Social Pinpoint
JULY 27, 2017
Imagine taking on a large-scale project and not asking for any community involvement. You’ve put time, sweat and tears into this assignment. Your project team has analyzed the different bottlenecks and how to overcome them. What happens if the new project causes major community anger and negative media publicity? Most people aren’t accepting of change unless.
Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JULY 26, 2017
Social Impact Bonds, also called Pay for Success projects in the U.S., draw on private sources of capital to fund preventive services, with governments acting as the outcome funders, paying back the money with a profit if specific targets are met. The approach started in the U.K. and is now being used in many different countries. A related strategy has also been created — Development Impact Bonds — that, as the name suggests, are primarily used in developing countries.
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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
JULY 26, 2017
The Public Management Research Association—through its flagship journal, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory ( JPART )—has always stressed building knowledge through theoretically informed analysis. JPART is clearly a success by all measures. Continued empirical progress, however, needs significant theoretical development. Theory can be viewed as the capital base or the seed corn of our profession.
Social Pinpoint
JULY 27, 2017
We are on the verge of three game changers in the future of urban transportation: vehicle electrification, automation, and shared ride usage in major cities around the world. Imagine you are running late to work and are dreading having to catch a jam-packed subway that has limited breathing space. Now envision your commute – It begins. The post The Future Revolution of Urban Transportation appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community.
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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.
Social Pinpoint
JULY 25, 2017
Don’t hide away from innovation. Embrace change. Show the community you want to make a positive impact to your area. Don’t shy away, hoping residents will be on board with your plans. Even worse, don’t block out the community’s opinion altogether. Learn to involve the community in the planning process. Not everyone will agree with the.
Social Pinpoint
JULY 24, 2017
Engaging online increases participation rates. Online digital platforms such as social media have helped foster this. Today, it takes longer to organize a community town hall meeting, compared to asking for citizen participation online. It’s important to connect with the community both online and offline. If you only interact with one group then you’ll miss out on.
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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JULY 24, 2017
The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was enacted in December 2015. ESSA gives states more opportunities to design their own educational systems, while also encouraging and sometimes requiring them to use evidence-based approaches that can help improve student outcomes. Our guest today, Thomas Kane , joins us for part two of our conversation about how states can use ESSA to focus education spending on what works.
Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JULY 22, 2017
Project Evident ( @project_evident ) launched earlier this year to help nonprofit leaders and their funders develop and implement multi-year evidence-building plans – plans that can help those nonprofits to provide evidence-based programs. The effort is lead by Kelly Fitzsimmons, formerly of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and Scott Cody, formerly of Mathematica.
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