This document summarizes a panel discussion on telling an agency's story through visual content like videos and images. The panelists were from USAID, CMS, NASA, and an independent digital storyteller. They discussed best practices like focusing on compelling narratives and missions, using videos and images to showcase projects and progress, leveraging popular platforms and culture, and engaging followers as ambassadors rather than just consumers of content. The goal is to make agencies more relevant by sharing both successes and failures in a transparent way online.
This document discusses how using Web 2.0 tools can engage students in learning. It notes that Web 2.0 applications like wikis, blogs, and document sharing can be accessed from any device and location, allow for collaboration, and are free. Research shows these tools develop real-world skills and will continue growing in K-12 education. The document also highlights that many students report being bored in school and discusses how lack of engagement can lead to poor performance and dropping out. It proposes using Web 2.0 tools to design instruction that is more interesting and relevant to students.
The document discusses the results of a study on the effects of a new drug on patients with a certain medical condition. The study found that the drug was generally well-tolerated with few side effects reported. However, the drug did not show a statistically significant improvement in clinical outcomes for patients when compared to an existing treatment.
This document summarizes a panel discussion on telling an agency's story through visual content like videos and images. The panelists were from USAID, CMS, NASA, and an independent digital storyteller. They discussed best practices like focusing on compelling narratives and missions, using videos and images to showcase projects and progress, leveraging popular platforms and culture, and engaging followers as ambassadors rather than just consumers of content. The goal is to make agencies more relevant by sharing both successes and failures in a transparent way online.
This document discusses how using Web 2.0 tools can engage students in learning. It notes that Web 2.0 applications like wikis, blogs, and document sharing can be accessed from any device and location, allow for collaboration, and are free. Research shows these tools develop real-world skills and will continue growing in K-12 education. The document also highlights that many students report being bored in school and discusses how lack of engagement can lead to poor performance and dropping out. It proposes using Web 2.0 tools to design instruction that is more interesting and relevant to students.
The document discusses the results of a study on the effects of a new drug on patients with a certain medical condition. The study found that the drug was generally well-tolerated with few side effects reported. However, the drug did not show a statistically significant improvement in clinical outcomes for patients when compared to an existing treatment.
This document summarizes various iPhone apps for productivity, organization, and social networking. It discusses apps for email like Gmail, task management like Evernote, calendars, file sharing with Dropbox, and social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. It provides details on the functionality and benefits of apps like Push for Gmail, WorldCard Mobile, and Google services that can boost productivity on the iPhone.
This document describes the format for Adobe Font Metrics files, which provide font metric information. It covers AFM files for individual fonts, AMFM files for multiple master fonts which include metrics for each master design, and ACFM files for composite fonts which provide metrics for the overall font and any descendant fonts. It also addresses CID-keyed fonts which use AFM files ordered by character ID instead of using ACFM files. Details are given on the structure and keywords used for each file type.
El guión es la base estructural de cualquier producción audiovisual y puede ser original o una adaptación. Consiste en dividir la historia en escenas y secuencias, describiendo acciones, diálogos, lugares y tiempos. Se dirige al director para darle información y a los actores para describir psicologías de los personajes. Siguiendo el modelo americano de una columna, debe tener una progresión dramática con exposición, nudo y desenlace.
The document summarizes findings from a study on advancing federal government communications. Key findings include: 1) Communication management in the federal government tends to be more ad hoc than planned, with no clear, consistent standards; 2) There is a need to institutionalize communication as a standalone professional function within the Executive Branch; and 3) Partnerships should be formalized to facilitate collaboration and refinement of best practices. The document recommends establishing standards, recognizing communication as a core function, and formalizing partnerships to improve federal communication.
Social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content; it's a fusion of sociology and technology. But what does that mean to business and organizations?
The job of UX designers has always been challenging: you have to create things that your users will love. There are design principles and best practices to help you but you need to apply them now in an ever-changing environment where screens, devices, and contexts vary constantly.
