What kind of transportation future do we want?
GCN
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
COMMENTARY | Autonomous vehicles should be thoughtfully integrated into a balanced transportation system that also accommodates pedestrians, transit riders and cyclists.
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Author Talks: Walt Hickey explains how what we watch influences what we do
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
You may be surprised at how much film and TV have shaped society. Pulitzer Prize winner and data expert Walt Hickey reveals why.
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What challenges do we face five years after the launch of General Data Protection Regulation?
Open Access Government - Technology News
MAY 25, 2023
On 25th May 2018, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Robin Campbell-Burt discusses what’s changed 5 years later On 25th May, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation – shortened to GDPR – which ultimately changed the way we deal with data.
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Why is is so hard to do what we know? Or what happens when I’ve hit the wall
Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company
JULY 1, 2020
The story goes that COVID has peeled back the lid, so to speak, to reveal a set of conditions and circumstances about the way we care, and the way we think about care, that suggest things are at one at the same time impressively resilient and dangerously fragile. why is it so hard to do what we know ? Why is that?
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As the Next Round of COVID Boosters Become Widely Available and Flu Season Begins, What Do We Know about Adult Vaccination Rates?
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
OCTOBER 19, 2022
With new COVID-19 boosters rolling out and flu season just around the corner, vaccinations are top-of-mind for many Americans. In today’s WatchBlog post, we’re rolling up our sleeves to take a look at adult vaccination rates for routine vaccines.
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Ep 11: We’re Back!
Summer Camp Programming
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Kelie went back to her home camp to help out, and you’ll never guess what she offered to do! The post Ep 11: We’re Back! SHOW NOTES Natalie interviews Kelie on her post camp “vacation”. Want to add to our conversation? Have a question you want us to discuss? appeared first on Summer Camp Programming.
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The Tyranny of the “Community”: Transcending the Public Meeting
Human Transit
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
In the projects we do for transit agency clients, mostly around bus network redesign, the task of seeking public feedback is at least one third of the project budget. Aaron Gordon’s excellent piece in Vice explores what’s wrong with this grand civic ritual. What questions are we supposed to be asking?
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How To Create a Marketing Plan for an Entire Year Even if Your Library’s Strategic Plan Sucks or Is Non-Existent!
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 15, 2024
If you’re like me, you do some strategic planning when you go on a trip. You do you!) What is the difference between a strategic plan and a marketing plan? How do you know what you should be promoting? Step 2: Write down what you know about the community you serve. Where do they live?
The Future of Data-Based Decision-Making
GovLoop
JANUARY 31, 2024
Not only are you not benefiting from what these tools can provide, … you also can’t contribute anything,” she added. We need to be careful that we’re not just deploying these solutions so that we can say, ‘Oh, look what I did,’” Kowalski said. Do any of these trigger anything in your system?’” she explained.
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Tips for Editing Your Own Writing
Peak Proposals
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Because you know what you meant to write, your eye will often gloss over misspellings, missing words, and incorrect word choices. Even when you are determined to slow down and read what you’ve written word-for-word, it’s almost impossible to resist skimming some sections. It isn't easy to edit your own writing. Change the context.
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How Difficult Is It to Get a Grant? It’s Debatable.
Peak Proposals
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In our blog posts and other materials, we share our experiences related to researching potential funders, writing grant proposals, and managing the process. Competitiveness and Likelihood of Winning Grant Funding What we’ve said: Securing grant funding is a competitive process and the odds of winning any single grant are generally low.
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January 2024 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter
Microsoft Public Sector
JANUARY 22, 2024
Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers.
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Specialization Makes Our Life Harder
Disaster Zone blog
JUNE 7, 2023
We need to better define who we are and what we do.
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The Clever yet Simple Trick One Library Marketer Uses To Remind Her Community of All Her Library Offers Every Day of the Year!
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 8, 2024
We have fewer than 25 staff members (including our Director) servicing our six branches,” explains Donna. Many staff members do double- or sometimes triple-duty.” “My What I don’t generate myself is usually shared with me to make sure it fits our style and brand before being shared with the world.” You can see it here.
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December 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter
Microsoft Public Sector
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers.
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Award-Winning Library Marketing Team’s Advice for Promotional Success: “Try New Things. Fail. Try More Things.”
Super Library Marketing
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
We all jumped around excited (them in the office and me in a hotel lobby),” recalled Meghan. More than anything I am so proud that we won as a team. We had to keep it a secret for about two months. With support from the CEO, we built it.” “The We started trying new things to see what worked.” “We
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Survey Says: A Midwestern Library Marketer Shares Her Library’s Secrets for Uncovering Patron Motivations
Super Library Marketing
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Dad would go to the Do-It-Yourself section and Mom would get cookbooks and the latest Erma Bombeck writings,” recalls Jenie. “My We always left the library with an armful of books.” “My It’s incredible what you can learn from the library!” My brother Pat and I were off to explore the shelves in the Children’s Department.
