2020 Census: Building Trust Amongst Hard to Count Populations
Since recently attending the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership’s 2017 Annual Conference, I was inspired to take a deeper look at the upcoming 2020 census. After being plagued by funding...
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Brick and mortar retail is downsizing- is your community ready?
Remember being dragged to the mall as a kid? The phenomenon’s less likely than ever! As some retailers downsize locations and others shut down altogether, a contraction of shopping space is being...
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How Does a Baby Boomer Manager Relate to Millennial Researchers?
Millennials were born between the early 1980s to the early 2000s. If you want workplace operations to run smoothly, you will celebrate these latest additions, and embrace what they have to offer. I...
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What is Good Research?
The basis of all good research is good data, a methodology, and good research questions: “what is the data telling us about x, y, and z”? Data can be “primary,” collected directly from sources such...
View ArticleWhen It’s Time to Change
Different. Your reaction to that word depends on a lot of things – your current mood, how your day is going, your values, whether you were picked on in high school, your tolerance for risk, etc....
View ArticleIn Science We Trust (?)
According to a recent article published by USA Today,[1] there is a gap between what scientists and the public believe around some key issues like climate change, childhood vaccines, and genetically...
View ArticleHow to Overcome New Workplace Jitters: Don’t Allow Your Jitters to Paralyze...
Beginning a new job or career can be extremely exciting. And, it can be extremely scary. Everyone has had the experience of starting something new, but a new job is unlike any other beginning....
View ArticleFor the Sake of Your Clients, Collect the Data
Within a year of starting a new program at your non-profit, you’re likely to get the command from above, “Show me success!” You may be feeling good about the program, but if you haven’t been...
View ArticleReclaiming My Time
Admittedly, one of my weaknesses comes down to time management, something I’m continuously working to improve upon in both my professional and personal life. While I try to live outside of a set...
View ArticleJust ANALYZE It!
All of us deal with data every day in our lives. Starting from infancy, a person begins to interact with data. The ability to collect and process data, however, is of little value in itself. It is the...
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