From the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations: “National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Summer Internship Program Deadline: March 12, 2012 The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers undergraduate and gr Original post
by Barbara Micale “Bridging academia and the corporate world, Kevin Desouza, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, has written a recently published book looking at the critical role of ideas in the success of any new venture. Intrapreneurship, published by the University of Toronto Press, provides an engaging guide for managers and employees,Read… Read more »
Fabrication is underway for the 20 “genre kiosks” for The Art of Video Games exhibition. The Art of Video Games exhibition opens in less than two months (on March 16, 2012), so things are getting a little hectic around the museum! Early in January, the exhibits team did a round of testing for the 5Read… Read more »
If someone walked up to you and punched you in the stomach, you’d probably react. You’d lash out; you’d walk away; you’d defend yourself. Yet, everyday you come into work, sit down at your desk, power up your pc and get willingly get sucker punched by culture around you. The blow steals your breath, youRead… Read more »
Dear friends, Below (first in english then in a rough french translation – my spoken is much better than my written so I’ve relied on Google translate) is my application letter to attend the April 16-18 Annual Open Government Partnership meeting in Brasilia as a Civil Society Representative. The first reason I’m posting this isRead… Read more »
These were our three most popular posts in January: Response to White House Request for Input: What Are the Most Effective Web Tools for Public Participation? 2012 Event and Conference Radar What Is Public Participation? Thanks for following along, everyone! Original post
The other day I watched a speaker at a conference do exactly what she was supposed to do at the opening of her presentation: she started strong. Instead of boring us with the kind of half-baked opening we all hear too often, (Um, hello, great to be here today, can everyone hear me in theRead… Read more »
Please join us for a SPIA and MI Event: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9 @ 5:30-6:30, 1021 Prince Street, 2nd Floor “Revisiting Nonprofit Advocacy” A talk with Professor Steven Rathgeb Smith University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Public Affairs American University Visiting Professor, School of Public Affairs (Spring 2012) VT’sRead… Read more »
To all members of the CPAP Community: At noon (12pm) on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, I will be giving my concentration lecture at the Thomas Connor House and the lecture will be shown in Northern Virginia via polycom. The lecture will cover preliminary findings related to my dissertation entitled, “Doing the Regulatory Limbo: The MysteriousRead… Read more »
Please join us for a SPIA and MI Event: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9 @ 5:30-6:30, 1021 Prince Street, 2nd Floor “Revisiting Nonprofit Advocacy” A talk with Professor Steven Rathgeb Smith University of Washington, Evans School of Public Affairs Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Public Affairs American University Visiting Professor, School of Public Affairs (Spring 2012) VT’sRead… Read more »