Sentences with phrase «efforts at engagement»

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«Employee engagement and diversity efforts at Aflac are unlike any I have seen at other companies.

At a recent Americans for Annuity Protection (AAP) board meeting, the board authorized AAP's support of litigating the negative impacts of the DOL Fiduciary Rule and its continued engagement in litigation efforts.

«These ads are a concrete example of our stepped - up political engagement efforts,» American Bankers Association President Rob Nichols told hundreds of bankers at the association's government relations conference in Washington Wednesday.

Roari has vast experience working with National and Provincial Organizers, coordinating the outreach efforts of NDP MPs, and managing and supporting political engagement campaigns at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

If you aren't distributing your efforts on the most appropriate channels, publishing them at the right velocity, or optimizing their ability to get discovered by the right audience, you are missing valuable marketing and customer engagement opportunities.

It remains to be seen whether online chatter tonight will be at all reflective of engagement with the debate itself; and ITV ratings figures released on Friday will be an intriguing indication of the impact of the broadcasters» attempts to invigorate the British public (in spite of Lynton Crosby's best efforts).

At our training event, you'll develop a deeper understanding of what makes the most sense for your union local, civic engagement project, nonprofit, advocacy campaign or grassroots organizing effort.

Specifically, the letter calls for the co-lead agencies to «provide a minimum 90 - day public comment period following the release of a Draft Scoping Document... that public information sessions and hearings be held in every county in the pipeline pathway, and at least one meeting along the crude - by - rail route that would serve the pipelines; and... make an extraordinary effort to maximize public engagement regarding the scoping process, to make all the meetings and comment deadlines widely known and to help the public understand the significance of their opportunity to participate in the scoping process.»

At last month's rally, Brewer said of the community engagement efforts, «We gave it a chance, we worked with the wonderful tenant leaders, we worked with the task force.

Emily's background is in ecology and environmental policy, and prior to joining AAAS, she led engagement and outreach efforts at the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Activities supported by the Fund include the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition's Student Essay, Poster, and Digital Media Competitions; efforts to promote the integration of human rights into STEM education; technical training of human rights practitioners in innovative applications of science and technology; collaborative partnerships between scientists, engineers and human rights organizations; and policy engagement on issues at the nexus of science and human rights.

SOFIA mission public engagement & public outreach efforts, including maintaining the Science Center website and producing social media output, are jointly managed & implemented by SOFIA staff employed by USRA, the SETI Institute, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a telescope with an effective diameter of 100 inches (2.5 meters) at altitudes up to 45,000 feet (14 km), above the obscuring layer of water vapor in Earth's atmosphere.

Several models of engagement discussed within the Gray Matters report will be examined and then efforts at ethics engagement conducted by the Neuroethics Research Thrust at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) will be presented and critically assessed.

By simply looking at existing data in a smarter way, schools and colleges can make a conscious effort to reduce their effect on the environment, minimise costs and increase engagement.

Change and improvement — sustained and at scale — can not rely on solo efforts but require the engagement and commitment of all.

A report by data - science gurus at Gartner revealed that 70 % of business transformation efforts fail due to lack of staff engagement.

In an effort to address educational inequities in the U.S., Scott also led an effort at the Foundation to build strong partnerships and deeper engagement between faith - based organizations that serve underrepresented students, families, and communities.

«I hope to spend my career working at the intersection of technology and government, championing efforts that use technology for good — making education, healthcare, and civic engagement more accessible regardless of socio - economic status or physical location,» she says.

At CIRCLE, Rey is excited to focus on efforts to study and improve equity in civic and political engagement.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

Insight in action As part of community - engagement work that accompanied district reform efforts, teacher leaders worked on district mathematics committees, facilitated grade - level meetings, presented at school board meetings, led professional development sessions and took on many other leadership roles.

«Our goal in considering a new LMS was to improve student engagement, retention and outcomes while advancing our effort to deliver a more mobile - ready curriculum,» explained Lynda Cloud, Executive Vice President of Products at K12 Inc. «After thorough evaluation, K12 chose D2L to power K12's next - generation online high school and middle school.

Without student motivation, all learning strategies are moot, all school improvement efforts are nil, and all attempts at student engagement are irrelevant and pointless.

As a former director of multicultural community engagement at Expect More Arizona, Adriana led the organization's statewide outreach and mobilization efforts within the Hispanic and Native American communities, and served as the spokesperson and point of contact for Spanish - speaking media.