Assess the impact of the atlantic slave trade on w. africa up to the 1800Dariel Baptiste
The document discusses how the trans-Atlantic slave trade negatively impacted Africa socially, politically, economically, and culturally. It robbed Africa of its human resources, destroying the labor force and straining the economy. It increased conflicts as African groups captured their own people for the Europeans. Over time it led to the loss of many cultural practices and the formation of new languages. Politically it contributed to instability as weapons were distributed and alliances formed around the slave trade. Some African kings grew powerful from it, but the capturing of slaves was usually violent.
Cormac Smith, Deputy Director of Communications for the Cabinet Office and Government Communication Service, presented a webinar on the Modern Communications Operating Model (MCOM) for communications teams in the UK, US, and Canadian governments. The webinar outlined MCOM's four pillars for core communications teams: strategic communications, media and campaigns, strategic engagement, and internal communications. MCOM aims to deliver world-class public service communications that support ministers' priorities, enable efficient public services, and improve people's lives.
The Federal Communicators Network (FCN) has released "Advancing Federal Communications," a research paper that makes the case for clear and consistent quality standards for U.S. federal government communication.
The result of a grassroots, volunteer study among an interagency group of government communicators, the paper incorporates extensive primary and secondary research and includes a set of concrete recommendations for improvement.
Path-goal theory proposes that a leader's job is to help subordinates reach their goals by directing, guiding, and coaching them based on an evaluation of subordinate and task characteristics. The theory suggests which leadership styles of directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented are most appropriate given the characteristics of the subordinates and the task. Path-goal theory provides a framework to understand how leadership behaviors can motivate subordinates by influencing their expectations and perceptions of work goals, pathways, and environmental factors.
The document discusses communication program management models. It states that in general, communication management should reflect how the larger organization is structured but should also be adapted as needed based on specific needs and circumstances of the communication program. The document provides high-level guidance on aligning communication management with organizational structure while allowing for flexibility.
This document summarizes a presentation on choosing the right communication management model for organizations. It discusses key concepts of loose coupling and presents a case study of a federal agency that implemented a loosely coupled IT system. The presentation compares different communication program models and argues that stakeholder analysis tools need to be adapted for loosely coupled organizations where relationships are more complex. It introduces the Mega-Change Profiler method for analyzing stakeholders in such organizations.
The document discusses the goals and plan for building a new content management system (CMS) platform to manage multiple Department of Commerce websites. The key goals were to move to Drupal 7, have a responsive design, and create shared functionality across sites for a cohesive experience. The plan was to build reusable features like content types, galleries, and taxonomies that could be enabled or disabled on each site as needed from a single code repository. While complex, this allows for easier development, maintenance, and a more cohesive user experience across sites.
The document discusses the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' intranet redesign in 2012. It overviews the implementation of a new content management system to create a more unified and usable intranet across multiple sites and servers. The redesign consolidated outdated sites into a single intranet with common design, structure, and content management capabilities. This allowed for easier content updates, integrations with other applications and systems, and improved search across sites. The intranet launch addressed prior issues of disconnected sites, lack of CMS, and poor usability.
The document discusses issues with BEA's current intranet, InSite, which was last redesigned in 2007. InSite has limited functionality, static content managed by a single team, and content siloed by department rather than task. It lacks collaboration tools. The new BEAnet will address these issues by focusing on key tasks rather than subjects, allowing content management at the program level with permissions and workflows. It will include collaborative tools like OneBEA, improved search functionality, and analytics. New features will include document management, versioning, tagging and permissions as well as calendars, blogs, discussion boards, and widgets like quick polls.
This document summarizes various iPhone apps for productivity, organization, and social networking. It discusses apps for email like Gmail, task management like Evernote, calendars, file sharing with Dropbox, and social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. It provides details on the functionality and benefits of apps like Push for Gmail, WorldCard Mobile, and Google services that can boost productivity on the iPhone.
This document describes the format for Adobe Font Metrics files, which provide font metric information. It covers AFM files for individual fonts, AMFM files for multiple master fonts which include metrics for each master design, and ACFM files for composite fonts which provide metrics for the overall font and any descendant fonts. It also addresses CID-keyed fonts which use AFM files ordered by character ID instead of using ACFM files. Details are given on the structure and keywords used for each file type.
