Dennis D. McDonald (ddmcd@ddmcd.com) consults from Alexandria Virginia. His services include writing & research, proposal development, and project management.

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Sep 16

Sep 16 Six Ways Local Governments Can Use Social Media to Promote Energy Conservation

Dennis D. McDonald

Conservation, Energy, Expertise Management, Governance, Local, , eGovernment

Here are six ways local governments can use social media to help promote energy conservation. If you think of more please comment below this post or send an email to ddmcd@yahoo.com:

Aug 18

Aug 18 Using Grassroots "Collaboration" to Promote Local Energy Conservation

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, Conservation, Energy, Politics, ,

This post discusses how social networking can be used to help promote local energy conservation.

Jan 3

Jan 3 The "Who" and "What" of Technological Illiteracy

Dennis D. McDonald

Conservation, Energy, Ethics, Governance, Homeland Security, Privacy, Security, Technological Literacy, Technology

Definitely worth listening to is Command Line’s December 19 podcast technological illiteracy among our leaders. His theme: we need to do something about the lack of knowledge our leaders have of how technology operates and impacts our lives.

Dec 18

Dec 18 Using Social Networking to Support Local Energy Management and Conservation

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, Conservation, Energy, Homeland Security, Local, ,

Thanks to Brian Magierski via a Twitter message I found out about a ZDNet video interview with Pat Lawicki, the CIO of PG&E in San Francisco. Pat is a former client of mine from when she was the CIO at the energy utility NiSource.