Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The recommendations below start with three books with outlooks that extend beyond government. These are followed by others that are more directly targeted at the public sector, ending with a couple of non-book offerings. Enjoy and have a pleasant holiday. Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game , W.W.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Local Government Public Administration Public Sector 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 10, 2024

We are not a disparate collection of books,: Today’s libraries function as vibrant community centers that contribute to the social, cultural, and educational fabric of our neighborhoods, enriching the lives of young and old. Campaigns all across the US, in conservative areas, to ban books. The four biggest issues these days are: 1.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Budgeting Local Government Housing 52

Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Sheryl Sandberg recently wrote a book called “Lean In” based on her TEDTalk in 2011 where she pondered why there are so few women at the top. She don’t have TIME to write her own damn book! arrogance, insecurity, AND demeaning cutesy leadership books related to gender, that’s why. She is too busy getting s**t done.

Leadership 52

Leadership Housing Nonprofit Public Administration 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The current edition came out in 2011.). While I haven’t read the book yet, a New Year’s Day review in the New York Times Book Review got me thinking. After all, I’ve co-authored books about the strategic uses of causal mapping with titles like Visual Strategy (Wiley, 2014) and Visible Thinking (Wiley, 2004).

Strategic Planning 40

Strategic Planning Public Administration Nonprofit Engagement 40

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

His new book is titled, “ Holding Fast to Dreams ” and includes a chapter on Meyerhoff Scholars Program. The evidence of effectiveness of the program is also reviewed in this 2011 journal article.) He has received numerous accolades for his work, including more than 20 honorary degrees and a profile on 60 Minutes.

Education 40

Education 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

I found this bookmark, promoting volunteering in the schools, in a book at a Library book sale. Most figure that PTAs suffice, but again, PTAs are mostly comprised of parents of schoolchildren, not interested parties without children. It dates to the 1980s. Arts Festival and fundraiser, Uintah Elementary School, Salt Lake City.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Transportation Engagement Fundraising 52

A Library Writer's Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Call For Chapter Proposals: Student Success Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on an Evolving Profession (working title) We invite you to submit chapter proposals for the forthcoming book, Student Success Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on an Evolving Profession , to be published by ACRL Press.

Outreach 40

Outreach Education Translation 40

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MARCH 16, 2021

The tsunami museum at Rikusentakata, seen from atop the coastal tsunami barrier across the land that was devastated by the waves in March 2011 Thursday 11 th March 2021 was the tenth anniversary of the Japanese triple disaster: earthquake, tsunami and radiation release. A tsunami is usually nothing like the breakers that surfers ride.

Housing 52

Housing Education Operations Management 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The theatre performances drew upon a rich heritage of books, studies, memoirs, plays and music that over the years has commemorated the Vajont tragedy. At the other end of the scale, in the Tōhoku region of northeast Honshu, Japan, there are now 62 museums dedicated to the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear release.

Regulations 52

Regulations Housing 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). percent of their book with a CLTV of 80-90 percent, with almost all of it (4.2 The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history.

Housing 52

Housing Regulations Government Accountability 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

” The cost of capital is sometimes defined as the level of return needed for the market to value a company’s shares at book value (an accounting measure of the shareholders’ investment in a company). Also, the 0.10 6] It was officially adopted in 2017. [7] 22] See the G-fee Report, pp.

Press Release 52

Press Release Housing Regulations Implementation 52

Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

In 2012, Patrick Overeem wrote a forensic investigation [a la CSI-style] book hinting to a comeback in the making, particularly in the United States. Retrieved from [link]. Overeem, Patrick (2012). The Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Toward a Constitutional Perspective. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02430.x.

Leadership 52

Leadership Elected Officials Public Administration Government Employee 52

Librarian.net

JANUARY 12, 2025

This is the thread of the books I am reading this year. I started 137 books and finished 135. Here was the Mastodon thread of what I read last year and here’s my 2024 booklist. I didn’t mind it but I might have liked being out doing more other things. I finally managed to read a majority of female and non-binary authors.

Management 52

Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

A few years ago when I was doing research on public markets I came across the book Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food and Community , which posits a more locally controlled and democratically involved regional food system, as opposed to the one we have, dominated by huge corporations. It's an interesting book.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Urban Planning Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

One of the most important books I read in the late 1980s, pre-Internet, was Maximarketing. Another good book was the Marketing Imagination. And I have to temper my thinking about this too. Its basic point was that you have to focus on all channels, not just some, selectively. That's where cities are.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Public Safety Management Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). Then you’ll LOVE these ultra urban garden ideas for Manchester " Manchester Evening News ). It ran for a week in the city's center, with demonstrations and presentations and had many thousands of patrons.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). Then you’ll LOVE these ultra urban garden ideas for Manchester " Manchester Evening News ). It ran for a week in the city's center, with demonstrations and presentations and had many thousands of patrons.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. 2011; Aday, et al., Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Power is a difficult concept to study but if you are tracking outcomes, it becomes a little bit easier as James Battista (2011) states in his paper Formal and Perceived Leadership Power in U.S. How power can be utilized as a stalemate or “punishment” reads like a list ripped from an old high school year book or a future Mean Girls script.

Legislation 52

Legislation Elected Officials Leadership Housing 52