Social Pinpoint

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Placemaking is fostered by reinventing public spaces to create a sense of ‘place’ and activate under-utilized parts of cities, often through small-scale intervention and community collaboration. It strengthens community relationships and fosters creativity and the evolution of a community. Placemaking often involves grassroots innovation by locals, who come together to collaborate, re-purpose space and promote better.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

OCTOBER 30, 2017

We’ve all been there. All of a sudden, a normal conversation takes a difficult turn and we find ourselves at a loss. Do we fight? Do we leave the conversation all together and avoid the offending person for as long as possible? These conversations are hard and it’s easy to just avoid them or walk away. However, we’re missing out on some prime growing and learning opportunities when we avoid instead of engage.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As public management scholars, we invest a lot of energy in doing research on public organizations, and most of us need answers to a very simple question: Why? What will our research be used for? Why should we use so much time to do public management research? Some disciplines divide their research according to two broad answers to this question: Applied research is used to answer specific questions that has direct applications to the world – it solves problems.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2017

While Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much these days, there was a bright spot for bipartisanship recently: Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Democratic Senator Patty Murray joined together to praise the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP), which Ryan and Murray launched last year. The Commission was co-chaired by Katharine Abraham of the University of Maryland and Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution.

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Advertiser: Noratek

Dive into the world of playground safety with this complimentary guide. It offers a detailed exploration of essential practices to ensure the utmost safety for children. Delve into inspection techniques, from assessing equipment conditions to evaluating surfacing materials. Gain insights into maintenance strategies to keep playgrounds in top-notch condition year-round.

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Social Pinpoint

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We are proud to announce we are this year’s Best Government Solution winner! We couldn’t have done it without the great support of everyone in the Social Pinpoint community. Everyday, our customers bring forward great ideas, inspiration and comments about how we can improve our products to help make collaboration easier and more effective.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In this third and final installment of our series on drones in parks, we speak with Rich Dolesh, NRPA’s Vice President of Strategic Initiatives on the future of drones in parks. In part one, we looked at local, state and federal policies as well as resources for land managers. In part two, we spoke with a park director and how her agency has handled drones in their parks system.

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