When Charlotte, N.C. began funding neighborhood groups in 1992, government staff wanted to better understand the impact of the funding in Charlotte’s neighborhoods and where resources should be allocated; similarly, citizens wanted to see how their neighborhoods were changing over time. So, in 1993, the City started conducting an annual Quality of Life Study toRead… Read more »
Search Results for: research
Innovative Journalism Can Take Public Conversation to Scale
We have barely begun to use major media and journalism – both old and new forms – to scale up the impact of powerful public conversations about public issues beyond the rooms and online forums where those conversations take place. Our societies urgently need innovations and development in the area of public conversation journalism inRead… Read more »
Ignore the Emergence of Impact Communications at Your Own Risk
Written by Scott Burns, CEO & co-Founder of GovDelivery Sometimes you can see the sunset, and it is a beautiful thing. But when the sun is setting on your role and your ability to contribute to the organization you serve, it’s troubling. That is happening for many public sector communicators, and there is still timeRead… Read more »
The Rise of Data – Plus the 7 Gov Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Open data is no longer just a fad. We’re now living in a world that demands government data be open to the public. So how can agencies cope? Last year the Sunlight Foundation came out with their Open Data Policy guidelines. The goal of the guidelines was simple: get government startedRead… Read more »
Structure in Threes: Budgeting and Planning -observations and muses
The beatings will continue until moral improves, or so goes the typical planning cycle each year. Although being an observer of the process in many enterprises for 30 years and a unwilling participant at times, I would classify these activities as anything but planning. These are more like the High School Senior Prom with allRead… Read more »
Managing Extreme Opinions During Deliberation
We are happy to share the reflective piece below from one of our newest NCDD supporting members, Donald Ellis of University of Hartford’s School of Communication. Donald’s post came via our Submit-to-Blog Form. Do you have news you want to share with the NCDD network? Just click here to submit your news post for theRead… Read more »
Data Transparency in Action: New York Opens Up
Have you ever wondered how many traffic tickets New York hands out every year? Or how many health outbreaks affect the Empire State? Now, with Open NY, the state’s transparency and openness initiative, you can. Governor Andrew Cuomo initiated Open NY in 2013 to create “unprecedented transparency across all levels of government.” Now, about twoRead… Read more »
Health Care Site Flagged in Heartbleed Review – Plus the 7 Gov Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Have you ever wondered how many traffic tickets New York disseminates every year? Or how many health outbreaks affect the Empire state? Now you can. Open NY is the state’s transparency and openness initiative. We get a status check two years in. You can find all of our programs online: DorobekINSIDER.comRead… Read more »
How To Build Powerful Outreach – 3 Part Plan To Success
GovLoop, in partnership with GovDelivery, conducted a survey of almost 400 public sector professionals exploring how to create an communications and outreach strategy. The findings from the survey are highlighted in our executive research brief.
Help Finding Help
In 2013, Code for America’s Fellows in San Mateo County were assigned the rather lofty mission of reducing hunger in in the County. (In fact, the project’s initial name was “Bytes to Bites.”) In the course of their research, they observed that many of the social services available (not just food pantries — but childRead… Read more »