Grant Professional: We Are Strong & Mighty
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
OCTOBER 14, 2022
We juggle so many deadlines and responsibilities. The work we do is IMPACTFUL to communities around the world. In case you have never met a grant pro, here’s a sampling of what I’m talking about. We match the right funding programs to our organization’s programming. Then we do it again.
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New Mexico delivers customer-obsessed human services programs powered by AWS
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 3, 2024
We were able to move to AWS, to Connect, basically overnight. What we have to communicate is life-saving information. If your bank can text you or Amazon can call when your package arrives, it’s important we can, too.” We look at the amount of texts we send out compared to the percentage returned.
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Google Ad Grants Improve Your Library’s Chances of Being Found in Search: How To Apply and Manage This Incredible Opportunity
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 22, 2024
And what does Google get out of this deal? Google’s primary motivation, we believe, is to perform a social good by helping nonprofits,” says Maggie. Google will also review the library’s website for quality and security issues; it will reject websites that are not https-enabled or do not meet their quality standards.”
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A Year In Review
Grant Consulting Services, LLC
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Grant Consulting Services, LLC: A Year In Review As 2023 draws to a close and we enjoy the Holiday season, we often find ourselves reflecting on the past year, what we’ve learned, and how to carry the treasure of those lessons into a new, hope-filled year. We are all very competitive!
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Creating Trust and Inclusion at Your Agency: NextGen Speakers Explain How
GovLoop
OCTOBER 26, 2023
First , although many workers think they have no influence over trust in their organization, they do, Sanchez said. I trusted…that Uber ride to do two things: to pick me up on time and to deliver me safely to my destination. We can trust the motives of someone who shares something that we have in common with.
How Can the Metaverse Help State and Local Governments?
State Tech Magazine
JULY 12, 2023
Citizens are doing more online than ever, from renewing driver’s licenses to applying for benefits. For state and local governments, NASCIO suggests a way forward: “What if we could bring back the positive side of the human interaction that we have lost, but still do all of this from home or the office?…
Is Your Library Struggling With Program Attendance? Here Are 4 Proven Ways To Focus Your Marketing and Boost Your Numbers
Super Library Marketing
MARCH 18, 2024
You’ll learn what to expect pretty quickly and how to plan to market each of these events as they rotate in the library calendar.” So… Why do libraries struggle so much trying to get people to attend these programs? Here’s what I’ve learned. So how do we increase program attendance?
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Conversations With CXOs: Michael Mayta
GovLoop
JANUARY 22, 2024
What have you learned about keeping up with evolving technology? We use the cloud for a lot of things. At one point, a main selling point was that it allowed you to pay for only what you used. We know what we’re using two years ahead because of the budgetary process,” he explained. We’re not doing that,” he said.
Tech Empowerment Day helps underserved students explore modern technology
Google Public Sector
JANUARY 10, 2024
What we do is give you experience. You can have access, but if you’re not engaged, you can’t take full advantage of what it has to offer. What we do is give you experience. You can have access, but if you’re not engaged, you can’t take full advantage of what it has to offer.
Episode 5: Community Action and Partnerships Prevails as Banks Mobilize to Respond to COVID-19
CRA Today
APRIL 8, 2024
How can we partner with CDFIs to extend the traditional boundaries of capital where it is most needed? How can we leverage programs and services provided by social service agencies, federal health clinics and community action agencies to meet the foundational needs of the most economically vulnerable?
GRANTEGY: Don’t Leave Your Grants to Chance Series
Grant Consulting Services, LLC
APRIL 25, 2024
We call this step Grant Optimization. You will recall that we utilized the who, what, where, why, when, how, and who cares framework to evaluate the organization and its programs or services during the feasibility study. What Is Grant Optimization? So, what is grant optimization in relation to strategic planning?
Where Should People Work?
GovLoop
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Because an increasing number of public- and private-sector leaders now think remote work is a problem, not a solution, we asked three C-level government executives a question: What are your thoughts about work-from-home arrangements? The whole point of on-site isn’t necessarily to do a bunch of strategy work. Tierney said.
Ask A Librarian: Dealing with haters?
Librarian.net
AUGUST 9, 2023
A friend writes in: What are you doing about the idiotic book bannings and attacks on Librarians and what can I do to help? It’s a mess and part of the mess is that it’s really state by state, so what might make sense for you where you are wouldn’t be the tactic in Pennsylvania or Iowa or Arkansas.
