Saturday, November 8, 2014

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

All around the country kids have returned to school and written their papers on how they spent their summer vacations.

Blogging. That is how I spent my summer vacation. I applied for and was accepted into the GovLoop featured bloggers challenge. Essentially, we agreed to post a blog entry every week for a bunch of weeks over the summer. This explain my hiatus from this blog. I was too lazy to cross-post the entries as I wrote them, so I wanted to summarize them here. Its some good stuff, if I do say so myself.

GovLoop is a group based in Washington DC focused on all things government and tech. Federal, state and local. I had a great time working with them over the summer, and participated in their innovation virtual conference. They do good work. Check them out at www.govloop.com 

Here are my blog posts from the summer. Enjoy!

MOVING ON UP: 5 SECRETS FROM THE C-SUITE
We all want to grow in our careers. Here are tips from me on how to do that.

FIVE TIPS TO ENJOY VACATION
Being a leader and enjoying vacation don't always go together. Here is how you and everyone around you can enjoy your vacation more.

5 WAYS TO STAY SHARP AS A LEADER
It takes work to maintain your edge. But how to approach it?

FIVE FUN DEPARTMENT MEETING ACTIVITIES
A work environment that is fun is one people want to be in.

HOW TO LEVERAGE GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY
Never before have we had so much diversity in generations in the workforce. Curse or opportunity? 

BENCH-MARKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IT IS VITAL. HERE’S WHY
So how is it going? Really? How do you know. You can't reliably improve what you don't measure.

DO YOU TAKE YOURSELF WAY TOO SERIOUSLY? PROBABLY
If you don't laugh at yourself, someone else will. Might as well enjoy it.

THE WEAKEST LINK & WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM
The information security chain is only as good as the link that will break first. How to deal with it.

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY CITIZENS. POSSIBLE?
Its is all what we want. Our customers, citizens, to be happy.

HOW TO LEAD IN TECHNOLOGY RECRUITING
You need employees to build a group, a department, a division. How to get them.

WANT BETTER CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT? THREE TIPS TO GET THERE
It is easier than you think.



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