{"id":631,"date":"2011-09-26T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nusum.wordpress.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2011-09-26T16:22:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T16:22:06","slug":"weaving-a-tapestry-of-ideas-and-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategyguy.com\/NuSum\/2011\/09\/26\/weaving-a-tapestry-of-ideas-and-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Weaving a tapestry of ideas and people"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Update: For results from the 2011 and 2012 conferences please see the PS Engage Resources post<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

As many of you know I am helping to\u00a0put together a networking and learning event as part of the @PSLeader<\/a> initiative started by Jeff Ashcroft<\/a>, Jeff is the same guy that got me into doing the #GovChat<\/a> series of twitter chats, it all started with a comment on a blog post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, when I was part of the Public Service I was involved in the first Collaborative Management day and was excited about it, basically I think the whole #w2p #goc3 thing is awesome. Sadly, now that I am Private Sector I can\u2019t participate in the same way, so that got me to thinking and…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

…a while ago, a group of us in the shadow public service were chatting and felt that it might be a good idea to create an event that builds on the #goc3 momentum for collaborative management. \u00a0Of course if we were going to do something it had to have value over and above what an internal conference could provide. The logic we came up with goes something like this:<\/p>\n

If the focus of the Collaborative Management events is learning from others inside\u00a0the Public Service, (and there’s \u00a0lots to learn), then \u00a0PS Engage distinguishes itself by emphasizing relevant ideas from\u00a0outside<\/span> the Government of Canada. \u00a0Strategically this makes sense because exposing yourself to ideas outside of your norm is an essential ingredient for innovation. So the focus for us became about bringing new and relevant ideas to the table.<\/p>\n

When we started to reach out for speakers, the response was overwhelming with the likes of Mr. GovLoop<\/a>, Steve Ressler and\u00a0Ina Parvanova,\u00a0Director of Public Affairs for the Mayo Clinic<\/a>, among the\u00a0luminaries\u00a0 <\/a>agreeing to share their stories with us. \u00a0Just recently, TBS President<\/a>, Tony Clement\u2019s office confirmed that he will be giving the opening address\u2014for a conference focused on bringing lessons of change to Ottawa, I can\u2019t think of a more relevant opening speaker.<\/p>\n

Speaking of fiscal restraint, lets not panic about cut backs and such. To my way of thinking, financial pressure is a tremendous opportunity when it forces us to look for new ways of doing things. After all, necessity is the mother of invention, or at least that is what my mother used to say\u2014so \u00a0come to PS Engage <\/a>and help invent something great.<\/p>\n

As a privately funded event we have to charge, the cost of bringing speaker\u2019s in from out-of-town is significant, however we have managed to keep the price reasonable at $499.00. \u00a0Any profit from the event will go towards funding further exploration of\u00a0the Virtual Government Network Concept<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Group discounts are available, (5 for the price of 4), and if you are student who really wants to go, tell me why you need to attend and how much you can afford, and I will see what we can do.<\/p>\n

As an educator, it is great\u00a0to be part of putting this together, and between the speakers and the networking opportunities I am pretty confident that the conference will be a high impact\/low-cost learning event. \u00a0PS Engage, a tapestry of ideas and people, the perfect complement to Collaborative Management Day and a great way to get ready for change\u2014what do you think?<\/p>\n

Registration is open now, so get out your corporate credit card and go to www.psengage.org<\/a>, if you need to put it in your learning plan you will find some learning objectives<\/a> on the site to help you out with the words.<\/p>\n

Hope to see you there, if you have any thoughts about this event or ideas for a future one, please share.<\/p>\n

Thom<\/p>\n

Of course you can follow along on twitter @psengage and #pse2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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