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Engaging the Public on Climate Action

Barrett & Greene

By Chris Adams, CEO of , Balancing Act , a creator of simulation-based online engagement tools. ? ?. ? My education about this critical topic began in 2014, when the City of Denver hired me to plan and facilitate community input sessions on the city’s proposed climate action plan update. Four Paths To Change. ?.

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Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transforms performance management to improve service

American City & Country

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office’s HR team recognized that its method of performance evaluation, which was time-consuming and required extensive spreadsheets and paper forms, was no longer sustainable. Beckwith earned a bachelor’s in human resource management from Saint Leo University in 2014 and became SHRM certified in 2016.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Meehan, 2014). Meehan, James.

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South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

The City Fix

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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Three Ways Agencies Can Drive Measurable Results Across the Organization 

Government Technology Insider

However, if their goal is to drive sustained change, having the right tools becomes essential for data collection and meaningful analysis. Organizations can track trends over time using Excel spreadsheets or even facilitate “turn the curve thinking” with a Word document or a flip chart in front of a group.

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City of Boulder, CO Integrates PBB into Budget as the "Framework within which all Budget Decisions are Made!"

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

In the 2015 budget process, the city engaged in a streamlined PBB process, recognizing the significant work that had been done in prior years, as well as the demands on staff related to flood recovery and the implementation of an integrated Finance and Human Resources business solutions software package.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

However,'community' is contentious concept (Barrios 2014). At its most benign, it is about relative influence (Barrios 2014). It will be hard work, and even more hard work will have to go into making the result sustainable as society continues to change at an ever accelerating rate. Hence, 'community' is about influence.

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