Yesterday’s #DCWeek Apps for the Environment was a great example of  the new way government is interacting with the technology community. EPA held a contest for app developers to use publicly available EPA and other government data to create environmental apps. What was different from other initiatives and contests, according to several panelists and [...]

apps · environment · EPA · government

My former colleague, Becky Sheetz-Runkle, has written an interesting book applying the classic Sun Tzu philosophy on war to the way women behave in the workplace called Sun Tzu for Women. Contrary to the title, its not about fighting like men, its about using the 2000 war time strategies of Sun Tzu to succeed. If you [...]

success · sun tzu · women in tech

  Our friends at Foodem held a great event last night with Chef Tony in Bethesda as part of #DCWeek. The casual networking event brought together local farmers, coops, trade groups, restauranteurs, policy makers, government program managers and techies to discuss the intersection of technology and sustainable food. Foodem’s transparent, open marketplace provides small growers [...]

DCWeek · strategy · sustainable

Joe Chernov from Eloqua told a story here at the Digital Media Conference that I think is a good lesson for many companies approaching social media. While many companies are looking at social media as a way to speak directly to customers and other audiences, it is really about participating in the community. Joe related [...]

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Ironically, for a conference on digital and social media, the DMC 2011 event could benefit from being tremendously more social. In all fairness, DMC is not alone. Many conferences are still stuck in PowerPoint mode, with speakers pontificating to the audience who gets little chance to interact with the speakers and no opportunity to network [...]

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