************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** E-government is now entering "cross-boundary" territory -- requiring multiple institutions to cooperate on projects that are inherently more complex and political than before. Fortunately, along with the higher risks come higher returns. Such cross-boundary work integrates services to improve access, problem solving, and production efficiency on a multi-institutional basis. The opportunities have been made possible by recently deployed information infrastructure. They have been made urgent by horrendous and sustained budget pressures. For assistance with cross-boundary initiatives, the E-Government Education Project of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University will offer a three-day program May 12-14, 2003, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A voluntary but valuable pre-workshop online seminar will kick off Monday April 21st. Drawing on extensive Harvard experience in educating senior leaders in both the public and private sectors, the workshop will help leaders to: - Assess the risks and returns of projects requiring cooperation among multiple public and/or public and private institutions - Negotiate the commitments required to implement such initiatives successfully - Make the case to gain authorization and resources Participants in this workshop will gain access to frameworks for analysis, to knowledge of leading-edge practice, and to assistance in applying lessons to their own institutional environments. The curriculum will include several cases including a specially developed case involving multi-jurisdictional collaboration to build wireless interoperable communications among police, fire, and other emergency first responders. Faculty and speakers will include professors Jerry Mechling, Ron Heifetz, and Hannah Riley of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Lynda Applegate and Warren McFarlan of the Harvard Business School, and Dave McClure of the Council for Excellence in Government. ************************************************************************** If your company is interested in advertising your services please contact Gleason Sackmann. He helps educators make the most efficient use of your resources and also gains attention for your products or services through support of the Educational CyberPlayGround, a clearinghouse of educational resources. view: <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> ************************************************************************** This workshop will be most relevant for program, technology, and political leaders who are working on cross-boundary initiatives or who foresee that such initiatives will be important over the next few years. If you are interested please reply by email to 3e_project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for an application, or suggest individuals who should be involved in this workshop. We are also interested in hearing about the particular cross-boundary cases or issues of interest to you. For this workshop, the admission fee is substantially reduced for institutions that send a team of three or more participants and who sign up by April 19. The new e-government territory cuts across traditional institutional boundaries. We hope you will join us to explore the possibilities in depth. Regards, Jerry _______________________________________________________ Jerry Mechling | Lecturer in Public Policy and Director E-Government Executive Education Project John F. Kennedy School of Government | Harvard University 79 JFK St. | Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617-495-3036 jerry_mechling@xxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/exec_ed/3e/ ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************