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Developing dual awareness

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Leaders faced with volatility and uncertainty will benefit from building a keen awareness of both themselves and the operating environment around them. Insights on People and Organizational Performance Leadership Decision-making

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How Are Economic Developers Partnering to Solve Workforce Challenges?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

To attract, retain and expand businesses in today’s tight labor market, economic development organizations (EDOs) are becoming more involved than ever in partnerships to help meet employers’ talent pipeline and training needs. Effective Economic Development Roles in Workforce Partnerships, a new report from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), explores five case studies of talent initiatives in which an EDO had a central or convening role.

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Smart City Practices for Equitable Development

NLC (National League of Cities)

Community development leaders continuously balance resource, budget and land constraints. While smart city practices are still relatively new in city government, there are many practical applications for cities invested in advancing equitable community development.

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How to Develop an AI-generated Grant Draft

Grant Writing Made Easy

As a grant writer, you know that developing a compelling grant proposal can be a challenging task. Step 1: Review the grant draft created by ChatGPT The first step in developing and revising a grant draft is to review the content created by ChatGPT.

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Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The shift to remote work, whether universal or not, represents a significant challenge for public officials focused on economic development. Any discussion about economic development incentives must begin with the state constitution. Economic development subsidies have long been prohibited. of the Local Development Act of 1925], which is intended to alleviate conditions of unemployment and fiscal distress and to increase the local tax base, serves the public interest.

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4 global skills trends shaping workforce development

AWS Public Sector Blog

Our analysis reveals that investments made by the public sector in skills development, like government initiatives and higher education programs, have the potential to drive competitiveness, innovation, and equity. Countries in the developing world had the highest rate of learner growth.

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Kicking off National Workforce Development Month

NLC (National League of Cities)

This year, Workforce Development Month comes at a […] Source. infrastructure infrastructure workforce workforce workforce development workforce funding workforce month

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5 Key Transport Challenges Facing Developing Countries and What to Do About Them

The City Fix

Transportation is a crucial enabler of economic development, providing people access to markets, employment, education, and health services.

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5 Ways to Achieve Circular Development at the Local Level

The City Fix

Guest Contributor Belgium Brisbane circular development circular economy community engagement consumption ICLEI Jaipur Mozambique renewable energy Shenzhen sponge city supply chains Sustainable Development Goals waste waste management

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CED through Local and Regional Food Systems: The Latest Resources

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In fact, a significant new resource on local food system development (discussed below) was released just this morning. This program targets both economic development and community development. In the past year, activity around local food systems increased dramatically.

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Norwich, CT teams up with local community development corporation to develop a community engagement platform

Citizen Lab

With so many incredible community development and engagement projects taking place on our platform across the world, we hope to record some best practices and share them with local governments to encourage peer learning and inspiration. Case Studies Neighborhoods & Community Development

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How to Develop a Community Engagement Action Plan

Social Pinpoint

It's important that we know how to develop a robust action plan for community engagement that harnesses digital innovation. The post How to Develop a Community Engagement Action Plan appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community.

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FedMake: Democratized Application Development

Microsoft Public Sector

Democratized Application Development. Microsoft Federal is hosting a Democratizing App Development with Power Platform FedMake Event in the Reston Garage on November 14-17, 2022 , for our Microsoft Federal customers (Civilian / DoD / Intel).

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Reimagining people development to overcome talent challenges

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Organizations face a critical shortage of talent and skills. Investing in people can create a virtuous cycle that improves the ability to attract, advance, and retain talent. Insights on People and Organizational Performance Talent

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Developing the US cybersecurity workforce with CISA

AWS Public Sector Blog

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month , and at Amazon, we believe cybersecurity skills training and workforce development are essential to addressing cybersecurity challenges. Amazon recognizes the important role the US federal government plays in developing the cybersecurity workforce.

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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This headline from last week would naturally grab the attention of any CED professional: “Affordable mobile homes are disappearing in Asheville; code change could bring some back.” Housing is a basic issue for anyone interested in CED.

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Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

The City Fix

Some of the fastest growing cities in developing countries like India, Brazil and Ethiopia are strapped for cash. Up to 70% of residents in developing. These cities often struggle to provide basic infrastructure and services for a growing population, leading to widespread inequalities.

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AWS launches AWS Healthcare Accelerator Global Cohort for Workforce Development

AWS Public Sector Blog

COVID-19 brought into focus the tremendous challenge of healthcare workforce development and retention. This is AWS’s first ever global healthcare cohort focused on workforce development.

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Renewable-energy development in a net-zero world

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

But can developers find enough land, secure the supply chain, and recruit workers while maintaining profitability? Global decarbonization will require a massive build-out of wind and solar farms.

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Smartphones on wheels: New rules for automotive-product development

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Software-driven cars need new agile, customer-centric processes along the entire product life cycle, with a software- and data-focused architecture, to bring product development into the 21st century.