If you have questions about improving your family and community engagement efforts you can reach me at [email protected].

For more information on best practices around family engagement that puts teachers and families at the center of your efforts, as well as some tips for how to think about this in an LCFF / LCAP context, see the chapter I co-authored, Why Family Engagement Matters, on the California Community Schools Network website.

Cohn wants to continue the reform work with a greater focus on building relationships and community engagement around reform efforts at the district level.

NEA's Priority Schools Campaign (PSC) kicked - off a long - term, multi-faceted family and community engagement effort in Augusta, Georgia with uplifting assemblies at three priority high schools.

They include six outside charter school operators, a former teacher at the school who created a management organization and Superintendent John Deasy, who pledged «to collaborate with the parents and students of 24th Street by implementing the necessary reform efforts to vastly increase student achievement and the community engagement efforts to date.»

Reston, VA — The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has announced its roster for the Student Leadership Advisory Committee to support the association's efforts to build student engagement, service, leadership, and voice: Esther Abiona, Student, Early College High School at Delaware State University, Dover, DE Devlin Andrews, Student, Coventry High School, Coventry, RI Melissa -LSB-...]

Kentucky's plan is grounded in a year and a half of extensive outreach and engagement efforts with thousands of Kentuckians, including educators at all levels, families, businesses, education partners, policymakers and communities.

The program also extends the efforts of Together for Tomorrow, a cooperative initiative among the Department, CNCS, and the White House Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to boost community engagement in improving outcomes at chronically under - performing schools.

In addition, he joined Joshua DuBois, special assistant to the president and executive director of the White House Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, at a town hall meeting at Memorial Middle School to announce Together for Tomorrow, a new administration initiative to both spotlight existing community efforts to turn around persistently low - performing schools, and encourage new community engagement that aims to do this for other schools.

So we've had stable leadership at the top committing and building our family & community engagement efforts for years.

Strong evidence of its outcomes will drive demand for the model, which will be known at the state and national levels as the best foundational practice in family engagement and an essential catalyst of school improvement efforts and increased student success.

The TTAC at Radford University is actively involved with the Family Engagement Network and regional efforts to support family engagement, including through collaboration with regional Parent Resource Centers and other partners.

Jobs for the Future launched Students at the Center by commissioning teams of distinguished scholars to synthesize existing research on student motivation and engagement, cognitive development, school improvement, and efforts to take effective teaching practices to scale.

IEL's family and community engagement (FCE) work is focused on assisting states, districts and schools to improve engagement efforts primarily by building capacity and supporting improvements in FCE policy at every level.

The Youth Development Research Project at the University of Illinois also reported impressive effort and engagement in their analyses:

We learned early on that several factors are especially important in making sound decisions about technology: the support and active engagement of school boards and affected stakeholders, the need for systemic efforts across districts rather than just at the building or classroom level, and a clear line of sight between what was being purchased and how it would be deployed and actually used.

In 2010, recognizing that efforts at industry and stakeholder engagement were not broad enough, the FAA formed the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC), whose members include a wide - ranging representation of aviation community stakeholders who facilitate industry participation in NextGen, provide recommendations, and review performance objectives.

• The industry's first assist and slipper clutch on a Sport ATV reduces clutch lever effort by about 25 % for less fatigue while at the same time increasing clutch plate pressure for positive engagement.

If you focus most of your efforts on nontrade sales (such as direct sales, special sales to businesses and organizations, and sales at speaking engagements), you're spared the stress of returns.

You need to be ready to maximize your efforts at such a speaking engagement.

ED justified the cancellation by noting it «plans to significantly enhance its engagement at the 90 - day delinquency mark in an effort to help borrowers more effectively manage their Federal student loan debt.»

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

This collaborative work group was created to further strengthen the Walker's efforts at deepening and expanding community engagement and partnerships with the Walker and its programs.

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With all of our campus engagement efforts in mind, we were excited to strike up a collaboration with the International Sustainable Campus Network, who recently shared exemplary campus sustainability case studies provided by 25 of the world's leading universities at the World Economic Forum.

First, the university's year - long effort at campus consultation and engagement has likely helped many students, faculty and alumni better understand and appreciate competing perspectives, and to develop skills and experience in grappling with their tensions and uncertainties.