1,473 research outputs found
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]
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
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
Survey of the road between Casey Station and Old Casey Station, 9 March 1999
No full textProgress 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.<br/>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.<br/>This dataset consists of point data with an elevation (above mean sea level) attribute.<br/>The data, in Excel and shapefile formats, and Andrew's report are available <br/>for download (see Related URL below)
Casey Station GIS Dataset
No full textProgress 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.<br/>The spatial data have been compiled from low level aerial photography, ground surveys and engineering plans.<br/><br/>Detail attribution of site services includes make, size and engineering plan number.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Changes have occurred at the station since this dataset was produced. For example some buildings and other structures have been removed and some added.<br/>As a result the data available for download from a Related URL below is updated with new data having different Dataset_id(s)
Surveys at Casey, Casey skiway and Mitchell Peninsula by Henk Brolsma and Roger Handsworth, February 2009
No full textProgress Code: completedHenk Brolsma and Roger Handsworth of the Australian Antarctic Division carried out GPS surveys at Casey, Casey skiway and Mitchell Peninsula in February 2009.<br/>At Casey they surveyed the quarry face, the wharf and the road from the quarry to the station and then to the wharf. They also collected the location of the tide gauges installed at the wharf.<br/>The Casey skiway was surveyed at the request of Andrew Pappas of Aeronautical Engineers Australia so the slope of the skiway could be determined.<br/>The survey at Mitchell Peninsula was done at the request of Casey Station Leader Graham Cook who considered the area surveyed to be a possible alternative site for a skiway.<br/><br/>The GPS data, shapefiles exported from the GPS data after postprocessing of the rover files against the base files and a document summarising the survey are available for download from a Related URL. <br/>The elevations of the point data in the shapefiles are above the WGS84 ellipsoid. <br/><br/>GIS data for Casey and the Windmill Islands were derived from the survey data.<br/>Casey: spot heights, quarry face, wharf, tide gauges.<br/>Windmill Islands: spot heights.<br/>The elevations of the spot height data are in metres above mean sea level.<br/>These data are part of the data available for download for Casey and the Windmill Islands - see Related URLs.<br/>The survey data were also used as a guide for revision of some of the road data for Casey, together with advice from the Station Leader Graham Cook. <br/>The GIS data are formatted according to the SCAR Feature Catalogue which includes data quality information. See Related URL.<br/>Dataset_id is an attribute of the GIS data available for download. Data from this dataset has a dataset_id of 277
Casey Station Footprint GIS Layers, 2002-2018
No full textProgress Code: completed<b>Purpose</b><br/>For management activities where understanding the recent and historical development of the disturbance footprint of the station is of use.This dataset contains GIS spatial layers of the medium and heavy disturbance footprint surrounding Casey Research Station at the years 2002, 2008, 2015 and 2018. The footprint mapping used a consistent methodology for digitisation for the years 2002, 2015, and 2018, whereas the year 2008 included ground-truther field measurements. Some variation in the footprint is due to snow cover hiding areas of disturbance. The sources and date of the data used is as follows:<br/>• 2018 Casey Heavy Disturbance – digitised by S. Brooks from Worldview-3 imagery, captured 27/1/2018.<br/>• 2018 Casey Medium Disturbance – digitised by S. Brooks from Worldview-3 imagery, captured 27/1/2018.<br/>• 2015 Casey Heavy Disturbance – digitised by S. Brooks from AAS 5024 UAV-imagery.<br/>• 2015 Casey Medium Disturbance – digitised by S. Brooks from AAS 5024 UAV-imagery.<br/>• 2008 Casey Heavy Disturbance – produced from data associated with: Brooks, S.T. 2014. Developing a Standardised Approach to Measuring the Environmental Footprint of Antarctic Research Stations. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 16(04), 1450037.<br/>• 2008 Casey Medium Disturbance – produced from aerial imagery and field data opportunistically collected in association with: Brooks, S.T. 2014. Developing a Standardised Approach to Measuring the Environmental Footprint of Antarctic Research Stations. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 16(04), 1450037.<br/>• 2002 Casey Heavy Disturbance – digitised by S. Brooks from 2002 AADC-held Orthophoto<br/>• 2002 Casey Medium Disturbance – digitised by S. Brooks from 2002 AADC-held Orthophot
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