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.
Communications
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 »
Out-of-Office: 7 Tips before Vacationing
In a couple of weeks, I’m going on vacation! Being out of the office impacts more people than you might imagine. This week’s posts shares seven tips on what to do before getting away.
That’s All She Wrote: Lessons Learned as a Featured Blogger
Here are some of the lessons I learned over the past three months of blogging.
Skills to Pay the Bills
This week’s post shares three essential skills for all govies
Bringing Design Thinking into Government
Design thinking is so much more than a physical product. It is a way of thinking. For example, if you were asked to design a new vase, you might come up with myriad product designs. But if instead you were asked to design a new way to display flowers in your home, you would likely… Read more »
5 Tips to Make Your Documents Visually Appealing
In the government, we circulate thousands of documents each year. The purposes of these documents vary from helping people apply for services to informing the public about new regulations. But, let’s be honest. The government is not known for disseminating easy to read documents. Fortunately, that is quickly changing as agencies are realizing that to… Read more »