The essay below has been selected as one of the 15 finalists for the GovLoop and NASPAA Scholarship program. To vote, simply sign in to your GovLoop account (Not a member yet? Sign up for free now!) and then click the big ‘Awesome’ button at the bottom of the post. Everyone is encouraged to voteRead… Read more »
The essay below has been selected as one of the 15 finalists for the GovLoop and NASPAA Scholarship program. To vote, simply sign in to your GovLoop account (Not a member yet? Sign up for free now!) and then click the big ‘Awesome’ button at the bottom of the post. Everyone is encouraged to voteRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. The University of Tennessee – Chattanooga is known for being a large metropolitan college with a beautiful campus. It is not generally known for its emergency preparedness, but it should be. When most people think of campus safety and security, they think of the traditional blue-light alarm systems installed atRead… Read more »
Do you agree with GTRA on why VanRoekel is the TYPE OF LEADER we need?http://gtra.org/blogging/why-vanroekel-is-the-type-of-leader-we-need.html
Http://LeonardSipes.Com “Connecting America: Building Resilience with Social Media” from the Center for National Policy in Washington, D.C. is an interesting read about the post 9/11 world and the growth of social media. The focus is on emergency response to tragedies. The premise of the 26 pages can be summarized by stating that social media canRead… Read more »
Hey Everyone! Happy Friday – most of you have the day off and I am very jealous. Today’s Fab Five is sort of a mixed bag. Quote of the Day: Comes from a discussion thread about the Worst Email Subject Line You Have Ever Received, which I wrote – and thought this response was great!Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Gov 2.0 in San Francisco. Jay Nath, whom you should be following on Twitter, has a piece in the National Civic Review titled “Reimagining Government in the Digital Age.” In it, he details what Gov 2.0 has meant for his city, San Francisco, and what it can mean in local governments around theRead… Read more »
One wonderful idea submitted for Developing Solutions Camp is ‘Feeling Local’. The idea is to aggregate news feeds from social media for a given geographical area and analyse the sentiments to determine whether the prevailing mood for that area is happy or sad. How best to use it The originator of the idea is confidentRead… Read more »
See you next week in Santa Clara! Next week, I’m attending and speaking at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara. I’ve attended many social media conferences over the years and have posted several times about my experiences at these events.While the vast majority of people I meet at these conferences are highly intelligent, ambitious,Read… Read more »
Jimmy Valentine, the famous safecracker, would sandpaper his fingertips before commencing to winkle open a safe. Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five. Yesterday I committed my first successful Hangout, Google Plus videoconference. Just like AT&T predicted in the fifties, only in color…with a bigger screen! Zack,Read… Read more »