Miscellaneous

The Pew Trusts Measure Transportation Investments

The Pew Trusts have put together 50 transportation investment fact sheets divided into six categories. There’s good reason to evaluate the policy; Pew estimates that states spent a combined $131 billion on transportation in 2010. The goal of this assessment of the 50 states and Washington, DC, is to identify which are doing the bestRead… Read more »

New Hire Tips on Being Social

New job means new work friends and a larger network. Sometimes finding the right networking events can seem daunting, but lucky for you…you have made an important step in the right direction by being on GovLoop! There are many different opportunities in many different areas of the globe….here are a few places to start: 1)Read… Read more »

Under the Microscope: Dissecting the Georgia Anti-Obesity Campaign

This is a post that my friend/colleague Fran Melmed of [context communication] wrote recently, dissecting Georgia’s media campaign around childhood obesity. I really enjoyed how it was broken down and wanted to share with you all – with permission from Fran, of course (who by the way, enjoys lowercase writing). the georgia children’s health allianceRead… Read more »

5 minute post – out of chaos comes order

Out of chaos comes order. I sometimes wonder if the reverse is true too. That in the pursuit of order, health and safety, ticking boxes and ensuring everyone runs to the same hours, the same lunch breaks, the same commuter corridors, whether we have eliminated any space for chaos, and for the switch in mentalRead… Read more »

GovLooper’s – Please Assist in a survey for a new Course

I am currently working on a new and exciting project at AIIM. I am curious to know what you would be interested in buying as courseware if we were to offer additional training and certification under our educational programs. I would like to know if you would be interested in certain topics. As such, IRead… Read more »

Digital engagement workshop in Peterborough on 25th May

Just a quick reminder about this event folks – there’s a few places still available. All the details are here: http://kindofdigital.com/pboro25may/ It will be a great day, I promise. Possibly related posts: Digital engagement workshop, Peterborough, 25th May Some Kind of Digital posts Here comes Noot – the public sector social business tool Micro-participation projectRead… Read more »