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Parks and Recreation Workforce Development Trends and Opportunities — February Bonus Episode

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

The February issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of the podcast, we’ll be diving deeper into one of this month’s feature stories, “ Workforce Development Trends and Opportunities in Parks and Recreation.”

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CIE Spotlight: Inside Raleigh’s Innovative Approach to Community and Economic Development

NLC (National League of Cities)

Raleigh’s Office of Strategy and Innovation may be new, but the city’s innovation ecosystem has been developing for years.

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Product development in the era of digital transformation and sustainability

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Developing the necessary organizational structures and capabilities is urgent. Because of digital and sustainability trends, R&D organizations are facing an increasingly complex landscape. Digital Insights Digital

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3 Signs Your Municipality is Ready to Upgrade to Community Development Software

OpenGov

3 Signs Your Municipality is Ready to Upgrade to Community Development Software September 29, 2022 – OpenGov Community development is a cornerstone of any municipality.

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Bringing the Field Perspective into Software Development: Inspectors Help OpenGov Launch Mobile App

OpenGov

Bringing the Field Perspective into Software Development: Inspectors Help OpenGov Launch Mobile App August 24, 2022 – Molly Brenner It’s here! After months of development, testing, feedback, and user research with customers on-site, the OpenGov Mobile App is ready!

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Focusing on developer experience and embedded security for cloud

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Asurion’s CIO explains how the company’s timely decision to go cloud-first allows the company to move fast, drive value, and stay competitive. Digital Insights Cloud computing IT cost & performance improvement IT enablement Digital strategy and organization Growth Innovation Leadership

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The Intelligence Community Is Developing New Uses for AI

FedTech Magazine

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) helps keep the world’s waterways safe for commercial vessels, private boaters, military ships and other mariners.

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Carlisle develops a vibrant engagement platform to revamp public spaces for its community

Citizen Lab

In mid-2021, they launched a CitizenLab platform and set out to generate ideas about how to use their new public spaces and what they… The post Carlisle develops a vibrant engagement platform to revamp public spaces for its community appeared first on CitizenLab's Blog.

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Announcing New Teams Developer Portal for GCC

Microsoft Public Sector

Developer Portal Rollout. You’ll now be able to do much more with the Developer Portal for Teams app! Teams Developer Portal for GCC will allow developers to Configure, distribute, and manage Microsoft Teams apps. Developer Portal Limitations.

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Culdesac: A Blueprint For Parking-free Development?

The Market Urbanism Report

A Tempe project tests the ultimate in transit-oriented development

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Measurement Tools Help Cities Develop Better and Healthier Infrastructure

NLC (National League of Cities)

From designing buildings for better air quality and social connection to assessing the impact of quality greenspace in a neighborhood, tools to measure health and wellbeing can help communities prioritize how they invest in the built environment.

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Silicon Valley layoffs as a hiring opportunity for IT developers/city economic development elsewhere

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article, " Philly employers are desperately seeking tech workers even as Silicon Valley giants are laying off thousands ," making the point that despite the massive layoffs at software technology firms in California and Washington, there remains plenty of demand for developers at firms in places like Philly.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).

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State and Local Governments Should Accelerate Digital Services Development

State Tech Magazine

Digital services have changed the way organizations interact with their customers. Technology is making it faster and easier than ever to deliver a quality customer experience, and government agencies must keep pace, implementing the digitized services their customers have grown to expect.

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Microsoft to expand program that grows economic development in rural areas

GCN

The tech giant is set to expand TechSpark to all 50 states as it looks to grow place-based economic development opportunities through digital skills training.

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Modernized workforce development solutions for our evolving world

Google Public Sector

To help address the talent shortages, the United States is increasingly investing in workforce development – with a particular focus on technology and digital skills. To learn more about Google’s modernized workforce development solutions, contact our team.

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Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Our world is big and complex, but human progress is still about life on the ground, up close and in detail. Our Research Health Care Health care services Public & Social Sector Public Sector

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How to Develop a Community Engagement Action Plan

Social Pinpoint

That’s why it’s so important that we know how to develop a robust action plan for community engagement that harnesses digital innovation. You should also identify and develop key messages so that you can communicate consistently with a variety of stakeholder groups.

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What is the Grant Development Process?

Grant Consulting Services, LLC

Grant development has a beginning and end. Grant Consulting Services, LLC uses a six step approach to the grant development process. The next step in our proven method is to use the data from the feasibility study to optimize grant performance and develop a written program plan.

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Appathon shows students and soldiers ease of no-code app development

Google Public Sector

At this joint event, hosted by Google Public Sector and ACC, students and Soldiers collaborated and posed new ideas to build applications that focused less on insular development and more on engaging citizens.

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