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The Shutdown Startup

Hey there GovLoop Community – I’d like to introduce you to the Shutdown Startup. If the federal government shuts down, thousands of passionate public servants will be kept from their full-time jobs. But that doesn’t mean we can no longer serve. In the event of a shutdown, we’re committing to volunteer with non-profit organizations throughoutRead… Read more »

BEWARE the Facebook Comment Plug-in!

If you haven’t heard the news, Facebook has made changes to its comment plug-in. Whether or not you have anything to do with managing an official Facebook page, if you have a Facebook profile and comment on blogs you need to study up. I read about the changes this morning on Mashable (video interview withRead… Read more »

Information Technology for Management

“Information Technology for Management: Improving Performance in the Digital Economy” (by Efraim Turban Efraim Turban (Author) › Visit Amazon’s Efraim Turban Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author Are you an author? Learn about Author Central Original post

TransportationCamp East and the Future of Transportation

This weekend is TransportationCamp East, a two-day unconference in NYC about urban transportation and technology. In leading up to the (un)conference, I’ve been doing some thinking about what the future of transportation in urban areas is, or should be. (See Microtransportation is the Future of Getting Around in Cities, Want to Revolutionize Traffic? Open aRead… Read more »

Growing the Social Investment Market

The UK Cabinet Office white paper on Growing the Social Investment Market is indeed a visionary document, laying out a framework for how government will be re-engineered wholesale to make it more socially conscious and dynamic. This will institutionalize the ability for society as a whole to offer a much needed ‘Hand Up’ to thoseRead… Read more »

IBM, Esri launch municipal location-based analytics pilot projects

IBM is helping cities become more efficient by visualizing and analyzing their physical and digital assets in real-time using location-based analytics. The company intends to do this with two municipal pilot projects in Wilmington, North Carolina and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The cities will use IBM software and embedded sensors to examine their infrastructure and operationsRead… Read more »

Applause

When I go to a meeting and it’s time to applaud, I applaud. I often get the group started, as everyone is hanging, waiting for a cue. I’ve given up wondering if starting the applause is politically correct, over egoed, or disruptive. I start the applause because it increases meeting velocity, supports the presenter, andRead… Read more »

Online, Interactive Digital Engagement Governance – a.k.a. Approaching Social Media Governance as a Method

This will be the first in an ongoing set of entries about Interactive Digital Engagement Governance. Contact me or Navigation Arts in McLean, VA for more information, or for ideas regarding planning and implementing such a methodology at your organization. The concept of governance isn’t new at all to organizations building websites, whether inside (asRead… Read more »