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q&a Q&A with an oil and gas executive turned EV charging infrastructure champion By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-26T12:52:19Z Miriam Gozalo is an electrification project development manager at BP, one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. Her work is squarely focused on the energy transition. Read what she has to say about her role working on ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations in a company that most people associate with drilling rigs and gasoline. Full Article Opinion & Commentary Storage Infrastructure
q&a Q&A with an oil and gas executive turned EV charging infrastructure champion By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-26T12:52:19Z Miriam Gozalo is an electrification project development manager at BP, one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. Her work is squarely focused on the energy transition. Read what she has to say about her role working on ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations in a company that most people associate with drilling rigs and gasoline. Full Article Opinion & Commentary Storage Infrastructure
q&a Thinking Biblically About Social Justice (Panel Q&A) (Selected Scriptures) By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church. Full Article
q&a AIFMD update: ESMA updates AIFMD Q&As and delays opinion on the extension of the AIFMD passport to non-EU entities By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-07-23 Updated AIFMD Q&As The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated version of its Q&A paper on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). This publication was released on... Full Article
q&a Coronavirus Q&A: Insights and practical solutions for tenants UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-05 On 20th March, we held the 'Coronavirus Insights and practical solutions for landlords' webinar. Full Article
q&a Coronavirus Q&A: Insights and practical solutions for landlords UK By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-05 On 20th March, we held the 'Coronavirus Insights and practical solutions for landlords' webinar. In this webinar, our speakers discussed how the outbreak of Covid-19 and the subsequent political and economic impact is having a signific... Full Article
q&a Webinar and Live Q&A Clinic: Managing Real Estate Contract Risk By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-17 Join us on Friday 17 April as we examine management of real estate contract risk in an uncertain financial market. This session will look at the types of contractual issues you may face, risk protection, reputation management and effective dispute r... Full Article
q&a UK HR ebrief: Q&A briefing on collective redundancies and the Woolworths decision By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-07-31 In Full Article
q&a Q&A: How to #BeActive during COVID-19 Lockdown By www.ipsnews.net Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:28:26 +0000 Growing up in Ramallah in Palestine, Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the United Nations Department of Global Communications, never really liked running. “I only ran when I needed to: to catch a bus or to run from soldiers,” he tells IPS. But now with three marathons under his belt — which raised thousands for scholarships […] The post Q&A: How to #BeActive during COVID-19 Lockdown appeared first on Inter Press Service. Full Article Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations #BeActive #HealthyAtHome Coronavirus COVID-19
q&a Q&A: Continued Social Distancing and Hundreds of Millions More in Poverty – A New Normal for the World? By www.ipsnews.net Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:41:51 +0000 With much of the global economy stalled amid an unprecedented lockdown of nations grappling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the author of a new United Nations report on the disease’s impact on poverty told IPS that hundreds of millions more could be pushed into poverty and we can expect to see social unrest. “A lockdown […] The post Q&A: Continued Social Distancing and Hundreds of Millions More in Poverty – A New Normal for the World? appeared first on Inter Press Service. Full Article Aid Development & Aid Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Coronavirus COVID-19
q&a Q&A: COVID-19 Means we Must Innovate Data Collection, Especially on Gender By www.ipsnews.net Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 10:48:19 +0000 The current coronavirus pandemic can offer insight into how to shake-up traditional methods of data collection, and might provide an opportunity to do it in more innovative ways, in turn enhancing progress towards gender equality. “Necessity is the mother of invention, and when you look at society’s crisis – whether that’s a health crisis or […] The post Q&A: COVID-19 Means we Must Innovate Data Collection, Especially on Gender appeared first on Inter Press Service. Full Article Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Human Rights Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations COVID-19 Data Data collection Women Deliver
q&a Community Q&A – Kelly Kearney By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:00:50 +0000 Kelly Kearney is a top contributor to MATLAB Answers and File Exchange. Here is a Q&A I did with Kelly who is a research scientist for the University of Washington in their Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean. ... read more >> Full Article Q & A
q&a Community Q&A – Kalyan Acharjya By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:48:50 +0000 Kalyan Acharjya has been contributing to MATLAB Answers since 2017. This past year his participation skyrocketed and he is currently a Rising Star. Here is a recent Q&A I had with Kalyan... read more >> Full Article Q & A
