Project Management

Summer Institute on the History of Economics

From The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University: “The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University will be hosting another Summer Institute on the History of Economics this June. The program is designed primarily for students in graduate programs in economics. Students will be competitively selected and successfulRead… Read more »

Summer Institute on the History of Economics

From The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University: “The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University will be hosting another Summer Institute on the History of Economics this June. The program is designed primarily for students in graduate programs in economics. Students will be competitively selected and successfulRead… Read more »

New Member

Hello Everyone, I’d like to introduce myself, my organization, and interests to fellow members. Efficient construction product delivery methods (integrated project delivery/IPD), job order contracting/JOC), construction/renovation/repair/sustainability cost databases, BIM as an integrated process, cloud computing, and facility life-cycle management are my core interests. Our firm’s software and solutions support over 80% of United States AirRead… Read more »

Middle East Dialogue 2012: The Arab Spring and Beyond

The Policy Studies Organization invites you to attend the Middle East Dialogue 2012: The Arab Spring and Beyond. Location: The Whittemore House1526 New Hampshire Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036 Date:Friday, February 24th, 20129:00 am- 5:00pm For full information and the preliminary program click here. Feel free to extend the invitation since we have arranged for freeRead… Read more »

Making Large-Scale Collaborations Effective: Lessons from “Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science”

In 1999, the reigning world chess champion played against 50,000 people through the Internet. Entitled “Kasparov versus the World,” chess players (experts and amateurs) collaborated to play the black pieces while Kasparov alone played the white pieces. Anyone can suggest a move, discuss the moves, and vote on moves. Whichever move received the highest voteRead… Read more »

Advice from A Retired Public Servant

Social Connect via: The public service is good at many things and yet faces challenges in many others. One area of great personal interest is the demographic shift as aging baby boomers retire from the public service. One important element of this retirement is the loss of institutional and corporate knowledge that has the potentialRead… Read more »

Don’t Fall Into the Simple Math Trap: Use the 80% Rule on USAJOBS

I just did a quick search on USAJobs to find out how many positions are currently posted: over 5000! Our natural tendency with that information is often to apply to more positions. Don’t fall into the simple math trap–the more positions I apply to, the better my chances. In my mind, quality trumps quantity 99Read… Read more »

Resources on Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue

This post was submitted by our good friends and long-time NCDD members Len and Libby Traubman… Elie Wiesel said, and we experience: “People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.” We are part of a 19-year-old Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue preparing for its 238th meeting here on the San Francisco Peninsula. ToRead… Read more »

Job Oppty: Communications Officer, Kellogg Foundation

From the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group LLC: “Communications Officer The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (“WKKF”), the nation’s fifth largest foundation and a leading philanthropic foundation partnering with communities to create the conditions vulnerable children need to be successful in school and in life, seeks an innovative and resourceful CommunicationsRead… Read more »