Blindly leading conversation can create awkward and sometimes painful blunders There is nobody that loves to hear me talk more than me. I’d love to say it is the effect of years of working as a consultant, but the fact is that even as a kid I was a talker. In fact, one time IRead… Read more »
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Unlocking the Data Act – Plus Your Weekend Reads
Welcome to GovLoop InsightsIssue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead. And,Read… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: January 11, 2013
Gadi Ben-Yehuda In 2013, we’re all growing up a little bit. Smartphones entering that awkward phase? The Google Nexus 4 is too big for some hands (heck, even the iPhone used big hand models in 2007 to make itself look smaller), and yet the 5-inch Galaxy Note sold 10 million units and is spawning aRead… Read more »
CfP: Transformation of Citizenship and Governance in Asia (Special Issue)
Call for Papers (Special Issue) Transformation of Citizenship and Governance in Asia: The Challenges of Social and Mobile Media Guest Editors: Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Nojin Kwak (University of Michigan, USA), Ines Mergel (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University), and Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems, Austria) The proliferation ofRead… Read more »
Great new guide to help schools and communities respond to the Newtown tragedy
How should schools and communities respond to the Newtown tragedy? A great new resource has just been released to help communities engage in discussion and action on school safety and other issues raised by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. We encourage NCDD members to print out copies of this NSPRA guide by Matt Leighninger, andRead… Read more »
Dynamic Facilitation: Ottawa, Pakistan, and Polygamy
This post was submitted by Rosa Zubizarreta of DiaPraxis, an organizational member of NCDD. Contact Rosa at [email protected] if you have questions about this post. “From Conflict to Creative Community: A transformative Dynamic Facilitation learning journey” will be taking place in Ottawa on May 1-3, 2013. Discount available for NCDD members. For a fairly conventionalRead… Read more »
Thinking in the Moment: Three things you should drop everything for and do right now
Recognizing when and what to drop everything for and just do it is a valuable skill In my blog post on “Getting Things Done: Three key takeaways that will change your performance,” I mentioned that one of the biggest takeaways that I had from the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free ProductivityRead… Read more »
Federal Cloud Computing Experiences Slowdown Due to Security
With federal agencies facing a September 10 deadline to report on the details of their cloud computing initiatives, the Office of Management and Budget is increasing pressure to transition appropriate services to less expensive cloud alternatives. Budgetary realities combined with the successes experienced by other agencies, such as with cloud-based invoice managementsoftware for e-procurement, haveRead… Read more »
GSA Expense Management Fiasco Prompts Additional Scrutiny
In the continuing saga of the General Services Administration (GSA), Chief Dan Tangherlini faced the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this week to respond to questions concerning the astounding lack of spend management his agency has shown in recent years, most of which came to light following a lavish April 2010 training conferenceRead… Read more »
My Share of the Task: Stanley McCrystal. Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: For federal leaders sometimes it’s hard to focus on what they can actually control. They get bogged down in abstracts and politics. Tom Fox from the Partnership for Public Service says that should top this list for New Years Resolutions for leaders. Click here for the full recap. But up front:Read… Read more »