q&a Q&A: How a New Port is Building Skills and Knowledge in Nauru By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-04-08 00:00:00 Nimitz Adam, 39, from Boe District, is a mechanic at Nauru’s Aiwo Boat Harbor. Since construction began on Nauru's new port in October 2019, the father of 6 says the people of Nauru are beginning to realize their dream of having an efficient, reliable, and climate-resilient international port. “The new port will be like a lifeline for the people of Nauru.” Nimitz Adam, mechanic at Nauru’s Aiwo Boat Harbor Full Article
q&a How to Listen 101: Q&A with HARMAN’s Audio Guru, Dr. Sean Olive By news.harman.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:10:00 GMT Studies show that listening to music can elevate your mood, reduce stress, ease pain, fend off depression, and even improve post-surgery outcomes. So if you are looking for a simple way to uplift your mood on any given day – just sit back, listen and cue... Full Article
q&a Designing Connected Experiences in the Consumer Age: Q&A with HARMAN’s Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Ralph Santana By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:10:00 GMT Today’s companies see the importance of design as more consumers demand elegance alongside flawless functionality and exceptional user experience. As a company that has created countless ingenious product designs in different markets all over the ... Full Article
q&a #MakeMusicDay2019: Q&A with DJ Aasheesh Paliwal By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:39:00 GMT For more than 70 years, some of world’s most respected musicians, producers and DJs have used HARMAN’s exceptional audio solutions and products from the studio to the stage. In honor of Make Music Day 2019, we sat down with Aasheesh Paliwal of HARMAN... Full Article
q&a SAMSUNG X AKG: Q&A with HARMAN’s Dr. Sean Olive By news.harman.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:18:00 GMT From hardware to software and services, HARMAN and Samsung have a long history of embedding innovation across everything they do. One of HARMAN and Samsung’s most recent joint project involved the development of Samsung Galaxy Buds. The savvy, IPX2 ... Full Article
q&a When JBL Entered Gaming: Q&A with HARMAN’s Alfredo Fernandez Franco By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:27:00 GMT Every sound makes a difference. This is of particular importance while playing today’s technology-powered and immersive video games. Since its inception, JBL has introduced countless innovative audio solutions that unlock unforgettable experiences.... Full Article
q&a JBL’s Secret to the Top: Q&A with HARMAN’s Pascal van Laer By news.harman.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:00:00 GMT From accurate sound to breakthrough technologies, JBL has a history of transporting superior audio experiences to fans across the globe; and its headphones are no exception. The team’s unwavering commitment to delivering unmatched experiences and unique... Full Article
q&a The Story Behind the Music: Q&A with HARMAN Ambassador DJ Ashba By news.harman.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:00:00 GMT On Make Music Day 2019, people across the globe will pick up an instrument to celebrate the joy of making music – including some for the very first time! It’s an indescribable feeling and one that you must experience for yourself. Known for his work with... Full Article
q&a #MakeMusic2018: HARMAN Professional Solutions Ambassador Q&A Part Two: Bootsy Collins By news.harman.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:20:00 GMT At HARMAN, it’s our mission to develop state-of-the-art audio solutions that provide enhanced listening experiences for music lovers at home, on the road, and on-stage. In recognition of Make Music Day 2018, we spoke with William “Bootsy” Collins,... Full Article
q&a National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2019: Q&A with HARMAN’s Asaf Atzmon By news.harman.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:30:00 GMT With the 2019 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) upon us, we decided to get the latest download on the state of cybersecurity in the automotive industry from HARMAN’s Vice President & General Manager of Automotive Cybersecurity, Asaf Atzmon.... Full Article
q&a HARMAN Celebrates Women's Equality Day: Q&A with Carmen Blanco By news.harman.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:53:00 GMT Women's Equality Day began in 1920, as a celebration in the United States of the momentous adoption of the 19th amendment, which allowed women to vote. Although women have made tremendous progress in their fight for equality, there is still a lot of work... Full Article
q&a Rethinking Design for Man & Machine: Q&A with Huemen’s Stephanie Tuttle By news.harman.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:00:00 GMT Rethinking Design for Man & Machine: Q&A with Huemen’s Stephanie Tuttle Design has an instrumental role in delivering powerful experiences. HARMAN’s mission to unlocking and elevating experiences for a wide range of stakeholders, from automakers and... Full Article
q&a Steering the Future: Q&A with HARMAN’s Senior Vice President, Connected Car, Digital Cockpit – Lynn Longo By news.harman.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:20:00 GMT HARMAN has a rich history of bringing legendary connected technologies to life. Our team has an unwavering commitment to create the best-performing products and innovations that deliver the most connected, personalized experiences for a broad range of... Full Article
q&a When Design Shapes Brand Identity: Q&A with Huemen’s Dario Distefano By news.harman.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:30:00 GMT Just like our individual identity makes us unique, brand identity helps a business set itself apart from its competitors in the market. An organization’s brand design shapes a company and its products. We recently caught up with one of our savvy lead... Full Article
q&a Electronic Cigarettes: Q&A By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Electronic Cigarettes: Q&ACategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/26/2014 11:03:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/28/2014 12:00:00 AM Full Article
