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Strategic Communications for Influence: Lessons From the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Its KIDS COUNT Initiative
No full text· This article describes how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is using the KIDS COUNT Network in a new way: as a strategic communications tool in its focused efforts toward policy change, broad social change, and improved conditions for vulnerable children and families. An outcome map illustrates links between this strategy and the intended outcomes.
· Case illustrations of KIDS COUNT grantee activities surrounding the release of the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book describe the efforts of grantees in six states where the quantity and quality of media coverage surrounding the national data book reflected the kind of coverage that Casey believes will help achieve its desired outcomes.
· Strategic communications approaches such as relationships with journalists, use of locally relevant information, use of locally relevant media advocacy strategies, good preparation, and a solution orientation were present in states demonstrating desirable media coverage.
· Prescribing specific communications tactics matters less than supporting the network’s general capacity to engage in year-round strategic communications approaches to create conditions (e.g., reputations, relationships) that will contribute to successful media advocacy related to a specific event such as the release of the national data book
African American Storyteller, Victoria A. Casey McDonald
No full textIn the deep resonance of storyteller Victoria A. Casey McDonald’s voice, you will hear her tell stories about growing up in Western North Carolina, and the kind of Christmas she had as a child. The late Victoria was our friend, a CSA board member, author, and “Stories of Mountain Folk” interviewer
Peer Networking and Community Change: Improving Foundation Practice
No full text· This article brings together the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 15 years of experience with peer networking— examining through two research studies the process of peer networking and its impact, both with community-based and funder groups.
· Peer networking helps people with common interests to exchange information, disseminate good practices, and build a leadership structure for work they do together, such as a community change initiative.
· Casey’s research identified 10 good practices for effective peer networking, as well as 10 challenges that can affect its success; a four-level model was created to provide context for these findings.
· The research indicates that peer networking can have significant impact for communities and in meeting philanthropic goals, but it is costly and must be carefully structured if it is to be successful.
· Casey is working to synthesize its peer networking practices into a more strategic framework, and other foundations might use some of its lessons learned to enhance their own practices in this area
The Family History of Casey Christall
No full textCasey Christall authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Spring 2020 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: [email protected]
Casey Jones
No full textSam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County
Juvenalia, or How I came to own a Blu-Ray of Point Break
No full textAgony Klub and Publication Studio Vancouver are pleased to present Whitney Houston, vol. 2. A continuation of Whitney Houston, et. al., editor/author Casey Wei invites six writers to reflect on their relationship to popular music in film, keeping in mind that popular music has always been as much about the desire for an image as about the catchiness of a song. The resulting essays on Elliot Smith, Amélie, Real Genius, The Pixies, Drive, and The Conversation explore themes of time, love, and evolution.final article publishedReal Genius (1985
State of the Industry: A discussion of arts-centered urban revitalization
No full textAudio file, video file.Roundtable discussion of arts-centered urban revitalization in Hamilton, Ontario, with a particular focus on James Street North. Moderator: Scott Henderson. Featuring Amber Aasman of the Urban Arts Initiative; Jamie Gunner Smith, tour manager, agent, and radio host; Casey Mecija of the band Ohbijou; Mark Milne of Sonic Unyon; Graham Rockingham, music critic, Hamilton Spectator; and Sam Siva, local music promoter
GapFire
No full textGapFire is a model developed as part of a pilot REDD+ project in conjunction with the Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative. It has been designed to predict changes in above ground biomass of miombo woodlands in response to observations of early and late fire frequency. The model is an intrinsic part of an established VCS methodology for C storage: VM0029 "Methodology for Avoided Forest Degradation through Fire Management”.Williams, Mathew; Bowers, Sam; Ryan, Casey. (2020). GapFire, [dataset]. University of Edinburgh. School of GeoSciences. Institute of Geography. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2795
Glaciology Data Report, Casey 1981
No full textProgress Code: completedA collection of the data from the 1981 Glaciology program at Casey, collected from several inland traverses. Measurements include accumulation and density, barometric profiling, ice movement, gravity, ice thickness and bedrock profiling, temperatures at 10m depth, surface density, and oxygen isotopes.<br/><br/>These documents have been scanned and are available for download from the provided URL. The dataset download contains the following file:<br/><br/>Glaciology Data Report Casey 1981.pd
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