Let's Talk Parks

APRIL 13, 2021

Choosing a job in Parks and Recreation is incredibly rewarding, yet is faced with a number of challenges. How can you navigate your career in the field without burning out? There are many jobs you can choose from when it comes to Parks and Recreation – aquatics, camps, facilities, maintenance. Remember that it doesn’t matter so much about your job title, but rather how it helps you reach your career goals, ideal lifestyle, and alignment with your values.

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The City Fix

APRIL 12, 2021

In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Social Pinpoint

APRIL 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way Local and State Governments informed, engaged and collaborated with their communities, rapidly shifting their public participation strategies to online. A process that traditionally brings communities together in-person, meant the once ‘new age’ way of engagement was accelerated to allow communities to come together online through surveys, video town hall.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 27, 2021

It is now possible to get an online degree as a Master of Infrastructure Planning and Management. This podcast is an interview with Wendy Freitag, Program Director for the University of Washington’s program linked above. In this podcast we talk generally about online degrees in general, to include those in emergency management. How they compare school to school and with resident courses of study.

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First State Insights

APRIL 26, 2021

Preston Schell, co-founder and President of the Ocean Atlantic Companies, speaks with Sean O'Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about the housing market in southern Delaware. During this February 10, 2021 interview, Preston recounts his start in the real estate industry while offering insights on the current and future demand for and challenges associated with residential development in Sussex County, Delaware.

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Princeton Public Library

APRIL 6, 2021

The now-iconic bright yellow jacket and bold red headband; a young, Black girl reciting loudly and clearly for all to hear. As I perused my social media feeds on the evening of January 20th, one thing was abundantly clear: Amanda Gorman was having a moment. Poetry was having a moment. The National Youth Poet Laureate’s […].

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The City Fix

APRIL 15, 2021

Crisis often sparks changes to the ways we move. Post-war prosperity made the automobile a household item, and lifestyle. The 1970s global oil and fiscal crisis brought a short-lived bike boom and a retreat of city dollars for public transit. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Social Pinpoint

APRIL 27, 2021

Social Pinpoint’s Interactive Map is being used by The City of Norfolk in Virginia, USA in the development of their Multimodal Transportation Master Plan. The post Social Pinpoint featured by 13News Now (WVEC) in Norfolk, Virginia appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 20, 2021

Emergency management organizations have now been immersed in COVID-19 response for over a year. This podcast is an interview with Jody Ferguson, Director for Pierce County Department of Emergency Management. In it we explore how her department responded first to the call to help with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) distribution and then more recently with mass vaccination efforts by the county.

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First State Insights

APRIL 5, 2021

Vikram Krishnamurthy, Executive Director of the Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH), speaks with Madison Matera (MPA ‘22), Public Administration Fellow at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about DCH’s Branches to Chances program, which is a horticulture job training program for unemployed, underemployed, and/or previously incarcerated individuals.

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Maintaining parks and recreation facilities efficiently is no easy task, especially when faced with scheduling issues, aging infrastructure, and inconsistent inspections. Join us for this insightful webinar where we explore the most common challenges departments like yours are facing and how digital tools like CityReporter can help you streamline operations, ensure safety, and make better use of your resources.

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Princeton Public Library

APRIL 14, 2021

Painful, scary, worrisome and difficult. These are a few of the many words that come to mind when I think about some of the recent events in this country.

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The Market Urbanism Report

APRIL 5, 2021

Free trade has made Monterrey like a "Mexican Houston": an unpretentious industrial city with a strong economy and good jobs.

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The City Fix

APRIL 29, 2021

During the summers, in the crowded informal settlement she calls home in Ahmedabad, India, Meenaben would lay wet jute on the floor and hay on the roof of her home to lower the temperature inside. If she didn’t, her home. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Public Sector Future

APRIL 29, 2021

In this episode, we explore a challenge-based approach to public sector innovation. We speak with Jeremy Goldberg about one of the projects he was responsible for in the New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer. Goldberg designed and implemented a new approach to bringing bold ideas and breakthroughs into the public realm to benefit New Yorkers through NYCx Challenges.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 13, 2021

In the podcast we talk about the cybersecurity threats and different approaches being used to counter those threats. Cybersecurity training is one of those and it has become something employees must accomplish as part of organizational standards. There are many mistakes that companies and governments make in their approaches to this training. Heather Stratford, CEO for Drip7 is the Disaster Zone guest.

