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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers organizations across the public sector in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, on Tuesday November 29, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. She completed her second mission in 2007, as the first female commander of the International Space Station, on Expedition 16.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There are tons of "leadership books" and seminars and articles about leadership lessons from sports team coaches. Sometimes I tell the story of the first project I did at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a report on the presence of a potential carcinogen in alcoholic beverages. But to dig deeper for the right lesson.

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From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

The Lowe Down

Naturally, during the recession, fewer people were traveling to save money, so ONT experienced a 2.31% monthly decline from December 2007 to June 2009. Under the leadership of the Inland Empire, ONT is now ranked 9th. Until the recession, LA County managed ONT well and 0.26% more passengers were arriving at ONT every month.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). In a historical context, when viewing the snapshot of their nascent birth, we can see the peak of OWS has slightly more interest in America than searches for the TPM did during the groups’ peak in 2009” (Parrillo, 2011).