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Putting People at the Heart of Integrated Climate Action: Report From the 2022 ICLEI World Congress

The City Fix

ICLEI has long recommended that cities take integrated climate action, tackling both mitigation – lowering greenhouse gas emissions to prevent future climate change – and adaptation – preparing to cope with the climate change of today – in a holistic. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Ep. 62 - Live Education Purchasing Panel with Michigan Dept. of Edu. and Purdue University

Decisions That Matter

Procurated's Genna Gold is joined on this live webinar recording by several highly respected education purchasers, including: Jayme Baker, Manager, Category Management, Purdue University. Carol Munroe , Business Analyst, Michigan Department of Education. Kevin Walters, Supervisor, Office of School Support Services, Michigan Department of Education. The webinar covers a variety of important topics specific to the education market including the unique buying cycles of higher education and K-12, tr

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Intergenerational Service Learning

First State Insights

Maggie Ratnayake, Executive Director of Lori’s Hands, speaks with Julia O'Hanlon, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration, about service-learning models to support older adults and promote mutually beneficial experiences. This May 6, 2022 interview addresses the history and mission of Lori’s Hands, the value and impacts of intergenerational service-learning programs, and approaches to evaluating program impacts.

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How Do You Sustain Your Grant Funded Programs?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SPOILER ALERT: More grant funding is not the answer. Listen. I get it. I have been funding projects and programs with grants for the last 21 years, and I despise the sustainability question. If I were brutally honest, my answer to that question would sound like this: Look, dear funder, I appreciate that you are thinking ahead. It’s smart. But right now, I’m in the middle of developing three federal proposals, managing 15 open grants, writing my organization’s newsletter from cover to cover, and

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The Ultimate Playground Inspection Handbook

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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7 Ways US Cities Can Make Clean Energy Initiatives More Equitable

The City Fix

America’s clean energy appetite continues to grow, with more than 180 U.S. cities committed to 100% renewable electricity. While this is promising, more needs to be done to expand the full benefits of clean energy to everyone in these communities. Historically, whiter, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Public Sector Day 2022 Increases Accessibility While Emphasizing Key Topics Impacting Government

Government Technology Insider

Supply chain problems and cybersecurity risks have been pressing topics for months across for both the public and private sector. Because of its far-reaching impact, the White House released an Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains in July 2021 to make improvements that will both resolve current issues and future-proof our access to goods. This year’s Public Sector Day, hosted by RSA, will bring together senior government officials, like the Director of Supply Chain Risk Management and Risk

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Community Progress Welcomes 2022 Community Revitalization Fellows from New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

The Center for Community Progress announces the selected fellowship cohorts for this year’s Community Revitalization Fellowship. WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 24, 2022 – The Center for Community Progress (Community Progress) is honored to share the participants for the 2022-23 Community Revitalization Fellowship (CRF). Cohorts of grassroots community leaders from Syracuse, New York ; Braddock/East Pittsburgh/North Braddock (BEN), Pennsylvania ; and Loíza, Puerto Rico will collectively learn revitalizat

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Intended Consequences in Conversation

Park Leaders

On this episode of the Park Leaders Show, Ben Novak, Lead Scientist at Revive & Restore, rejoins the show to share recent conservation success stories. While intended consequences may seem like a vague term, in the context of environment preservation, this often refers to the calculated controlling of species and habitats to sustain life. In select state parks, the reintroduction of wolves into the wild is a prime example of what’s working.

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Growing Pathways to Success for ALL Students

Homeroom

A Call to Action featuring Education, Labor, and Commerce Secretaries June 1, 1:30 p.m. ET By: Amy Loyd, Senior Advisor This is our moment to truly reimagine education. This is our moment to lift our students, our education system, and our country to a level never before seen. As the great Congressman Lewis said, “If. Continue Reading. The post Growing Pathways to Success for ALL Students appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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How ASU is improving learner experiences with the Unizin Data Platform

Google Public Sector

Many first-generation and non-traditional learners who enroll at Arizona State University (ASU) benefit from a personalized learning approach. To support a diverse range of learners, the EdPlus team at ASU needed a way to deliver more individualized learning experiences to support student success at scale. The EdPlus team sought technology that was easy to deploy, flexible in creating new applications as needed, and harnessed their data to make real-time decisions to improve customized learning

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7 Signs Your Local Government ERP Is Holding You Back: A Guide for Small Municipalities

Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.

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Ep. 62 - Live Education Purchasing Panel with Michigan Dept. of Edu. and Purdue University

Decisions That Matter

Procurated's Genna Gold is joined on this live webinar recording by several highly respected education purchasers, including: Jayme Baker, Manager, Category Management, Purdue University Carol Munroe , Business Analyst, Michigan Department of Education Kevin Walters, Supervisor, Office of School Support Services, Michigan Department of Education The webinar covers a variety of important topics specific to the education market including the unique buying cycles of higher education and K-12, trend

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Cybersecurity – Protecting a global research university

Public Sector Future

In this episode, host Olivia Neal speaks to Mary Ann Blair, the Chief Information Security Officer of Carnegie Mellon University. Blair and her team, the Information Security Office, protect the global research university from cyber threats that attack the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and systems. Hear her challenges, priorities, and lessons learned since starting her role in 2004.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

By Michelle Lofton and Mikhail Ivonchyk. Working capital management is a managerial strategy that monitors and uses current assets (e.g., cash, accounts receivable, and inventory) and current liabilities (e.g., accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. The purpose is to maintain cash flows for liquidity to meet short-term operating expenses and obligations.

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Coming soon

Princeton Public Library

My favorite part of selecting books for the library is hearing about new titles months before they are published. Professional journals such as Library Journal and Publishers Weekly include reviews and information about soon-to-be bestsellers coming out in the next few months. Access to this information is crucial to us having books available for you […].

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ASPA TIMES Magazine: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.

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Write Your Next Grant Proposal with OneNote

Peak Proposals

Writing a grant proposal has several stages. There’s the research stage when you are learning about the funder’s interests, studying the proposal requirements, and collecting background information related to your topic; the outline stage, when you are deciding the proposal’s structure, developing the outline, and determining which content goes where; the writing phase, when you are drafting text; and finally, the submission phase, when you are editing the proposal, completing the final reviews,

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Cybersecurity – Protecting a global research university

Public Sector Future

In this episode, host Olivia Neal speaks to Mary Ann Blair, the Chief Information Security Officer of Carnegie Mellon University. Blair and her team, the Information Security Office,?protect the global research university from cyber threats that attack the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and systems.?Hear her challenges, priorities, and lessons learned since starting her role in 2004.

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