El guión es la base estructural de cualquier producción audiovisual y puede ser original o una adaptación. Consiste en dividir la historia en escenas y secuencias, describiendo acciones, diálogos, lugares y tiempos. Se dirige al director para darle información y a los actores para describir psicologías de los personajes. Siguiendo el modelo americano de una columna, debe tener una progresión dramática con exposición, nudo y desenlace.
The document summarizes findings from a study on advancing federal government communications. Key findings include: 1) Communication management in the federal government tends to be more ad hoc than planned, with no clear, consistent standards; 2) There is a need to institutionalize communication as a standalone professional function within the Executive Branch; and 3) Partnerships should be formalized to facilitate collaboration and refinement of best practices. The document recommends establishing standards, recognizing communication as a core function, and formalizing partnerships to improve federal communication.
Social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content; it's a fusion of sociology and technology. But what does that mean to business and organizations?
The job of UX designers has always been challenging: you have to create things that your users will love. There are design principles and best practices to help you but you need to apply them now in an ever-changing environment where screens, devices, and contexts vary constantly.
Assess the impact of the atlantic slave trade on w. africa up to the 1800Dariel Baptiste
The document discusses how the trans-Atlantic slave trade negatively impacted Africa socially, politically, economically, and culturally. It robbed Africa of its human resources, destroying the labor force and straining the economy. It increased conflicts as African groups captured their own people for the Europeans. Over time it led to the loss of many cultural practices and the formation of new languages. Politically it contributed to instability as weapons were distributed and alliances formed around the slave trade. Some African kings grew powerful from it, but the capturing of slaves was usually violent.
Cormac Smith, Deputy Director of Communications for the Cabinet Office and Government Communication Service, presented a webinar on the Modern Communications Operating Model (MCOM) for communications teams in the UK, US, and Canadian governments. The webinar outlined MCOM's four pillars for core communications teams: strategic communications, media and campaigns, strategic engagement, and internal communications. MCOM aims to deliver world-class public service communications that support ministers' priorities, enable efficient public services, and improve people's lives.
The Federal Communicators Network (FCN) has released "Advancing Federal Communications," a research paper that makes the case for clear and consistent quality standards for U.S. federal government communication.
The result of a grassroots, volunteer study among an interagency group of government communicators, the paper incorporates extensive primary and secondary research and includes a set of concrete recommendations for improvement.
Path-goal theory proposes that a leader's job is to help subordinates reach their goals by directing, guiding, and coaching them based on an evaluation of subordinate and task characteristics. The theory suggests which leadership styles of directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented are most appropriate given the characteristics of the subordinates and the task. Path-goal theory provides a framework to understand how leadership behaviors can motivate subordinates by influencing their expectations and perceptions of work goals, pathways, and environmental factors.
The document discusses communication program management models. It states that in general, communication management should reflect how the larger organization is structured but should also be adapted as needed based on specific needs and circumstances of the communication program. The document provides high-level guidance on aligning communication management with organizational structure while allowing for flexibility.
This document summarizes a presentation on choosing the right communication management model for organizations. It discusses key concepts of loose coupling and presents a case study of a federal agency that implemented a loosely coupled IT system. The presentation compares different communication program models and argues that stakeholder analysis tools need to be adapted for loosely coupled organizations where relationships are more complex. It introduces the Mega-Change Profiler method for analyzing stakeholders in such organizations.
The document discusses the goals and plan for building a new content management system (CMS) platform to manage multiple Department of Commerce websites. The key goals were to move to Drupal 7, have a responsive design, and create shared functionality across sites for a cohesive experience. The plan was to build reusable features like content types, galleries, and taxonomies that could be enabled or disabled on each site as needed from a single code repository. While complex, this allows for easier development, maintenance, and a more cohesive user experience across sites.
