Social Pinpoint

AUGUST 31, 2023

Why is deliberative engagement important? This is where the role of deliberative engagement comes in. This is where the role of deliberative engagement comes in. Deliberative engagement also operates in more private settings, such as community panels and citizens’ juries. Why should you use deliberative engagement?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Unifying their data into a data lake was the first step in building more trust in their data for their analysts, increasing access to the data for mission and business owners, and creating data governance and security processes for the IT team, ultimately benefiting the entire organization.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 25, 2023

In 2018, only 5 percent of the conventional mortgage market were loans to Black borrowers, compared to 15 percent of the FHA/VA market, which are government-mandated to serve underserved borrowers. And lower rates of homeownership are a direct result of limited access to the financial market.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

This initiative, led by our Director of Engagement Odetta Macleish-White, creates opportunities for marginalized local developers and promotes equitable development in underserved communities. Our advocacy efforts have been crucial in bringing this legislation to life, and we are honored to have been recognized by Sen.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

MAY 1, 2020

In my work in the public sector over the last 20 years or more, one of the most familiar tropes is the exasperated crusade so many engage in to find better ways to collaborate within and across governments and between governments and the wider community. Might the choice palette be more appetising than that sterile binary?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues. Florida, Wyoming explain " -- " Corporate volunteerism: ‘Not charity.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Nonprofits can use CiviCRM to store contact data, send personalized messages, plan events, manage membership programs, organize advocacy campaigns, and more. About CiviCRM Over 11,000 nonprofit organizations around the world use CiviCRM to build and manage their donor, member, and constituent bases.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 17, 2023

border exceeded 2 million for the first time in 2022 (Washington Post, 2022), with migrants fleeing not only repressive government regimes but natural disasters, poverty and food scarcity, and high levels of crime and gang violence. How do nonprofits working in migration crises balance advocacy and service delivery?

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 27, 2024

A Unique Path to Professional Expansion Typically, opportunities for federal employees to engage in a work detail are confined within their own agencies or other federal bodies. Leading the CX roundtable series and refining a CX recommendations database were pivotal in improving my stakeholder engagement and consensus-building skills.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

In this episode, California State Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about election policy and election policies and civic engagement. Kennedy School of Government. Kennedy School of Government.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Our tip: engage early to foster co-creation and trust with a public now acutely aware of their right to have their say. . Run a community advocacy program . Maybe it’s increased feedback points throughout the constitute journey, benchmarking community satisfaction or experimenting with your engagement toolkit.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

Join us at the 2025 Women in Leadership Conference, a prestigious gathering of trailblazing women in higher education. We're seeking dynamic speakers and panelists to illuminate key topics shaping the future of academia.

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2024

Priorities for States Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) publishes federal advocacy priorities that represent areas of focus for the upcoming year and how states can collaborate with federal agencies, Congress, the White House and strategic partners. Here’s a look at recent developments.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 20, 2024

Research on Canadians’ social media activity during the pandemic revealed that many expressed concern over both the government’s reaction and their safety. (1) TikTok is crucial for political campaigns looking to reach new audiences through digital advocacy. (4) Digital Health, 2022. 20552076221102253.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

In this episode, California State Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about election policy and election policies and civic engagement. Kennedy School of Government. Kennedy School of Government.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

That’s because both are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The GSE Background Over a century ago, Congress began creating public-private hybrid corporations known as government-sponsored enterprises. government, allowing them to borrow at near-Treasury rates, lower than any regular private sector company or bank could.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

There is a local walking and transit advocacy group called Sweet Streets , that helped promote this change.) Ironically, according to the Salt Lake Tribune , community communication is part of the planning process: Quick-action pilot projects could start as soon as this fall, but an overhaul may not begin until late 2024.

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Public Policy Blog

JULY 23, 2013

Their research suggests that these two forces are leading to achange in the perception and management of brand in nonprofit organizations, away from a purely fundraising and PR tool, to that of a critical and highly strategic asset focused on mission implementation, advocacy, and a policy machine. Are you a leader?