q&a Donald Glover to reunite with Community cast for virtual table read and Q&A By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T08:33:06Z The show ran for six seasons from 2009 to 2015 Full Article
q&a 'I can't get a supermarket home delivery slot - what should I do?' Coronavirus Q&A By www.telegraph.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 01:17:42 GMT Full Article topics:organisations/asda topics:things/supermarkets topics:organisations/tesco-plc topics:in-the-news/coronavirus topics:organisations/sainsburys-plc storytype:standard
q&a Q&A: How SweynTooth medical device hackers can be thwarted By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:54:28 -0000 Ian Bolland spoke to Chris Risley, CEO at Bastille Networks, about medical devices at risk of being compromised by SweynTooth vulnerabilities, highlighting how hackers can be combatted from targeting devices and healthcare systems. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By www.belfercenter.org Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Serving the underserved in workforce development: A Q&A with Beth Weigensberg By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:00:00 -0400 Improving data in the field of workforce development is a necessary step to evaluating programs and replicating success. What does current data tell us about the populations served? What outcomes should we measure to ensure programs are meeting America’s workforce development needs? Earlier this month, we convened an expert group of policy makers, practitioners and scholars to address this problem, along with other challenges in workforce development. Previously, we interviewed Kate Blosveren Kreamer on the need to strengthen bridges from school to work. Next up in our Q&A series is Beth Weigensberg, a researcher at Mathematica Policy Research. Q: What important research questions remain unanswered in the area of workforce development? A: Although there is increasingly more rigorous research to assess effectiveness of programs, I feel a missing piece is understanding how to replicate and scale-up effective strategies. Often times workforce development programs that are deemed effective in one place do not always succeed when implemented in another. Research that evaluates effectiveness of programs should assess the role of contextual factors (including organizational, leadership, community, and political factors) to identify what is needed to successfully implement, replicate, and scale successful programs. Q: You mentioned that you often think about the unemployed populations that are harder to serve. Who are some of these underserved populations, and what workforce development programs work for them? A: The workforce development field has an unfortunate history of “creaming”—programs selectively work with individuals most likely to succeed at finding employment, leaving those “harder-to-serve” individuals struggling to find assistance. Individuals that are often considered “hard-to-serve” include those who are homeless, disabled, formerly incarcerated, older workers, non-English speakers, low-income, and youth who are disconnected from school and employment. Increasing efforts to focus on these “harder-to-serve” populations include specialized targeted programs and strategies to help address the complex needs of these individuals, which often extend beyond skill development and finding a job. These specialized programs often provide additional support services to help address their complex needs, which can serve as additional barriers to obtaining and retaining employment. Q: What improvements can be made to better measure success? A: Intermediate measures of engagement and skill development would provide interim measures of progress, while the ultimate objectives are obviously employment and educational attainment. Ongoing evaluation on interim measures allows for earlier acknowledgment of achievement and identification of those struggling to progress. Assessing outcomes in ways that control for different populations or barriers to employment, such as using risk-adjusted methodologies, can help us evaluate workforce development programs in an equitable manner. One of the biggest challenges in the field is ensuring we have valid and reliable data to accurately estimate outcomes. The data available to assess outcomes are usually limited by what is collected in management information systems, which are often developed to be responsive to reporting requirements of publically-funded programs. But these siloed data do not allow for comprehensive assessment of workforce development outcomes within a state, locality, or even within a community-based employment and training organization that relies on numerous funding sources. Efforts are needed to integrate data and assess standardized outcome measures across program and funding silos to allow for more comprehensive assessment of outcomes within the field. Authors Beth AkersEllie Klein Image Source: © David Ryder / Reuters Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a Q&A with Amy Austin Holmes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020Amy Austin Holmes is the Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar with the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative. An Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo, she has lived and taught in the Middle East since 2008 and is an expert on minority groups such as Kurds, Syriac-Assyrian Christians, and Nubians. She is the author of the 2019 book Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi. In the Q&A section of this newsletter, we asked Amy Austin Holmes about her work. Full Article
