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Looking Forward: NRPA’s Strategic Plan with Kristine Stratton — Episode 070

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Over the past several years, NRPA has centered our strategic plans around our three pillars: health and wellness, social equity and conservation. And before you tune us out because the words “strategic plan” sound dull, we can assure you that what NRPA has planned for the future — and our guest today — is anything but!

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Chief Diversity Officer Bootcamp seeks to build a road to a more inclusive future

Partnership for Public Service

Participants learn practical and meaningful strategies The role of the chief diversity officer was elevated by a 2021 executive order designed to promote DEIA within the federal workforce so it can better meet the needs of a diverse public. The bootcamp launched to meet this imperative.

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Happy Sad app leverages AWS generative AI to improve student well-being

AWS Public Sector Blog

In fact, a staggering 87 percent of public schools reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their students’ social-emotional development during the 2021–2022 school year. Collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the strategic planning, scaling, and launching of the app was the clear choice, according to Oldknow.

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Using inclusive language in grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

In June 2021, we released a post about using inclusive language in grants. If you’re interested in building a stronger culture of inclusion in your organization, your strategic plan is a great place to start. I spent multiple work days just researching to put together what I needed to run the retreat and write the plan.

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DHS Brings New Discipline to Cyber Planning

GovLoop

In 2021, DHS, like many agencies, was putting together a funding request to boost its cybersecurity work after the SolarWinds cyberattack. Indeed, the department plans to give the model an increasingly larger role in IT and budget planning, according to DHS’s Information Technology Strategic Plan (FY 2024-2028). “To

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How to Build a Successful CRA Strategy and Action Plan for 2022

CRA Today

Get a copy of your bank’s strategic plans for 2021 or 2022, if available. Identify 2–3 strategies that support the bank’s/business unit’s strategic plans while supporting your CRA program. She graduated from Southern Utah University in 2021, where she studied creative and technical writing.

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Picture this: How the U.S. Forest Service uses Google Cloud tools to analyze a changing planet

Google Public Sector

TreeS-DIP results become available within 48 hours following landfall of a large storm event to allow allocation of ground resources to the field for strategic planning and management. Box 2 shows NAIP imagery from 2017 with, with box 3 showing NAIP imagery from 2021.