[I originally posted this on my blog – www.exhilauren.blogspot.com/] If you map the thought patterns of the creatives out there (ie; people with ideas), especially when he/she is in his creative element/moment/inspiration, you might see something like this: photo credit www.mindmapinspiration.com Ah yes. If you can relate, you’ll know that when you’re in this typeRead… Read more »
The 18th annual SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas will be held on March 11-15, 2011. They bill the event as “five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders.” Potential presenters submit panel session proposals, which are sifted and selected for voting.Read… Read more »
As I began to design and construct my web site for The Lab it was important for me to keep social business, social networking, front and center. The conversations that are taking place on Twitter, Facebook, and my blog are equally important to those on my business web site. The solution for my site wasRead… Read more »
A few weeks ago, Mr. GovLoop started blogging for the Huffington Post. We’re pretty jazzed about it and our main goal is to highlight and honor your awesomeness through this increased visibility. For instance, our newest post is titled: “3 Signs That Government is More Innovative Than Ever” Basically, we talk about our new “GovLaunch”Read… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.” Who leads your organization’s social media initiatives? Is it someone who rose up and took the role or is is someone who was assigned that role? Social media isn’t something that can just be assigned to someone any more than you can just assignRead… Read more »
Excerpts translated from: E-government without agitation: research instead of stirring up further Technikhypes 10th August 2010 Author: Prof. Dr. Tino Schuppan The subject of e-Government in Germany is still very much centered on the use of individual IT applications – and with great naivete. The recent hype about the so-called Web 2.0 is a currentRead… Read more »
The first time I met a local turnaround exec, I was introducing myself when she said, “Oh, I know you, Dick. I read your blogs. I’m a lurker.” Here was someone I didn’t know, who knew a lot about me and what I do. Our conversation quickly went to what I could do for her.Read… Read more »
All we are is layer upon layer of who we were: Dan Bevarly: Shaken & Stirred – 21st Century Diplomacy w/Web 2.0 Tom Simonite: Whose Tweets Matter Most? Govistics: Open Data – When Uniformity Becomes a Virtue Terry Starbucker: Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory Terri Jones: Did you bring the map? Three waysRead… Read more »
In a Federal News Radio conversation with reporter Francis Rose and two other guests – Robert Shea, a former OMB executive, and Jon Desenberg, with the Performance Institute – we talked about the Obama Administration’s performance initiatives to date, and the potential implications for agency efforts to measure performance. Shea said “people miss some ofRead… Read more »
ACCESS DENIED!!! 9:00 a.m. EST – It was a beautiful morning in Northern Virginia. Birds were chirping, the sun was shining, the coffee was just the way I liked it, creative juices were optimal, productivity was running at full steam. I finally found a decent embeddable poll for my blog and was ready to testRead… Read more »