The Wolves Inside Me
Our language keeps us negative, particularly when it comes to words that carry emotion. Of the most common words people use to convey emotion in the English language, 70% of them are negative.
Communications
What Does Your Personal Brand Tell The World About You?
Are your colleagues and managers wondering who you are? Do you have a brand? And, if you have one, are you sure it’s what you want it to be?
4 Steps to Win Awards
Winning an award is a prestigious career highlight and bragging point that you and/or your team should share with pride. We at GovLoop are proud to announce that we recently won Bronze in the Chief Learning Officer’s 2015 Learning in Practice Award for Excellence in Social Learning. **brushes shoulders off** But this post isn’t aboutRead… Read more »
7 Fun Halloween Costume Ideas Inspired by Government
Halloween is nearly here. Don’t let choosing a Halloween costume scare you. There’s costume inspiration everywhere—including in government.
Just Say It: 3 Easy Tips for Communicating In Plain Language
Ever go back and forth with someone via email three or four times, only to be frustrated that they don’t understand you? So you call them and after listening to just a few sentences they say, “Why didn’t you tell me that! NOW I get it.” Write the way you would talk to the person… Read more »
3 Online Tools to Bring Out the Designer in You
Time is of the essence and I’ve found the following tools really useful in helping me tell visual stories without the hassle of complicated software.
10 Tips for Communicating Agency Goals to Your Employees
It’s important that leaders at all levels of an organization effectively communicate these goals with their employees. Clearly defining agency goals helps give employees direction and can energize their efforts if they understand what they are working toward. Here are ten tips on the best ways for communicating and engaging your employees in broader agency… Read more »
Meet GovLoop’s Featured Bloggers!
Read on to meet the new GovLoop Featured Bloggers, who will be posting once a week for the next three months. We’re excited to introduce them to you – and even more excited to read what they’ll be writing about.
Tips to Improve your Technical Writing
There are common standards in writing that should be followed to ensure accurate communication.
Effective Storytelling in 7 Steps
Storytelling predates the written word. Storytelling predates hieroglyphics and it even predates Twitter – seriously. The first orators used storytelling to inform, engage and entertain. But even with all that history, effective storytelling remains elusive for many. One of the reasons the art of storytelling has fallen to the wayside is the emergence of technology.Read… Read more »