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How One Library Marketer Advocated for (and Got) an Additional Promotional Staff Member

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Nicole is now the Communications Coordinator for the Delaware County District Library, a five-branch system with a bookmobile and other outreach services. She had one Communication Specialist but was certain she needed more help. In 2018, the Library passed a levy with the promise to build a new branch.

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Digital Civic Engagement as an Equity Solution for Cities & Counties

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Social media has the power to positively impact civic engagement. It is an opportunity for local governments to increase engagement, to get more equitable community feedback and reach more residents, and to help build trust with the community by more easily meeting them where they are. What is digital civic engagement?

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2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Cities with the Most Satisfied Residents

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When we think about resident feedback, oftentimes negative feedback comes to mind: complaints about sanitation, unhappiness with police-community relations, or the mishandling of public communications. But the positive feedback a city receives is just as important as its negative feedback. Colorado Springs, CO.

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How to Build Community Consensus Throughout the Engagement Process

Social Pinpoint

It has even been revealed that community opposition has contributed to the delay or cancellation of more than $30 billion worth of infrastructure projects nationally in the decade to 2017. The proportion of which stakeholder pressure has played a role in project delay also rose from 76 percent of instances in 2018 to 80 percent in 2020.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

William Bratton, the former police commissioner for New York City, is attributed as the leading proponent of the "Broken Windows" theory of policing (" Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety ," Atlantic Magazine ) which posits that visible disorder in communities--vacant windows, abandoned buildings and cars, litter etc.--left

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Therefore, the world community must take action immediately." However, it is important not to overdo historical comparisons, as we know from looking at the effects of the 1918 'Spanish' influenza (Spinney 2018). Perhaps comparisons with the general strike of 1926 might yield some insights. PLoS One 2007:2(11): e1220, 1-6. Spinney, L.

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Announcing the 2024-2025 AWS IMAGINE Grant winners

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This solution will integrate RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline directly into social media, gaming, and social networking sites. By doing so, RAINN aims to expedite access to trauma-informed support and resources for sexual violence survivors of all ages, delivering critical interventions where people already communicate.

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