From our friends at The World Cafe: the world cafe””>”World Cafe Online Services partner weDialogue””>WeDialogue is launching a series of free, interactive public conversations called conversations for the 21st century””>Conversations for the 21st Century. These events will be telephone-based and use a World Cafe format. Each will focus on a different topic of significance forRead… Read more »
Does anyone else have vivid memories of sitting in a school classroom watching a cartoon which involved animals competing in the olympics in preparation for the real Olympics being held in LA in 1984? I was 7. I spent years trying to find someone else who remembered that cartoon – every time I asked IRead… Read more »
While we should be prepared for all sorts of problems NOAA and FEMA joined forces to started warning people about spring floods. If everyone does this they will be prepared or partialy prepared for other problems like rain storms, hurricanes, blackouts, etc. How? The basics are teh BASICS! Flashlight, alternate place to go, camping stove,Read… Read more »
The good folks over at Sustainable Industries recently published an article about Buildingrating.org. Buildingrating.org is a clearinghouse for green building policies and measurement practices. In just a few minutes on the site, we used the Policy Map tool to find out how Kansas implemented a law in 2007 that requires all residential single-family (and someRead… Read more »
HOLMAN ON THE FEC. In Roll Call. “After April, all but one of the six commissioners on the Federal Election Commission will be sitting with expired terms. Half the commission had their terms expire two years ago.” SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION EVENT ON LOBBYING REFORMS. I enjoyed listening to yesterday’s lobbying reform event on the Hill withRead… Read more »
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) estimates that fare evasion on buses costs $14 million in lost revenues a year, but enforcement is minimal. Original post
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is weeks away from implementing a new system to provide service alerts for its commuter rail riders. Original post
I wrote a short article for the Pink Line Project on the DCist Exposed Photography Show. It’s a really neat event. DC photogs submit their photos and then the best are selected for a show at Long View Gallery. I had a photo in the first year of the show. It was awesome seeing oneRead… Read more »
A few weeks ago, there were only four shredding events on our calendar at www.atg.wa.gov/shredathon.aspx. Add a zero to that. Original post
Most organizations promote people based on technical knowledge, seniority, etc. They almost never (at least in my experience) provide training or assessment for new managers on how to manage properly. Managing people effectively is a unique skill set, and often doesn’t require that a manager have the in-depth technical knowledge of the team. If theRead… Read more »