Reaching My Goals

One of the things that I wanted was how state, county and federal governments all work together. I learned how state and county work together. This was very important to learn in my career in public policy. One thing that I learned companies with stockholders are a lot more frantic, and have knee jerk reactions to situations. This is a little concerning because in order for companies to grow they needs stability. I learned how local, county and state agencies work with one another. Sometimes they have their own rules and sometimes they have laws that govern them all.

I learned how to work with other ethnic groups. I have worked with Native Americans, Asians and Indians. I learning how to be more culturally diverse when I am working with people. Being culturally diverse helps, you work with all different types of people. I did not learn all the things that I wanted to learn but, I did learn most of them which will help me in my career. The reason why is because we had a few different projects were switching around and taking on so we could not spend a lot of time on one subject. I wish all the people in this class good luck and well wishes in your future. This has been a great time in my life and I will always remember it.

Professional Development NFBPA

On Friday, March 13, 2015 while most of the kids were on spring break, I was at the at a professional development seminar. The National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA). The NFBPA seminar has been happening for a 15 years in Arizona. The hold this every year for black public administrators. This was held at the desert willow conference room in South Phoenix, Arizona. They were many public administrators from around Arizona attended this seminar. They started the introduction with breakfast and meet. Then we went into the main conference rooms where the was a round table discussion with prominent black public administrators from around the valley. DR. Spencer Isom city manager of El Mirage and Milton Dohoney assistant city manager of Phoenix headed up the panel.

They spoke about pressing issues and situations that sometimes come about with their job. They also spoke about the experiences of past and present jobs. This was exciting to see actual Public administrators talk about their and jobs. They the different Workshops started after a quick break. The workshops included topics like how to communicate up and down the organization getting results without authority and expanding your influence. The workshops gave good information, but then it was time for lunch. During lunch, they presented people with scholarships and other awards. 

We then broke off into the workshops again for another hour. Then we had the keynote speaker Regina Williams-Gates she is a very accomplished public administrator. She has been a city manager for various cities around the nation. She spoke of her life and her experiences in her life with public administration. This was a great time for all and making friends in the field and networking with peers. 

Yet Another IProduct!

Apple just came out with their apple phone. This is another installment by Apple who has been playing catch up since Steve Jobs died. The apple Phone seems like over kill to me. Apple already has iMac, iPhone, iPad and iPad mini. This is just another tool to keep you locked into the web texting and updating and viewing Facebook, Instagram, and twitter. Apple is trying to turn people into cyborgs with all this technology all over the body. The funny thing is that there has been smart watches out for three or four years now. All of the major cell phone providers have one. Apple tried to make seem like this was a brand new innovation here. Apple is falling behind the pack instead of leading the pack but somehow is still on top of the heap.

Weather Roller Coaster

The weather this year has been up and down. It’s cold one day and the next its hot. This has been increasing over the years. I remember when it was cold it was cold and when it was hot it was hot. This roller coaster ride of weather makes you think about global warming. It seems like it might be true. Everywhere in the US, it’s a roller coaster of warmer temperatures in the winter time, and longer than normal summers. I’m not a scientist, but I know one thing, the world is getting warmer and warmer every year and we need to do something about it.

Company Strength

My organization is a small Business that has grown in size. The major strength is that we are a small company. This allows us to be more honest with each other. In big companies, everything is by the book. There is no intimacy with co-workers. This is the best thing about the company I work for. If I were in charge I would having a training department that trained everyone in the company. There are changes that go on here that need in-depth training and it’s not given. This aspect has set company deadlines back a few times since I have been here. This is not good for the company and could hurt the company at some point.