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Millennials and Gen Z Could Be the Key to Your Library’s Success! What the Results of a Massive New Survey Have To Say for Libraries
Super Library Marketing
JANUARY 10, 2024
And I think right now is the time to read it and analyze it as we move into 2024 because it may have big implications for your marketing. We’ll break down the topline results in this episode. Watch the video to see what they did that was so incredible. Do you have a suggestion for a topic for a future episode?
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Marketing Your Library’s Annual Report: How to Get Staff to Help and Make Sure Everyone in Your Community Understands Your Value
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 10, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Barbara Swinn knows what she’s doing. What do we want our audience to think, feel, and do,” said Barbara. “We We wanted to make sure that people can see that we were relevant to their lives, and the lives of the communities.
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New AWS survey reveals the link between AI fluency and the next education revolution
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 12, 2024
With many constraints and demands on local budgets, getting additional resources can be difficult—forcing educators to do more with less. When asked what their organization would do with 33 percent more capacity, both employees and employers identified task automation as the top productivity benefit.
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Three ways the public sector can hire, train and retain skilled digital transformation teams
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 25, 2024
The DWP is carrying out a large-scale digital transformation to improve our services and the way we interact with citizens, and we continue to evolve and digitize our organization. We faced a common challenge for public sector organizations: How to hire, train, and retain people with the skills to make better digital services.
Do Relationships Matter?
Grant Consulting Services, LLC
JANUARY 31, 2024
Do Relationships Matter? As Grant Professionals, we know in our hearts that funder relationships matter. One way to do that is by building a relationship with potential funders. When conducting the feasibility study, we look intently at the organization’s who, what, where, why, when, how, and who cares.
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Leading with trust
Partnership for Public Service
MAY 15, 2023
Consider also a time when you failed and wanted to process what happened and learn from it. As you answer each question, you begin to paint a picture of what trust looks like. We establish trusting relationships by what we do, not by what we intend to do. Trust is about behavior.
October 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter
Microsoft Public Sector
OCTOBER 10, 2023
We are excited to announce that we are bringing Universal Print to government organizations with the general availability of Universal Print in GCC/GCC High. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers. government organizations. Thank you for your patience.
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Chapter 4. The Transformation of the UK State
Paul Cairney
MARCH 5, 2024
What do we mean by state transformation? This post introduces chapter 4 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. State transformation describes a collection of major changes to policy and policymaking from the ‘post-war settlement’ … Continue reading →
Library’s Spectacular Success: A Day-Long Cardholder Event Draws Crowds in Record Numbers – Unveiling the Secrets Behind the Triumph!
Super Library Marketing
JANUARY 29, 2024
They also do a good chunk of the library’s event programming, managing all adult events that use outside presenters. In spring 2023, we held our ‘Outdoor Open House’ to showcase the new patios, the terrace, the plaza, and whatnot. We had 750 people show up. We just wanted the public to get in here and wander around.
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A Plan for Access in Arkansas
GovLoop
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
When Sullivan decided to transform the records system, he saw it as a wise long-term investment and an opportunity “to think about the future, and not focus on how we’ve always done things, but think about how we could evolve and do things better moving forward,” he said.
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GRANTEGY: Don’t Leave Your Grants to Chance Series
Grant Consulting Services, LLC
MARCH 28, 2024
PART I: The Feasibility Study We’ve all experienced the triumphs and struggles that come with seeking grants. That’s why we’ve created a platform that’s more than just lessons; it’s a journey to transform your grant strategy and unlock new possibilities. What: What do you do?
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Earth Day Part 1: DC isn't achieving its sustainability goals wrt waste diversion
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 20, 2024
To reach 80% waste diversion by 2040, the plan lays out 43 actions aimed at seven overarching goals, which include reducing how much waste we generate, increasing how much we reuse and expanding access to recycling and composting services. It's important, but hard to do at scale when you only focus on food waste.
Habit #4: Make Good Choices
GovLoop
JULY 14, 2023
What Are Good Productivity Choices? Whether you’re choosing applications, platforms or management strategies, focus on the problem you’re trying to solve, the people doing the work and what they need. When work is not going smoothly, Rao said he analyzes the problem with the team and asks, “What do you need?”
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The Value of Self-Reflection
GovLoop
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
As we look back on the year, what are some of the highlights we want to carry forward? Have we accomplished the goals we set for ourselves? What else do we want to tackle in the remaining days? Who are we? What makes us happy? What makes us tick? What’s our purpose?
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