Steve Ressler

Email Overload
So I get a lot of emails. Not like Chris Brogan-style thousands of emails a day.
But I get a good 100+. Usually that require some action on my part. And they are all from really cool people across the world that have some interest in GovLoop and are doing amazing things.
And I’ve found myself [...]

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The Death of Meetings
Everyone hates meetings. Everyone talks about how they hate meetings. Everyone at meetings usually hates them and spends the meeting on their Blackberry.
I wonder why no one does anything about it. I think we should think about implementing new ideas about meetings.
“No Meeting Mondays.” “Stand-up Meetings.” “12 Minute Meetings.” “1 Legged Meetings”
There [...]

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Social Entrepreneurship
Since I went full-time on GovLoop, the number one question I get every day is “how does it feel to join the dark side?”
I know it is innocent question but the connotation goes to the fact that being a government employee is good and serving government from the outside is bad.
To me that is [...]

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My natural state of being is to listen rather than talk. I’ve always been that annoying kid since age 2 asking questions – who, what, where, why, and when?
It’s been an interesting transition as GovLoop has taken off as I’ve been asked to speak more which puts me a little out of my natural equilibrium [...]

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I’m super excited to announce today the launch of the “AwesomeGov” Fund.
As I went full-time on GovLoop, I wanted to ensure that giving back and doing good was 100% integrated into our core mission, values, and operations.
I’m a big believer in social entrepreneurship – companies like Tom’s shoes that donate one pair of shoes for [...]

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