Communicating Up: Your Winning Strategy!
The CCAR method can help you communicate with your boss and influence decision-making. Here’s are tips for using this strategy.
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4 Reasons Leaders Who Speak Last Make a Greater Impact
Sometimes silence can have more impact than speaking. Here’s advice on using strategic silence.
How to Master the RFP Decision Making Process
Evaluating vendor’s responses to RFPs is an essential — and sometimes frustrating — part of the acquisition process. Here’s some advice on how to make those decisions.
Sunshine Week 2023, Part 2: What Is FOIA and Why Does It Matter to You?
The Freedom of Information Act is a vital tool for government transparency. Here’s an update on how it works.
Courage: A Necessary Ingredient for Any Effective Enterprise Risk Management Strategy
Here’s how VITA’s former CIO sees courage and its essential role in forming any agency’s enterprise risk management strategy.
Doing More with Less: How Public Agencies Innovate to Deliver Quality Services
Innovation doesn’t have to be the enemy of providing reliable services — it can help agencies do more with less. Here are some tips on how it’s done.
Sunshine Week 2023, Part 1: What Does Government Transparency Look Like in 2023?
Sunshine Week, March 12-18, is an annual event honoring the idea that government functions best when it operates in the open. Here’s Part 1 in a series of posts about the state of federal transparency in 2023.
How to Motivate and Empower the Five Most Challenging Workplace Personas
Dealing with difficult personalities in the workplace can be tough. Learn how to identify, motivate and empower the 5 most common personas.
How to Dominate Your Data
Agencies are challenged with the explosion of data, and have to work to dominate the data, rather than letting it dominate them.
Testing Different Versions of Language can Improve Your Communications
Randomized experiments with multiple wording or design options (A/B testing) can assist in decision-making to help people better understand what you’re trying to communicate.