I know you all have been at the edge of your seat since I said I was selected to interview for the Phoenix Management Intern program. Well, it’s official, I have the schedule for the two-day process! I run through the schedule and also talk about selecting the right suit. And yes, it’s another long post.
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April 16 / 2010
Interactive government? Yes, please!
Via a teaser article on Slashdot, I found an article, “Citizens as public sensors,” on the O’Reilly Radar blog about a service called SeeClickFix. I discuss that service related to Phoenix and Surprise, as well as the equity issues in using a Web 2.0 service to report issues in local communities.
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April 12 / 2010
PiPA Journal and Website
I just update the Perspectives in Public Affairs (PiPA) website to reflect their new journal. Before I built a new website for SPAN, the Students of Public Affairs Network, PiPA was hosted on the SPAN website. In developing a new website, I asked if PiPA would be interested in having their own website. So, I built them one. Read on to see the link.
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April 09 / 2010
Phoenix Management Internship!
This January, I applied for the Phoenix Management Intern Program, one of the most prestigious programs in the country. Before I go any further, I get to announce that…I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO INTERVIEW! Read on to learn more about how I found out (down to every detail) and what’s next.
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April 08 / 2010
Ski Chalet? Oh, wait, it’s a charrette!
This weekend was the first of three charrettes for a project called Maryvale on the Move, a program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their “Health Kids, Healthy Communities” initiative. I was there to document it visually, and I include some of the better images to tell the story.
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February 28 / 2010
Another “Indexed” Card
Today’s Indexed card is a brilliant one about people in the workplace. It might be a little cynical for my taste, but it is illuminating. Which one am I?
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February 18 / 2010
ACMA Winter Conference
Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go to the ACMA Winter Conference in Sedona, Arizona. It’s three days of conference sessions, networking with local government people, and some excellent career advice. And I helped plan it, in my own small way.
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February 17 / 2010
