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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

How can outreach and education help? Identifying common types of dumped waste informs public outreach efforts, like flyers, dumpster roll-off days, or hazardous waste drop-off events. Knowing the volume of trash and debris to be removed helps cleanup teams send the right equipment and personnel to the site.

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Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab helps educators focus on teaching rather than technology

AWS Public Sector Blog

Professor Nick Hawes at the University of Oxford teaches disadvantaged pupils programming as part of OxNet , an outreach program run by Pembroke College. “I I contacted the team at AWS to explore how I could run JupyterHub for the outreach programme. Top re:Invent 2021 announcements for K12 education.

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

zencity

As 2021 comes to a close, we took a look at which cities have the most satisfied residents, and at what makes those cities so great. The positive sentiment once again shows how important the role of community outreach is in building resident satisfaction. The post 2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Colorado Springs, CO.

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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

Local councils and state agencies are increasingly using targeted outreach, accessible digital engagement platforms, and culturally appropriate methods to reach underrepresented groups. for 2021, 2022, and 2023, and now boasts national leagues, including in Australia. It’s been recognized as the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.

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State agencies deliver needed services with help from Speridian and Google Cloud

Google Public Sector

When $10B was allocated to the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) local state agencies needed to act quickly to assist homeowners avoid mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures or loss of utilities. Homeowners were able to apply for the program online and via mobile devices.

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Veteran Transitioners Find Success at Google Public Sector

Google Public Sector

Federal Policy and Outreach, Government Affairs and Public Policy Kevin Mulligan of Washington, D.C., In 2021, after working in a few different industries, including civilian firefighting, Jon attended Google’s Veteran Network Career Week. Kevin Mulligan, senior manager, U.S. Google is far more mission-oriented than I appreciated.

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The 2023 Guide to Social Media for Libraries: Twitter

Super Library Marketing

That’s a 100 percent increase from 2021. So, use your Twitter account to share news about your branches, like renovations, changes in service, new resources added to your website, additions to your staff, and appearances at outreach events or community meetings. Most Twitter users are between the ages of 25-34 years.