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Community Indicators in Wenatchee
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Dave Meany over at Eagle Wire alerts us that Patrick Jones is spreading the conversation about community indicators. A recent newspaper article begins: Something fascinating happened at Wenatchee's Confluence Technology Center last Thursday.
A diverse group of more than 40 leaders representing social service agencies, local governments, businesses and education institutions came together to hear a presentation about developing a database of community indicators to help assess how our communities are doing on key economic and quality-of-life issues.
At the end of that three-hour discussion, they passed around a microphone and every single individual endorsed the concept. Getting that much support that quickly is almost unheard of.
The more people hear about community indicators, the faster the movement grows. Let me know about other community conversations around indicators and I'll share them with the larger readership.
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| December 17, 2007 | 9:12 AM |
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Civic Health Index
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I'm a little late bringing you the update to this earlier article. However, better late than never -- and the data are interesting. From The National Conference on Citizenship: The National Conference on Citizenship's 2007 Annual Conference on October 4, 2007 released the nation's second Civic Health Index. The principal findings are based on a comprehensive national survey conducted by Harris Interactive and various government data sources.
Our new survey and data collected by the government suggest that there has been no recovery in 2007. In fact, there is evidence of further decline in some indicators, such as trust in other people and levels of charitable contributions. We also know that some of the few hopeful signs we saw emerge after 9/11 and that continued for a number of years, such as a wave of volunteering particularly among young people, have now fallen back to earlier levels. Our civic stocks are low, which is unusual in a time of war.
A closer look, however, gives us a foundation from which to build. This year's report identifies three important points that complicate the story of decline and may stimulate constructive ideas for how to move forward to improve our civic life.
Learn about these signs of hope and more inside this year's Civic Health Index.
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| December 14, 2007 | 10:12 AM |
Call for Papers: Performance Measurement
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From the Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network: On-Going Call for Papers for PPMR newest section:
Emerging Issues in Performance Management
Public Performance and Management Review is pleased to announce its newest feature: Emerging Issues in Performance Management. The goals of this new section are to identify critical issues facing government and nonprofit agencies as they improve their performance and accountability, and to encourage future research on those issues. The manuscripts in this new section are expected to be approximately 4000 words long, excluding references.
We are looking for papers that deal with:
- performance measurement;
- performance reporting;
- uses of performance measurement;
All articles in this section will be peer-reviewed. Please send your submissions for consideration by e-mail to: Dr. Patria de Lancer Julnes, Section Editor
Patria.julnes [at] usu.edu
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| December 14, 2007 | 10:12 AM |
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Regional Equity Conference
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Sarah Treuhaft, at PolicyLink, sent this message to the NNIP listserve: The early bird deadline is fast approaching for Regional Equity '08: The Third National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth, in New Orleans from March 5-7. Hosted by PolicyLink, the summit will gather over 1,000 leaders from the nonprofit, public policy, philanthropic, business, and academic arenas to explore critical issues and trends and share innovative policy and organizing strategies to advance social and economic equity. The summit will also provide an arena for discussing where we are as a field and how to scale up our efforts to have greater impact. Confirmed speakers include Joan Walsh, Van Jones, Tavis Smiley, Manuel Pastor, Gilda Haas, Myron Orfield, and dozens more inspiring leaders and practitioners.
The third summit, like the previous two events, has much to offer to people working within the data and indicators field. Context-setting sessions on major trends in housing, community health, poverty and inequality, development patterns, federal and state policy, and more will provide the big picture. Information-sharing and skill-building workshops will focus on specific topics like transit-oriented development, access to healthy food, and community benefits agreements as well as research, coalition-building, organizing, and policy strategies.
A number of sessions on data, mapping, research, and neighborhood information systems will focus on trends and innovations in the field, including:
- The Latest Research to Make the Case for Regional Equity
- Using Data and Maps to Support Equitable Development
- Show and Tell: Test Drive Neighborhood Information Systems
- Pre-Summit Equity Institute Training on Parcel Data Systems
Please join us at the event! The early bird $66 discount will expire December 17th. Scholarships are available for representatives of grassroots organizations. Go to http://www.regionalequity08.org/ to find out more, register, and spread the word.
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| December 13, 2007 | 8:12 AM |
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