Thanks to GovLoop’s Partners

Happy Summer everyone!

As you know on GovLoop, you are not subjected to blinking banner ads and annoying pop-ups. I think the future of advertising is that it has to be beneficial to the community.

Thus, here on GovLoop, you’ll see us work with our awesome partners to put on educational online trainings, special areas within our partner groups to share best practices on products and topics of interest and overall add value to make GovLoop the #1 knowledge network to help you do your job better.

I really like how Mashable writes a weekly blog post thanking their sponsors so I thought I’d do the same here on GovLoop.

	I’m personally a big user of Adobe design suite and it’s great to consistently have access to Adobe peeps on GovLoop whenever a question or thought arrives. What’s your favorite Adobe product?
	Aetna is not only a great insurance company but a huge friend to the new hires in government. For this reason they have helped us put together this great resource for new employees on GovLoop: New Hire Hub
	I love it when company’s give back. I’m a fan of this awesome program, Deloitte IMPACTS DC. It’s an annual day-long event during which Deloitte employees around the country set aside their work and contribute their time and talents to benefit local nonprofits. Bonus points for working with Dreams for Kids, one of my favorite charities.
	Some of the GovLoop team is lucky enough to join Esri in a few weeks for their annual conference in beautiful San Diego. I know when I was at DHS, we were big users of ESRI for mapping. Are You Using ArcGIS Map Maker?
	Improving customer service for government agencies is no easy task; but that’s exactly what the Federal Consulting Group aspires to do on a daily basis! Hopefully things will get better as Obama’s recent Customer Service memo steps into action. So, What Is the Best Customer Experience You Have Had?
	Did you know GEICO has been for govies since the very beginning? GEICO stands for Government Employee Insurance Company and besides cool geckos, cavemen and dancing money…GEICO Can Save You 15% or More…on Your Degree
	Google does many things in the GovLoop community; but last month they did something special. Google invited GovLoopers to a special invite only event – Google Innovation Nation. Check out the recap of the great event.
	HP entered into the tablet race with their great Slate 500. Last week, we were able to find out more information about it via a live chat on GovLoop – Devices are here. Is Your Federal Agency Ready?
	Data-based decision making is important as we gather more and more data and have great analytics tools to make sense of it. Thus, when we asked Is “Trusting Your Gut” a Viable Decision-Making Method?, we really got people going on a robust discussion.
	In the end, we are all project managers in the sense that we are trying to get things done. This month, Management Concepts provided some great insight in their blog post Do Your Projects Have a Safe and Timely Arrival?
	I work from home, sometimes the local coffee shop, or I am traveling around the country (or world) and am always picking up on new Telework Solutions – It’s cool to see how Microsoft is helping us teleworks on a daily basis!
	It’s the summer of giving back…and Qwest is doing just that. They have always had “the spirit of service” and now they are showing us how! Do you and your co-workers give back?
	Last month, we had an awesome training with RightNow on Knowledge Management and Social Media. With 50+ questions, we couldn’t get to all of them. So I thought I’d share Answers to Remaining 10 Questions from KM/Social Media Training w/ RightNow
	SAP Public Services knows our world is becoming increasingly more mobile and wants to do its part to help governments dive in to this concept. Check out their recent survey and project of the week here on GovLoop!