The document discusses the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' intranet redesign in 2012. It overviews the implementation of a new content management system to create a more unified and usable intranet across multiple sites and servers. The redesign consolidated outdated sites into a single intranet with common design, structure, and content management capabilities. This allowed for easier content updates, integrations with other applications and systems, and improved search across sites. The intranet launch addressed prior issues of disconnected sites, lack of CMS, and poor usability.
The document discusses issues with BEA's current intranet, InSite, which was last redesigned in 2007. InSite has limited functionality, static content managed by a single team, and content siloed by department rather than task. It lacks collaboration tools. The new BEAnet will address these issues by focusing on key tasks rather than subjects, allowing content management at the program level with permissions and workflows. It will include collaborative tools like OneBEA, improved search functionality, and analytics. New features will include document management, versioning, tagging and permissions as well as calendars, blogs, discussion boards, and widgets like quick polls.
The Federal Communicators Network (FCN) is an independent, professional organization of volunteers founded in 1995 that provides communications best practices, training, networking, and other opportunities for federal government employees. To join FCN, individuals should email LISTSERV@LISTSERV.GSA.GOV, leave the subject line blank, and type SUBSCRIBE FCN in the body of the message. More information can be found on their Twitter, LinkedIn, or blog.
Kathryn Sosbe of the U.S. Department of Agriculture presented this training on writing and editing tips for the Federal Communicators Network event on storytelling on October 30, 2014. FCN makes better government writers and editors!
Katherine Spivey of the U.S. General Services Administration presented this training on plain language tips, tactics, and rules for the Federal Communicators Network event on storytelling and writing on October 30, 2014.
The Federal Communicators Network provides communications best practices, training, and networking opportunities for federal government employees. It is an independent, professional organization of volunteers founded in 1995 that federal employees can join by subscribing to their email list or connecting on social media like Twitter and LinkedIn.
Federal Communicators Network members are U.S. government employees managing U.S. federal government agency communications. FCN is a volunteer, professional group. Here are the results of our survey of a small sample of members about their professional experiences, roles, and training needs.
In this presentation, Jacqueline Roy of Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) describes her experience handling TSB communications related to the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. This was a joint event hosted by the Federal Communicators Network, Canada's Communications Community Office, and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Gretchen Michael, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, presented these slides at a Federal Communicators Network event on February 6, 2014.
Slides from Kelly Osborn at the U.S. government's National Archives, from an event January 16, 2014, Driving Employee Engagement Through A Social Intranet.
The Federal Communicators Network (FCN) Lunch and Learn Series presentation on March 21, 2013 features Joe Flood, speaking about "Successful Campaigns in Lean Times."
Ensure your campaign hits its targets, even in tight budget times. Learn from an expert at NOAA's high-profile Weather-Ready Nation Communication Campaign:
- how to streamline activities
- make the most of limited dollars, while still packing a big punch
- innovative tips you can apply to your own campaign
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The document outlines an agenda for a presentation on measuring communication, providing conceptual frameworks and examples of how to measure communication outputs, outcomes, and stakeholder behaviors and assessments at various stages of the communication planning process. The presentation also provides examples of qualitative and quantitative tools that can be used to gather and analyze measurement data.
This document provides information about federal meeting facilities including location, capacity, amenities, services provided, and point of contact. It allows users to search or filter the facilities by agency, location, capacity, cost, and other fields. The facilities range in capacity from 10 to 600 people. Amenities include audio/visual equipment, internet access, podiums, and pre-function rooms. Costs vary from free to over $500. Users can contact the point of contact listed for each facility for additional details or to reserve space.
This document provides information about a training event on dealing with reporters for public information officers. It summarizes the key findings of a survey of reporters that found most feel public information officers control too much information and fail to provide actual information. It then provides tips for public information officers on building relationships with reporters, determining who should speak to the media, preparing for interviews, and techniques for communicating competence during an interview.
The document promotes networking and training opportunities for federal employees through the Federal Communicators Network. The FCN is made up of volunteers and is committed to integrity, professionalism, and public service. It provides benefits like professional development, leadership opportunities, and learning valuable skills that can increase productivity and allow members to give back.