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    Strategic Communications for Influence: Lessons From the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Its KIDS COUNT Initiative

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    · 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

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    In 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

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    · 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

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    Casey 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]

    Supplemental material for A quasi-experimental evaluation of an intervention to increase palliative medicine referral in the emergency department

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    Supplemental Material for A quasi-experimental evaluation of an intervention to increase palliative medicine referral in the emergency department by Eoin Tiernan, John Ryan, Mary Casey, Aine Hale, Valerie O’Reilly, Millie Devenish, Barbara Whyte, Siobhan Hollingsworth, Olga Price, Ian Callanan, Declan Walsh, Charles Normand and Peter May in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy</p

    Juvenalia, or How I came to own a Blu-Ray of Point Break

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    Agony 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

    Glaciology Data Report, Casey 1981

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    Progress 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.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;These documents have been scanned and are available for download from the provided URL. The dataset download contains the following file:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Glaciology Data Report Casey 1981.pd

    Survey of the road between Casey Station and Old Casey Station, 9 March 1999

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    Progress Code: completedStatement: See the report for further details. Usually mapped to a Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 49.A GPS survey by Andrew Ruddell (AAD Glaciology) on 9 March 1999 at Casey Station, Antarctica. The survey was conducted along the road from Casey Station to Old Casey.&lt;br/&gt;The aim of the survey was to investigate the cause of the 'disappearance' of road gravel applied to the compacted snow road in the depression between Casey Station to Old Casey.&lt;br/&gt;This dataset consists of point data with an elevation (above mean sea level) attribute.&lt;br/&gt;The data, in Excel and shapefile formats, and Andrew's report are available &lt;br/&gt;for download (see Related URL below)

    Casey Station GIS Dataset

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    Progress Code: completedStatement: The dataset was originally a reflection of Casey Station at the time of capture: January 4,5 1994. Buildings and structures within the station change every year. Only water services were detailed to a high degree. Source data for this project included aerial photography flown on January 4 1994 at a height of 500 m (film ANTC 1003, 1004) using a Zeiss UMK camera, service detail from the Site Services and Maintenance Manual Casey station and ground surveys. The value tests for the dataset included a test for spatial accuracy and data completeness, including line and polygon errors, a test for valid values against the Australian Antarctic Spatial Data Model, a visual check against all hard copy material. The data were originally formatted according to the Australian Antarctic Spatial Data Model and are included in the GIS data for Casey available for download from a Related URL. The data has been reformatted according to the SCAR Feature Catalogue which superseded the Australian Antarctic Spatial Data Model. Data that are part of this dataset have Dataset_id = 11 in the SCAR Feature Catalogue format. Dataset_id is an attribute in the attribute table. Data quality information for any feature can be searched for at a Related URL by entering the Qinfo number of the feature at the 'Search datasets and quality' tab. Qinfo is an attribute in the attribute table.The Casey Station dataset represents man-made facilities around Australia's Casey Station and its immediate environs. Detailed attributes are held for the data including buildings, site services, communications, fuel storage.&lt;br/&gt;The spatial data have been compiled from low level aerial photography, ground surveys and engineering plans.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Detail attribution of site services includes make, size and engineering plan number.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Topographic data for Casey is part of the Windmill Islands 1:50000 Topographic Dataset (see Related URL). This data is described by the metadata record 'Windmill Islands 1:50000 Topographic GIS Dataset', Entry ID: Wind50k.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Changes have occurred at the station since this dataset was produced. For example some buildings and other structures have been removed and some added.&lt;br/&gt;As a result the data available for download from a Related URL below is updated with new data having different Dataset_id(s)
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