q&a What Pike Place teaches us about place governance: A Q&A with John Turnbull By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:30:00 -0400 Editor's Note: This discussion with John Turnbull, director of asset management at the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority, is the first in a series of Q&As with urban practitioners for the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative on Innovation and Placemaking. Pike Place Market in Seattle is a leading example of how intentional governance can help vibrant urban spaces reach their potential as platforms for innovation. John Turnbull, director of asset management at the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority, sat down for an interview to tell us more about the market and the role of the Preservation and Development Authority (PDA) in its operation. People outside Seattle tend to know Pike Place as a fish market, but it offers so much more. What makes the market special? The Pike Place Market is a beloved part of Seattle and really unlike any other place. It’s open 363 days a year and provides space for local farmers, artisan vendors, and small businesses to thrive. It offers a wide range of social services, including a food bank, a health clinic, a senior center, child care and preschool, and assisted living for the elderly. It’s also home to nearly 500 residents who live in a mix of rent-subsidized apartments, market-rate units, and luxury condos as well as a boutique hotel and a bed-and-breakfast—all within the four-block district. Our sense of place depends on the permeability of private/commercial/public spaces, and we make a great effort to ensure that the corresponding mix of activity creates space for personal interactions. Public support has always been a key component of the market’s success. It was first established in 1907 in response to public demand for fresh produce at fair prices. Seattleites kept the market from the wrecking ball in the 1960s and 1970s and have consistently provided public funds for capital investments—even in the midst of the Great Recession. The market’s focus on supporting local independent business and one-to-one relationships is unique enough to create both a community sense of identity—Seattle’s “soul”—and an attraction for tourists and visitors. This has been part of the market’s identity for more than a century and has continued under the PDA’s stewardship these last 40 years. How does the market operate? Who’s in charge? The market’s been around since the early 1900s but its current governance structure dates back to the 1970s, when the market was almost leveled in the name of urban renewal. A group called Friends of the Market formed to fight the city’s redevelopment plans and in 1971 ran a successful ballot measure campaign to save the market. That ballot measure established the Market Historic District and created the Pike Place Market Historical Commission to make decisions about future construction and capital investments. Commissioners are appointed by the mayor, half from a list drawn up by community organizations and half from people who live, conduct business, and own property in the market district. The commission was created to keep city government from dismantling the market, so its decisions on use, design, and business management are final, not just advisory. Overturning a commission decision requires a court appeal—and even then, appeals can be based only on questions of fair process and/or failure to follow commission guidelines. The commission reworked the urban renewal plan to preserve the architectural and social fabric of the market. To support these goals, the city created an independent Preservation and Development Authority to oversee financial operations, development, and day-to-day management of the market. The charter [document download] that established the PDA in 1973 continues to be a guiding force for us—we refer to it all the time. It defines the PDA’s specific powers and responsibilities, which include managing the properties in the Market Historic District, supporting local farmers and small-business owners, and providing social services for low-income residents and others in the market community. Funding for social services and programs is coordinated by the Pike Place Market Foundation, which is separate from the PDA. How are decisions made? The PDA executive director and staff handle day-to-day business operations, but most decisions concerning contracts, tenant relations, budgets, and the like are finalized by the PDA Council, a group of 12 volunteers who are appointed for four-year terms by either the mayor, the Pike Place Market Constituency, or the PDA Council itself (each appoints four councilmembers). The charter created the PDA as a public steward for the market that’s much more nimble than a governmental agency and much more accountable to the surrounding community. The charter requires unusual transparency, including public meetings to approve any expenditures over $10,000; bond issues; donations made by the PDA; and adoption of the annual budget and capital budget. Meanwhile, new businesses, changes in business ownership, and modifications to buildings require approval from the Market Historic Commission, which has regular biweekly meetings that include time for public comment. Nothing happens behind closed doors. How does the PDA get its funds and how is that funding deployed? Over 60 percent of our revenue comes from commercial tenants, with residential rents, daystall rents and fees, parking fees, and incomes from various programs and investments making up the rest. This year we expect total revenues over $18 million, which is more than $1 million more than we projected for 2015. About three-quarters of budgeted expenses come from tenant services, which include everything from maintenance and security to insurance, utilities, and property management. Another 14 percent goes to PDA management and administration, and the last 10 percent goes toward marketing and other programmatic expenses. The charter also gives the PDA bonding authority, which we used for the first time this past year. The $26 million in bonds will pay down existing debt and finance the new MarketFront expansion that’s slated to open next year. The PDA Council operates the market as a business, but it doesn’t make decisions strictly based on profit. We think about return on investment