Today I read a great article about digital citizenship, Digital Citizenship and the Forward Edge Transference, written by Mike Langlois, LICSW. In his post, Langlois discusses many similarities between online and offline behavior. This was interesting to me because as a local government employee, I’ve also recognized many similarities between offline communities and online spaces.Read… Read more »
About a year ago Corning amazed us with a fantastic thought piece on how advanced visualization capabilities might fit in our daily lives. The powerful video they produced is here at: Corning Helps Us All Think Through Our Requirements And Capabilities. They recently released a continuation of their vision titled “A Day Made of GlassRead… Read more »
So this weekend I’m in Joplin, MO for the Joplin Hackathon put together byCivicPlus and City of Joplin. The goal of the event is to create a new digital townhall for the City in time to release for the 1-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado. Here is their current websitewe are going to improve overRead… Read more »
I had the honor of meeting Hans Rosling briefly at TEDxSummit. Now it’s time you listened to him. Original post
Just heard about this funding opportunity in Everyday Democracy‘s e-newsletter… EvDem introduced it like this in their newsletter: If you’re looking for funds to improve rural communities’ capacity to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or economic and community development, check out the Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. Here’s some text from theRead… Read more »
Wondering if anyone knows whether or not there exists a young professionals in public service networking group in Minnesota? And if there is none, whether young professionals in public service would be interested in creating such a group?
This afternoon I had the chance to sit in on the Microsoft Virtual Summit and learn some best practices on how to use Microsoft 365. There was a great demo, and there were a lot of features in Microsoft Office 365 suite that I did not know about. As a collaboration tool, I was reallyRead… Read more »
Sometimes the best hack has no coding at all. Hadley Beeman Original post
[Brains] are social-monitoring devices much more than calculators. Mark Earls Original post
After attending the Training Officers Consortium Annual Institute and the Diversity Conference this week, I noticed a lot of conversation centered on the need for innovation. A colleague of mine, Andy Beaulieu wrote this article for our blog and thought you all might enjoy it: Our initial article mentioned taking a systems perspective when itRead… Read more »