These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data, maps, and charts. Learn how to access data that highlights the needs and opportunities within your communities of interest and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.
- Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.
- Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Grant Writing & ReportingHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar (11/16/11) designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data, maps, and charts. Learn how to access data that highlights the needs and opportunities within your communities of interest and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.
- Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.
- Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Community Engaged MappingHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to highlight the tools on HealthyCity.org that can enhance your community organizing efforts. Combining the data available on HealthyCity.org with localized community knowledge provides a strong foundation for your work that can inform your strategies for action while strengthening community involvement.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Get a snapshot of your community of interest by accessing relevant and current datasets that provide local economic, health, demographic, and other community information.
- Identify a community’s strengths as well as opportunities for improvement by mapping existing assets and areas of need.
- Conduct a community-engaged mapping session that will supplement the various datasets that can be found on healthycity.org with qualitative, community-generated data from local stakeholders.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Grant Writing & ReportingHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar (11/16/11) designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data, maps, and charts. Learn how to access data that highlights the needs and opportunities within your communities of interest and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.
- Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.
- Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Community Engaged MappingHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to highlight the tools on HealthyCity.org that can enhance your community organizing efforts. Combining the data available on HealthyCity.org with localized community knowledge provides a strong foundation for your work that can inform your strategies for action while strengthening community involvement.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Get a snapshot of your community of interest by accessing relevant and current datasets that provide local economic, health, demographic, and other community information.
- Identify a community’s strengths as well as opportunities for improvement by mapping existing assets and areas of need.
- Conduct a community-engaged mapping session that will supplement the various datasets that can be found on healthycity.org with qualitative, community-generated data from local stakeholders.
Have you ever been discouraged and tired? Have you ever thought about slacking off your duties to the Lord? This lesson on zeal is a needed one and hopefully will benefit you and inspire you to keep on keeping on with enthusiastic work for the Master
Have you ever been discouraged and tired? Have you ever thought about slacking off your duties to the Lord? This lesson on zeal is a needed one and hopefully will benefit you and inspire you to keep on keeping on with enthusiastic work for the Master
The original title of this talk is "Agile Testing, Uncertainty, Risk, and Why It All Works." That's still the topic of this talk, however after hearing so many misconceptions about testing simply because the name "Test" carries so much baggage in our industry, I decided to reframe my talk so as to avoid using the word "Test" at all in the first half. Instead, we'll focus on how fast feedback supports learning and empirical evidence trumps speculation.
Life is difficult sometimes - how do we face trials? Tragedy? Hardships? Can we face them with the faith and hope mentioned in one of the most popular hymns ever? Can we say - "It Is Well With My Soul?"
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
This webinar will demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to enhance your grant proposals and reports with visually impactful and relevant data and maps. Learn how to access data highlighting the needs and opportunities within your communities and how to make the case that your program will make a difference.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Service Referral & Planning Healthy City
These slides highlight the tools on HealthyCity.org that facilitate both service referral and service planning. The website helps you connect vulnerable populations to the resources they need by providing the largest searchable and mappable online hub of health and human services in California. In addition to this comprehensive resource data, service providers and planners can access additional community data to identify gaps in services, as well as identify areas of need and opportunity to inform program planning. In this training you will learn how to:
- Facilitate case management: Help clients find services by searching the detailed health and human service database of 2-1-1s across the state (*available in 16 counties and counting).
- Inform service planning: Research information about your clients’ communities to enhance program focus and planning.
- Improve service planning and provision by adding your own data: Map data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or other organizations.
This is the PowerPoint from our 3.17.10 Healthy City Webinar (there is no audio component). Additional User Guides will soon be available on HealthyCity.org.