in terms of social benefit to the community. The council looks at a whole host of qualitative measures that aren’t easily captured by quantitative metrics. For instance, how do you measure “local pride”? That’s why we end up referring to our charter so often—and also why we encourage our constituents to use the charter guidelines to measure our results. So through the council and the charter, we’ve created a form of community-oriented economics that keeps us accountable to our constituents and lets us reinvest earnings to provide social services and keep residential and commercial rents low. Lots of places are looking to innovation as a way to drive sustainable economic growth. Do you see Pike Place Market as a place for innovation? Innovation is an important aspect of what happens in the market, though it looks different from what you might see in other more tech-oriented innovation districts. We offer highly localized small business incubation that’s focused on building a strong local economy. By providing a supportive environment for new businesses and strictly limiting opportunities to new ventures that haven’t yet built a customer base, we’ve created an active laboratory for experimentation. We have a history of providing a solid base for new businesses—especially ones that are food-related. Starbucks, Sur La Table, and a large number of specialty food businesses got their start in the market. And there are an equally large number of culinary ventures whose lead chefs look to the market as a central source of inspiration and community. We support economic growth by helping new ventures get established—which for many involves developing an international presence—while also attracting customers to spend money in our community. Seattle has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, thanks in large part to a vibrant tech sector. How has this affected Pike Place Market? Over the last few years, we’ve seen some significant changes in shopping patterns. Lots of neighborhoods now have weekly farmers’ markets, and grocery stores have been moving toward a more market-like shopping experience, which has meant fewer people shopping for groceries at the market. We’re also seeing more millennials and a lot more tourists, especially in the summer. These changes got us thinking about what the market needs to do to stay relevant. Bringing in new businesses and younger entrepreneurs is part of this strategy, as are initiatives like our pop-up Express Markets, which bring fresh produce to different locations throughout the city mid-June through September. This summer we’re starting a weekly evening market at Pike Place so that local customers can shop without having to wade through the weekend tourist crowds. We’ll always be hyper-local and focused on building a strong community of market patrons and vendors. That emphasis on personal connection sets the market apart—it’s something you just can’t replicate with e-commerce. Authors Jessica A. Lee Full Article
q&a Building a more data-literate city: A Q&A with HyeSook Chung By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:00:00 -0500 DC KIDS COUNT, housed at the nonprofit DC Action for Children, is the DC chapter of a nationwide network of local-level organizations aiming to provide a community-by-community picture of the conditions of children. The 26 year-old project is funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and its aim is to provide high-quality data and trend analysis as well as help local governments monitor budget and legislative decisions based on evidence of what works for children and families. As we pointed out in our recent papers and a blog, developing reliable and comprehensive data is a critical step to building effective community partnerships and producing outcomes that improve economic mobility and health in a neighborhood. We discussed these issues with HyeSook Chung, Executive Director of DC Action for Children. Q. Please summarize the history of the DC Kids Count project. What motivated it, and how it has evolved over the last years? A. As part of the nationwide Kids Count network, each chapter tracks a number of indicators on child and family well-being through an online database called Kids Count Data Center. Each chapter also releases a yearly data book which summarizes the state of child well-being within their state or locality. When DC Action for Children became the host of DC Kids Count in 2012, I wanted to rethink the way we presented our data to move beyond the traditional print format into the exciting realm of visualizing data. This led to the beginning of our partnership with DataKind, a group of dedicated pro-bono data scientists who worked with us to create an interactive, web-based data tool that maps out indicators of child well-being across DC’s 39 neighborhood clusters. We know that the neighborhood children grow up in, and the resources they have access to, plays a huge role in shaping children’s future opportunities. The maps we created with our Data Tool 2.0 reveal sharp disparities in DC neighborhoods: some DC neighborhoods are wealthy and have many assets, while others are characterized by high levels of poverty. The many challenges that come with high poverty neighborhoods include: poorer performing schools, more crime, and less access to libraries, parks, and healthy foods. Q. What type of indicators do you gather? How many years does the data cover? What level of granularity does the data have? A. We track a variety of indicators of child well-being, including demographics, economic well-being, health and safety. The data is housed online in two places: The KIDS COUNT Data Center and our Data Tool 2.0. The Data Tool 2.0 maps the most recent available data at the neighborhood cluster, while the Data Center allows for a wider range of geographies (citywide and ward level) and different timeframes. Many of the indicators have data from 1990 to the present. Q. How do you measure the data tool’s impact on policy and legislation? A. We have made it a priority to conduct internal evaluations