Cheap Training Tip #2: A Picture is Worth a Bunch of Words

What’s your Leadership Brand? I used this activity mid-way through a leadership program to give participants an opportunity to evaluate their strengths and leadership qualities. The premise is simple: each of us has a unique “brand” or style of leadership. Of course what we may “think” our style of leadership is and what others seeRead… Read more »

Government Web Conference

I vow not to miss next years Gov’t Web conference (on now at GWU). In the interest of opengov, I’d be happy to be a rep from Canada! Following the session #Govwebcon on Twitter – congrats on a tremendous event. M.

Corporate/Government Training Classes

Taken any training classes recently? Being in IT we take classes every year to keep abreast of the new technology, even if it’s only to learn a new Microsoft operating system that will be gone in three years. We also get management courses. How to manage people, projects, time, whatever. The instructors aren’t called “instructors”Read… Read more »

Feds gear up

There’s been plenty of quick action so far to ratchet up the government’s response to the swine flu outbreak. It’s all over the federal government – There are websites from multiple federal agencies. Congress is planning emergency hearings this week on the outbreak and government command centers have been enacted to keep track of andRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Gender Pay Gap in Federal Workforce Narrows

The pay gap between male and female federal government employees has closed significantly in the last 20 years as workers have become more alike in education, experience, and the occupations they hold, according to a report to be released today by the Government Accountability Office. Women earned 89 cents for every dollar earned by theirRead… Read more »

Chinese/ChiCom (ChiCom = Chinese Communist) Cyber-warfare Info.

Hello, I have occasionally found some interesting information that I thought other people in the different parts of the U.S. Gov’t.(Including State/County/Local) & possibly the Business or Education sectors should know about also, such as the Chinese (Civilian &/or Gov’t.) cyber-warfare issues that are coming to light. These IT issues are not limited to exploitationsRead… Read more »

One of the great things about Web 2.0 is the ability to move in almost real time. To respond with changes to changing events. The main page of US Dept of HHS has been redesigned to cover both avian and swine flu. http://www.pandemicflu.gov/index.html Wednesday’s webinar on State and local pandemic planning has changed to coverRead… Read more »