Dress Rehearsals: Because Practice Makes Perfect
Here are a few tips to make dress rehearsals part of your presentation preparation.
Communications
The General’s Red Pen: My Plain Language Beginnings
You know how some people like crossword or jigsaw puzzles? Editing is the same thing.
3 Steps to Starting a Sustainable Social Media Program
For a sustainable social media presence, you need to empower your agency’s staff to make social media part of their everyday communications strategy. Here’s how.
Want GovLoop to Write About You? Here’s Our 2016 Editorial Calendar
In 2016, we’re looking to expand the reach of folks we interview for our guides. In short: we want to hear from you! If you think you have a great case study or success story from your agency or organization that should be featured in a GovLoop guide, and you’re willing to be interviewed about… Read more »
Meet GovLoop’s Featured Bloggers!
Last month, we put out a call for our seventh round of GovLoop Featured Bloggers – and you responded with amazing enthusiasm. Around 100 people from all walks of government and industry life sent in great ideas for posts, about everything from technology challenges in city government to using Twitter to monitor food safety in your city.Read… Read more »
How to Be a Better Blogger
It’s more than polishing your grammar or devising the listicle to end all listicles. Being a better blogger is about focusing on quality and a devotion to your reader.
5 Ways Local Government is Transforming the Citizen Experience With Communications
We have a world in which citizens find it easier to compare pubs than public schools, to compare hotels than hospitals. It’s a missed opportunity for governments not only to improve the lives of the people they serve, but also to demonstrate their value and increase civic engagement.
The Basics of Assertive Communication
Assertive behavior is described as standing up for one’s rights without violating the rights of others. The goal of assertion is to find a mutual solution and give straight communication. Behaving with appropriate assertion increases the likelihood of success in human interaction.
Is Government Listening To Its Citizens?
Why do governments at all levels make it so difficult for those affected by policy decisions to affect those decisions?
Is “Writing a Book” on Your Bucket List?
Not where you want to be in life? The great thing is that the next five years can be completely different from the last five, if you make a few changes now.