to assess the utilization of the online tool, but we also believe that measuring the tool’s impact must go beyond traditional web analytics. We regularly use the Data Tool 2.0 in our work with city officials and direct service providers to offer an overview of the social context in the city’s different neighborhoods. In a city where the allocation of resources is often guided by personal relationships and old-school politics, it is important to show clearly whether budget decisions are aligned with the needs of our children. We believe that our Data Tool 2.0 project can bring much needed transparency to the allocation of the DC government budget and help achieve agreement. Q. The DC Kids Count project is helping build data capacity across organizations, with the aim of creating a more “data-literate” city. Could you tell us about some of these initiatives? A. Businesses like Amazon and Netflix increasingly focus on finding “actionable” insights from their data. For them, “big data” analytics can help answer tough business questions. With the right platforms for analytics, they can increase efficiency or even improve operations and sales. In a similar manner, we at DC Action for Children believe that big data opens up the opportunity for us to improve and reshape our strategy and decision making process to better align services with the needs of DC children in the same way Amazon or Netflix does with their customers. For instance, we are offering the Child and Family Services Agency technical and data analysis support for their Healthy Families Thriving Communities Collaboratives, which are a citywide network of community-based organizations designed to embed family supports in their communities. Their mission is to strengthen and stabilize families and to prevent child abuse and neglect by offering services in the form of case management and support. We use KIDS COUNT data at the ward and neighborhood levels to highlight needs in the community and inform their planning. This encourages the Collaboratives’ staff to look at data differently—integrating it as a vital part of their program planning and strategy. Q. What are some of the obstacles and challenges you face in integrating the data, and updating it? A. Historically, our data analysis looked at more traditional indicators, such as program enrollment and the number of child welfare cases. But now we think we can use our access to big data to pull out patterns within our datasets and help guide the decisions of the city administrators. For example, if we are trying to prevent future child abuse cases, we can look at patterns analyzing family and child data in specific neighborhoods. We can use the type of predictive analysis practiced in the for-profit business to help us serve DC children more efficiently and effectively. One of the most significant obstacles we face is ensuring that the indicators are up-to-date. This can be an issue with government agencies since some of them are slow in their release of new data. Moreover, there is also no standard format across local agencies for how data is collected and released. Furthermore, data is often aggregated at different geographical units, like zip codes or census tracts. To get the data ready to upload to our Data Tool, we must recalculate the data into neighborhood clusters. Q. What policy changes would help produce better data-sharing ecosystems? A. DC has in many ways demonstrated leadership in data sharing. The Office of the Chief Technology Officer works to make a large variety of datasets publicly available. We have also seen large investments over the years to create new data systems that track progress and service delivery for different agencies. But our city can do more to promote a data-sharing ecosystem. So can other cities. While multiple agencies are adopting innovative data systems, the systems are often siloed and do not speak to each other. Moreover, since data is tracked differently across agencies, based on needs and requirements for reporting, it is difficult for agencies to share data both publicly and internally. It is also often difficult to get access to de-identified disaggregated data for richer analysis. We are glad that many agencies recognize the value of robust data collection, but more data transparency policies would give us a better understanding of the challenges that lie behind improving the wellbeing of children in the city. Q. What are the next steps for the DC Kids Count project, and how do you expect it to grow over the next few years? A. We just finished wrapping up some of the final work on our DataTool 2.0. In terms of next steps, we are working on a handbook that explains how we created our Data Tool so that other Kids Count chapters and organizations can replicate and adapt our tool. We would also like to add local budget data to the asset maps to see if public investments align with the neighborhoods that need it the most. This would give us a more nuanced understanding of the geography of DC budget investments, including inequities in investments by geography and demographics. Big data analytics has changed the way we focus our priorities and engage in business practices. I’m committed to this movement. I think that, through big data, we can also revolutionize the way we do policy. *** In conclusion, DC Kids Count, housed at the nonprofit DC Action for Children, belongs to a larger, nationwide group of organizations helping to better coordinate regional development through data-driven decision making. By centralizing different government databases, and providing real-time, community level data, DC Kids Count can help local government entities allocate their resources more efficiently and creatively and help foster place-conscious strategies. The process behind compiling the data also illustrates many of the challenges—data sharing, interoperability of data systems, access to real-time data involved in building “data- sharing ecosystems.” Authors Stuart M. ButlerJonathan Grabinsky Full Article
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