IT departments in government oftentimes have systems they are already using to manage voting, agendas, and minutes in the public meeting process. If your agency wants to retain these tools AND add a new layer of transparency with video, Granicus has the solution for you! Read our latest blog post to see how the CityRead… Read more »
Welcome to another blog. I am a retired Senior Executive (GSA) and the author of a recently published book, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy. It has been my pleasure to post these blogs. This post is not a book excerpt but a chapter which didn’t make the final cutRead… Read more »
(or or: Why you should join Twitter / start a blog immediately) Note: This post contains GCPEDIA links only accessible within the Government of Canada network. Blogging about blogging. How meta can you get? Not long ago, I made the acquaintance of a young, energized public servant. I was impressed by their1 enthusiasm, imagination, expressionRead… Read more »
I decided to check out Summify after noting a few people in my community making use of the application. Summify is attempting to make it faster for you to find the most important news, as they note on their home page: “Summify automatically identifies the most important news stories for you across all of yourRead… Read more »
I always emphasize the importance of networking for job search, especially in fields that tend to be tight-knit or don’t have the resources to do lots of recruiting at big events or on big job boards, like small and mid-size nonprofit or governmental organizations. The idea is to develop relationships with people in your fieldRead… Read more »
How does a blogger find a rich vein to write about? When I was building an open source software company, Dana Blankenhorn, the open source blogger, was my mentor. Time after time he would post something that was exactly what I needed to know. I read and met people he identified, went to meetings heRead… Read more »
I can pretty quickly, without looking at an org chart, figure out who the leaders are in an organization. How can I tell? Leaders think, speak and act differently than regular members of a group. Leaders are thinkers and doers. They see a problem, come up with a solution, then take action. They demonstrate theyRead… Read more »
Have you ever worked for someone who lived by the mantra “We’ve never done it that way and we’re not going to start now.”? If you work for the Federal government, it’s likely that you have. Oddly enough, there still remain many civil service employees across the Nation with more than 30 years of service.Read… Read more »
I have received some great comments and excellent feedback on my previous iPad related posts. Thanks to everyone who visited my blog here or on govloop and provided comments and expressed interest. Apparently a lot of you are interested in the iPad. Who woulda thunk it. Either many of you share my love of allRead… Read more »
I recently did a pretty severe pruning of my feeds in Google Reader. I was so far behind that I just could not keep up and, like many others, feel that if something is important, somehow it will find me. I did keep a few dozen feeds though and was tempted to write a postRead… Read more »