All jazzed up fof ICMA'S 1st "in person" post-pandemic concert. Doubly special as #StanfordJazz turns 50 and #ICMAFoundation turns 10. Indian Jazz Journey with my friends and lovely musicians friends, June 25th!
More info at @ICMAFoundation.com
PS: Special student discounts
@beaucronin This is enabling me to finally read through the IPCC report contents. A really valuable resource. Thanks, Beau!
And now I can say bye to countless hours, and the majority of my existential-emotional reserves. Thanks, Beau!
I'm soft launching an Airtable base containing the AR6 WGII report, broken into interlinked sections. Summary for Policymakers and Ch 1 so far, intending to add the rest. Take a look, and feedback welcome.
This is how I deal with climate anxiety.
https://t.co/6C8dZAQW4H
Data Leadership through Peer Learning! Have direct oversight for large, complicated data resources? Designing a digital platform for sensitive data? Aspiration, @digitalpublic, & Fenris/@AmanQA invite you to explore our Data Leadership Cohort https://t.co/HO95yfQBQp
In many low-income areas, electricity is the only barrier to growth. @RockefellerFdn's new free Electricity Consumption Prediction service can be used to plan electricity networks. Find out more: https://t.co/k62Our29aS #EnergyEmpowers#EndEnergyPoverty#SDG7
📢NEW REPORT proposes a practical framework for participatory data stewardship, which rejects practices of data collection, storage, sharing & use that are opaque/seek to manipulate, in favour of those that empower people.
More:
https://t.co/xqdLJ43g6I
#ParticipatoryData
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@kwing@net_gains@NOAAFisheries@BerringData This is wonderful! Informative explanations and engaging imagery. Definitely a movie worth watching carefully. Congrats to @kwing and to all the makers!
📢📢📢Some exciting news: I'm hiring an Associate for our Innovation Team @RockefellerFdn to work on funding data and technology for the greater good: https://t.co/msGUBRGSi9
On Aug. 2, Boulder Office of Emergency Management will conduct the last audible siren tests of the year at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Four Boulder sirens are down for repair and will not be included in the test: 1739 Broadway, 1585 30th St, Colorado & Folsom and 3130 Repplier St.
Excited to tuck into a fresh copy of Modern Grantmaking by fabulous authors @GemmaCBull and @steiny
So rare to see training or professional development for folks working in funders, foundations and philanthropies. Will keep you posted!
Trying something new:
@USDResponse just submitted an interim report on their Health Program. It was so chock-full of compelling projects and insights that I asked the USDR team’s permission to share a sample of their work here.
🧵Thread below 👇
We turn 3 today, @CivicDatalab is now a curious toddler figuring it's path to make data more accessible & discovering ways to boost citizen engagement for some of the crucial problems we face today. Personally, it's an endearing entrepreneurial journey to scale-up #Data4Good
American democracy is in grave danger: https://t.co/QRA1qi9O8w Today 100+ political scientists signed a statement calling for national voting and election administration standards. And, if necessary, suspending the filibuster to do it. https://t.co/9c3R0Ie4AM
A must-listen: 107-year-old Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, testified before a House committee.
“We lost everything that day ... Greenwood represented the best of what was possible for Black people in America.”