Originally posted on codeforamerica.org From February 24 through March 4, passionate citizens around the country will come together to “Code Across America” — to make their cities even better. In over a dozen cities, there will be hackathons to build civic apps, “brigades” to deploy existing apps, unconferences to plan for the year ahead, andRead… Read more »
Please join GovLoop and Oracle at the Improving Efficiency in the Cloud Roundtable on February 28th at District Architecture Center As many of you know, the cloud is quickly becoming a viable solution for agencies to share information, improve operational efficiency, increase transparency, and strengthen service delivery. Attendees at the Improving Efficiency in the CloudRead… Read more »
Hi All – Hope you had a safe and happy new year, I did, despite accidentally (read: foolishly) putting my car into a snow bank on New Year’s Eve, but that is a story for another time. I figured I should take the time to share a couple of upcoming events (listed by date) thatRead… Read more »
Top virtual industry experts and practitioners will share their knowledge at the Virtual Edge Summit 2012, helping accelerate digital strategy. Experts from Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), O’Reilly, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM and others among speakers. Anyone going?
With increased budget pressures and constraints on our schedules with expanding workloads, finding time to attend a face-to-face event is difficult. Not that there are many face-to-face events anymore: studies show that 60% of US marketers are planning to increase their spend on virtual events while 42% plan to decrease their spend around physical eventsRead… Read more »
This is my twice yearly public service blog about Restaurant Week in DC (August 15 – 21). Do you take advantage of this? Restaurant Week takes place twice a year, once in the frigid cold of the post-holidays and then again in the dog days of August. Times when diners are likely to be few.Read… Read more »
Keep checking our Events page to see the trade shows and recruitment events that MEP will be attending or exhibiting in 2011. We hope to meet you soon!
We are excited to have Laura Godfrey, Manager of GobiernoUSA.gov, joining us at out next Reaching Latinos Online event on June 9th at 6pm. Laura will discuss GobiernoUSA’s efforts to make the site more mobile-friendly. Among the issues she will address are: How Hispanics are using the mobile Internet Which segments of the Hispanic populationRead… Read more »
The other day, this promising-looking conference popped up on my radar: Collective Intelligence 2012. From the site (emphasis mine): Overview Collective intelligence has existed at least as long as humans have, because families, armies, countries, and companies have all–at least sometimes–acted collectively in ways that seem intelligent. But in the last decade or so aRead… Read more »
Hey Everyone – Here is a mixed bag of things in my brain right now … Food for thought … Here is a quick list of articles that I’ve read recently that I found interesting: Digital Storytelling and the Rise of the Layered Narrative Hard and Soft Power in Enterprise 2.0 I Can’t Think! LeadingRead… Read more »