counseling and resume review session with GovLoop founder Steve Ressler
- Feedback, writing tips and blog guidance from our Director of Content
If you’re interested in entering, it’s easy. All you have to do is email [email protected] with three blog post ideas, a writing sample, and your background. Please use the subject line “GovLoop Featured Blogger.”
Any questions? Leave a comment on this post, or tweet @GovLoop. We look forward to your ideas, thoughts, and content, and can’t wait to see what comes next.
We’ll be accepting applications until April 13th. Those chosen as featured bloggers will be notified April 15th. Featured bloggers will need to start writing once a week starting the week of April 25th and will finish their stint in mid-June.
I have been developing my own professional development blog. If chosen as a featured blogger for GovLoop, could I cross post to my blog?
Yes, that’d be fine!
Can only Federal Government pros enter? OR are State & Local considered, too?
All government levels are encouraged to apply! GovLoop serves state, local and federal govies and other public sector folks. There is a misperception out there that we are only federal-focused but that couldn’t be more wrong. Check out this upcoming webinar for just one example! http://direct.govloop.com/beyond-state-local
How would you describe the job roles of your audience? Is the audience mostly from IT (tech-focused), or program (service-delivery-focused)? Thanks!
It’s a big mix. A recent survey indicates our reading audience is really across all types of jobs. That said, we do think people mostly come here to find ways to advance in their career and become more successful in their jobs, as well as hear how people in other government organizations are getting stuff done in cool ways. Hope that helps!