This interview is part of a series on GovLoop called “GovInsights” where we interview and highlight the thoughts and perspectives of professors at who are researching and writing about government issues. This time we talked with, Dr. Patrick Malone is an Executive-in-Residence Professor for the Department of and Policy at American University, in Washington, D.C.Read… Read more »
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Drucker Was Right!! And He Still Is!
Peter Drucker has taught us a lot about the development of management – and by extension, leadership. Here’s his view of what management must do to lead an organization, which he wrote in 1974 (for more, click http://bit.ly/Management_role, beginning at page 39). Management has three tasks of equal importance which it must to create aRead… Read more »
The Interview Process for Tenure-Track Faculty
The Academic Job Search: Faculty If there is any career where you can be “voted off the island,” it is as a college professor. Both of my parents are college professors, and I recently had a great conversation with my dad about the hiring process for tenure-track faculty in colleges and universities. The process I’mRead… Read more »
Beyond Entertainment: The 2011 Games for Health conference kicks off in Boston.
The 7th annual Games for Health conference began today in Boston. This conference is one of several going on now as part of Games Beyond Entertainment Week, organized by Digitalmill, Inc. and is supported by the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Today’s pre-conference line-up did not disappoint – I’m only sorry thatRead… Read more »
5 minute post – when the numbers don’t add up
Some questions. I suspect these won’t make me popular, but someone needs to be asking, I think. Firstly, digital is where it’s at. I know this, I embrace this, though with the usual caveats about digital inclusion. But we’ve got some serious issues. According to a Citizens Panel we ran last year, 7% of ourRead… Read more »
The Two-Step Plan to Write a Screenplay
I won the Film DC Screenwriting Competition in 2006 for my feature-length screenplay, Mount Pleasant. Since then, people have asked me about screenwriting, what software I use, if I took classes, etc… This is my advice on how to write a screenplay. It’s simple, really. Just two steps: Read Write 1. Read My screenwriting journeyRead… Read more »
How Federal Pensions Might Be Targeted
Political Cartoon for Blog Washington Post Reporter Ed O’Keefe discusses how federal pensions might be targeted by a bipartisan fiscal commission: After years of fighting for and against it, the White House and congressional negotiators are seriously discussing the possibility of forcing at least some federal employees to pay more towards their retirement pension. AsRead… Read more »
Can you share some positive or negative experiences with informational interviewing?
I am giving a talk to future civil servants at the JSSA Employment and Career Services. http://getagovjob.eventbrite.com/ I am talking about developing internal champions within the agency they want to work. Richard Nelson Bolles, in “What Color Is Your Parachute” suggests doing research to find needs that the job seeker is uniquely qualified to meet.Read… Read more »
The Growing Need for Information Professionals
AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) is now taking the bold step of introducing a new information management certification for IT and information professionals, and I have below tried to describe the objectives of this new certification. Market Trends A number of trends are converging to dramatically change Enterprise IT: Social – The spreadRead… Read more »
This Friday: Forum on geospatial/place-based public management
Geospatial technology has become a reality of everyday life. We map out locations on Google, send tweets with geotags, and find food trucks nearby (especially the last one). But increasingly, these capabilities are proving to have profound potential for reshaping how government delivers services. With that in mind, the National Academy of Public Administration willRead… Read more »