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CarahCast

APRIL 28, 2021

Listen to Kanuj Behl, Cloud Architect at Nutanix, discuss how Nutanix provides simplicity, stability, and scalability for Splunk deployments. Listen to Kanuj Behl, Cloud Architect at Nutanix, discuss how Nutanix provides simplicity, stability, and scalability for Splunk deployments.

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Princeton Public Library

APRIL 28, 2021

Poet Maggie Smith recently posted this on her Instagram account, “A wise person once told me to start each day by asking myself the same question: ‘What else is possible?’ There it is–an opening when things may feel like they’re narrowing or even closing. What else is possible?

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The Market Urbanism Report

APRIL 12, 2021

Miami might test how to pay and get paid in Bitcoin - while using the cryptocurrency for its larger investment strategy.

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The City Fix

APRIL 21, 2021

This is part three in a series on capacity development for city leaders. The first two posts in this series discussed how effective capacity development should be rooted in the immediate needs and mandates of all stakeholders, and how collective action must. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Public Sector Future

APRIL 29, 2021

In this episode, we explore a challenge-based approach to public sector innovation. We speak with Jeremy Goldberg about one of the projects he was responsible for in the New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer. Goldberg designed and implemented a new approach to bringing bold ideas and breakthroughs into the public realm to benefit New Yorkers through NYCx Challenges.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 6, 2021

Emergency management is primarily known as a profession that responds to disasters. Another very important aspect of the discipline of emergency management is disaster mitigation. This podcast focuses on a relatively new federal program called Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BIRC). Derrick Hiebert, Deloitte is the mitigation expert interviewed in this recording.

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ParkTalk podcast

APRIL 28, 2021

Nature Center Manager Angelique Harshman takes us on a spring wildflower walk in the woods. Learn about what to look for and what makes these flowers unique. Nature Center Manager Angelique Harshman takes us on a spring wildflower walk in the woods. Learn about what to look for and what makes these flowers unique.

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PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.

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Data.gov

APRIL 28, 2021

Data.gov will be discontinuing the Catalog Service for Web (CSW) as of May 1st, 2021. You can access the same catalog of data through the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network Application Programming Interface (CKAN API) provided by catalog.data.gov. If you have … Continued. The post Data.gov to Discontinue CSW Service on May 1 appeared first on Data.gov.

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The Market Urbanism Report

APRIL 12, 2021

Miami might test how to pay and get paid in Bitcoin - while using the cryptocurrency for its larger investment strategy.

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The City Fix

APRIL 14, 2021

Too many of us have been personally touched by tragic road crashes that have maimed or killed a loved one. For far too many, Songkran – Thailand’s festival to celebrate the traditional new year – will be a moment not. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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FedHeads

APRIL 26, 2021

US GAO legend Chris Mihm shared his last day in a 37 year government career with the FedHeads. Wonderful wisdom from almost four decades of public service. Congrats and good luck, Chris! US GAO legend Chris Mihm shared his last day in a 37 year government career with the FedHeads. Wonderful wisdom from almost four decades of public service. Congrats and good luck, Chris!

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CarahCast

APRIL 21, 2021

Hear directly from other campus leaders as they share their journeys to improve identity access and security systems, and learn how your campus can adopt similar strategies for student and campus success. Hear directly from other campus leaders as they share their journeys to improve identity access and security systems, and learn how your campus can adopt similar strategies for student and campus success.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 20, 2021

In celebration of April being Earth Month, and with Earth Day coming up on Thursday, we’re excited to be discussing a program focused on creating leaders for climate solutions. The program, Climate for Health, was founded by ecoAmerica and NRPA has partnered with them to bring the initiative to park and recreation professionals. Climate for Health is a national initiative that offers tools, resources and communications to demonstrate visible climate leadership, and inspires health leaders to ad

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Princeton Public Library

APRIL 19, 2021

To extend our community outreach, the library partners with the many municipal, non-profit, and business organizations that make Princeton such an extraordinary town. This month, we spoke with Jenny Ludmer, community outreach manager, Sustainable Princeton. Sustainable Princeton is a longtime, mission-aligned partner of the library. Libraries are inherently sustainable.

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Decisions That Matter

APRIL 16, 2021

Procurated Founder & CEO David Yarkin interviews Doug Carlson, Chief Procurement Officer of the State of Nebraska. In the interview, Doug explains why and how Nebraska implemented a supplier concierge program with the goal of promoting economic inclusion for suppliers across the state. If you enjoy this episode, please like and subscribe to the podcast.

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