Daniel W. Yohannes is the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. foreign aid agency that works to promote poverty reduction in developing countries through economic growth. Prior to this role, Yohannes worked in banking and economic development for more than thirty years. A native of Ethiopia, Yohannes is also an active philanthropistRead… Read more »
Katherine Kennedy (Washington, DC) — Brands with a genuine “cool factor” or a hip CEO have no problem drawing fashionable tastemakers to their social events. But other brands, particularly in the public and volunteer sectors, have valid and interesting causes and missions but must work harder to draw an influential crowd to their digital orRead… Read more »
In an announcement made earlier this week, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell unveiled a revamped website for business owners and potential entrepreneurs looking to start a business in the Commonwealth. The governor said the new website is designed to be the one and only stop for interested businesses. Virginia Business One Stop combines the needed formsRead… Read more »
Wishing everyone the best on this Chinese New Year. Visit the Holiday Spot website for a history of this holiday. 2011 is the year of the rabbit on the Chinese calendar. Happy New Year! Original post
The report “Connecting Communities: The impact of broadband on communities in the UK and its implications for Australia” by Dr Tim Williams was was launched with a talk at the National Press Club in Canberra today at 12 noon. The report was sponsored by Huawei and draws lessons from the UK for Australia. Available areRead… Read more »
“Don’t tell me how to think!” I’m sure at some point you’ve heard someone sputtering this in anger. But you won’t hear it from successful leaders. Why? Because they opened their minds to learn how to think. Specifically, they have learned how to do integrative thinking. These leaders have trained themselves to hold two opposingRead… Read more »
In today’s Federal Diary, Washington Post Columnist Joe Davidson makes reference to Federally Employed Women’s recent publication “Federal Workers Keep America Running: Every Hour of Every Day”. http://few.org/docs/FederalWorkers.pdf What’s your take on Feds Keep America Running? This just scratches the surface, but provides food for thought on the services feds provide that so many AmericansRead… Read more »
How to Succeed as a Proposal Consultant: Get More Work, Higher Pay, and Better Clients (http://bit.ly/h2S3nK) webinar series start on February 8th, 2011. This is a three-class webinar series on how to succeed as a consultant in the proposal field: capture management, proposal management and coordination, proposal writing, graphics, desktop publishing, editing, orals coaching, andRead… Read more »
This isn’t necessarily government related, but it is mostly definitely GovLoop Founder-related. ScienceforCitizens.net is collaborating with a climate research project at the University of Waterloo called Snow Tweets. To help researchers track climate change, we’re requesting that people find a ruler, go outside, and measure the depth of snow wherever they happen to be. Then,Read… Read more »
Join us for a fantastic learning and networking opportunity with current and future public servants on the theme of Government 2.0.! This event was created because we wanted to facilitate linkages between w2p and graduate students of public administration. Many of them will be joining our ranks in the coming years, so this is aRead… Read more »