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Grant proposals, whether to government bodies, private foundations, or corporations, provide a vital avenue for securing these funds. How does grant writing certification empower individuals to secure funding from diverse sources, including government grants, foundations, and corporate donors?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats. When DC was run by the federal government, the National Capital Parks and Planning Commission ran parks and planning. John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. Points (2) and (3) are crucial and failure to consider them at the fine grained required is the cause of most failures in government policies and programs.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

What’s a Better Fit, Government or Foundation Funding? Government Databases IV. Not only will the funder require one, but they may expect to have significant input on your M&E plan, to the point of telling you the indicators you should use; this level of engagement is not uncommon in government-funded grants.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The commission also proposed a number of solutions, including police reforms and increased Latino representation within the city’s government. And we had fallen behind in that regard,” she said. The city did create a number of outreach initiatives and directed more funding to various Latino organizations.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. Climate change as an opportunity for civic engagement within parks and parks systems Sustainability education. There are good models for better practice. for interpretation. Denver Post.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

This blocking has been enabled by extensive political advocacy and lobbying, especially aimed at elected members of Congress and state legislatures, and stands out for how effective it has been. Fortunately, there is evidence that the decades-long track record of such blocking being so effective may finally be coming to an end.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This is in addition to the fee sometimes varying by product type (e.g.,

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

MH’s supporters consider it naturally low-cost due to the efficiency of factory production, rather than via government subsidy. First, have the four government mortgage agencies 1 strongly support 2 “chattel” loans (i.e., percent per year, almost as much as site-built homes that appreciated at 3.8 percent per year.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 31, 2024

Modeled after Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper for higher education, that we used to subscribe to and read at the University of Michigan student government, Education Week provides the same type of in depth and feature coverage of K-12 education. I've never seen a public library that subscribes. Most teachers don't know about it.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. Because social media can increase the perceived social and public equity, users are more likely to engage in active participation. Social media has played an integral part in grassroots communication and participation.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Inerestingly, the federal government supported the demolition. More recently, his administration actively prevented the accommodation of bicycling on a Southern Maryland bridge connecting the state to Virginia (" Judge gives go-ahead for Maryland to demolish old Nice-Middleton Bridge: Bridge spans Potomac between King George, Va.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Definitely this is another example of DC government's failure to focus and to be innovative. Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs. Government has a bias for inaction. There's a letter to the editor in yesterday's Washington Post , " D.C. must step up on road deaths." It's a good letter.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

AWS continues to see non-profit healthcare advocacy groupssuch as C4BHfocus on data first, sharing their health and social services data into the cloud so that it becomes usable and actionable. The IMAGINE Grant includes $125,000 in unrestricted funding, $15,000 in AWS Promotional Credits, and ongoing technical engagements with AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“Jace dedicated the last two years of his life to championing research and coined the phrase ‘DIPG won’t wait’,” said Lisa Ward, Jace’s mom and co-founder of Tough2gether Against DIPG/DMG , a patient advocacy organization that works closely with the CBTN. Now available: New AWS program supporting nonprofit donor and member engagement.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In the next year, we will see local governments take a closer look at embodied carbon and full lifecycle footprints of materials,” Harris tells Co-op Solutions. For example, I’m seeing governments find creative ways to engage and educate their community on various sustainability projects.”

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

In addition to those needed to fulfill campaign promises, various interest groups are advocating to add to that list, including calls to prioritize having Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) [1] , exit their 16-year-long conservatorships.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2025

Considering denying nonprofit status to environmental advocacy groups (" Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups ," Bloomberg) as it's already cutting grants to such groups without authorization from Congress (" EPAs Decision to Scrap $20bn in Climate Grants Based on Inaccurate, Politicized Claims, Says Grantee ," Earth.org).

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