4 High-Demand Tech Skills the “Non-Techie” Can Learn Online
Acquiring the right tech skills is one of the most effective ways to stand out and level up professionally.
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Answer These Simple Questions and Feel Prepared for Anything
Being and feeling prepared helps us feel in control and more effective. You increase your impact when you’ve thought about what you want to say and have ready answers to these four simple yet crucial questions.
What Is Evergreen Content and Why You Should Be Creating It
Evergreen content isn’t just reserved for knitting tutorials or tips on getting new clients; it can be very applicable to government communications as well. Whether it’s a how-to on sorting recycling or a listicle of the top five places for bird watching, it will drive traffic to your website and gain attention on social media.
9 Guilt-Free Ways to Say No in the Workplace
Here are nine way to say no in the office, and one way to say yes, but still alleviate stress.
Disruptive Innovation: A Public Sector Perspective
Disruptive innovation is really the only option when doing what you’re doing now simply won’t get your organization where it needs to be.
The Next UX Design Frontier: Enlightened Empathy
Product designers continue to push the frontier of understanding the user. This improves the usability of our systems and solutions. But at what point does it become the responsibility of the designer to drive habits and behaviors that the end user actually wants.
Successful Confrontation
How to address confrontation within yourself, with others, and throughout your life.
Stop When You’ve Done Enough
Do you stop when you’ve done enough? What helps you be a satisficer instead of a maximizer?
Making Financial Data Accessible
All government leaders should think about how they can create more useful and usable CAFRs and other financial reports, with an eye toward digitization.
4 Steps to Recapturing Creative Flow
These are my go-to habits when I need to get back on track, and they might work for you, too.