HealthyCity.or Hands-on Introductory Training-v.7.14.11Healthy City
These slides are from a hands-on training designed to provide an overview of the Healthy City website, which allows you to search for local services, as well as create maps and charts of health and socio-economic data to support policy and planning. After participating in an Introductory Training, you will understand how to use HealthyCity.org to:
- Register for your own free account (to save data, maps, and more)
- Find a Service using the detailed health and human service database of 211s across the state
- Create an Asset Map for your community - Map thematic data along with services and other points of interest
- Grab a stat: Find data quick using charts and tables
- Learn about advanced features
This is a presentation that was given in Merced on March 15, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
This presentations covers:
- Case Study: Advocating for a Safe Place to Play at Stiern Park by Jennifer Lopez, Kaiser Permanente and Jose Pinto, Greenfield Community Resident
- Case Study: Youth Map Healthy Food Options in Historic Filipinotown (LA) by Ailene Ignacio, Asian Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance
- Using Wikimaps on HealthyCity.org for Community-Engaged Mapping
- Additional Resources
Using Maps in Community-Based Research (3/12/15)Healthy City
Through this webinar you will:
• Explore Healthy City's community-based research approach
• Hear case studies of how others have used community mapping
• Learn how to create your own maps on HealthyCity.org
This webinar will be examining diabetes hospitalization rates among US and Foreign-Born Hispanics/Latin@s in California. Using the Social Determinants of Health framework, we will be exploring potential contributing factors to these hospitalization rates. Lastly, we will demonstrate (live) how to access and map related health data of other communities of interest on HealthyCity.org.
Social Determinants of Health in ActionHealthy City
Social determinants of health: Exploring how to put health research into action using data and mapping
This webinar will explore various ways to put health research into action by using data and mapping tools. We’ll use the Social Determinants of Health as a frame to present examples of ways to map services in your selected geography, how to map demographic and health data such as poverty and education; and how to work with different features on HealthyCity.org to support your work.
A Holistic Approach to Women s Health, Data and MappingHealthy City
In this webinar we will discuss:
* Changing the lens when analyzing data on women’s health by considering mind/body/spirit
*A day in the life of two women: what do women need to lead comprehensive healthy lives?
*Tools and resources available on HealthyCity.org
*Moving from information to action
Maps help communities tell stories.Maps help connect the dots between data and people within specific geographic locations. Maps can also reveal unique, place-based issues that quantitative data alone cannot. Maps can also be repositories for community knowledge which can assist advocates, community-based organizations, policy-makers and funders to communicate community needs to a broad audience clearly, quickly and dramatically. In this webinar we will cover map making basics using HealthyCity.org.
You will also learn:
* How maps are used for research and action
* Key elements of map design and mapping methods
* Considerations and best tips for creating effective maps
Healthy City's Community Research Lab (CRL) shares best practices and methods for community-based organizations interested in supporting their strategies with research that combines community knowledge + Healthy City technology. The CRL is a resource for collaborating, networking, learning, and innovating with community-based organizations to lead and sustain research for social change. Using the Community Based Participatory Action Research framework, we partner with organizations to develop, implement, and disseminate community research projects, tools, and workshops.
Earlier this year, we received a two-year grant to provide our CRL Workshop series throughout California! In these workshops, we provide step-by-step guidance on topics that cover:
• how to develop research questions
• how to create effective community maps
• how to facilitate participatory mapping
• how to share maps and data with local community members
The workshops also include:
• facilitated activities training participants how to collect community feedback for advocacy, organizing and other projects
• sessions on how to develop strategies where community members can give input to telling their community’s story.
We are currently preparing to launch the first round of the workshop series in: Sacramento, Central Valley, and the Inland Empire!
Healthy City works with community-based organizations to apply Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) in their mapping and community-engagement work. CBPAR starts with issues and strategies to produce analysis, uses mapping technology as one tool for community engagement and focuses on communities within a geographic location, such as a neighborhood. Using CPBAR in mapping facilitates engagement, education, strategizing, and dialogue among community members--including youth--and decision-makers.
Including young people in map making allows them to contribute their unique knowledge and lived experiences as community residents. Youth can provide invaluable insight and can act as change agents advocating on behalf of their communities. Whether you are a Youth Organizer, Community Liaison or Direct Service Provider, there are a number of ways you can incorporate and share youth data and stories using a variety of free resources and tools available on HealthyCity.org to build community power.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
1) Research and map youth population data to enhance program focus and planning on healthycity.org
2) Upload your own data onto a map
3) Use Wikimaps to better plan, collaborate and share youth outreach strategies and stories
Supporting Abused and Neglected Children Through Early Care and PolicyHealthy City
Title: Supporting abused and neglected children through early care and policy
This webinar will make the case for supporting abused and neglected children through early care opportunities as well as describe how to use the healthycity.org site to research and identify policy solutions around foster youth and early childhood education issues.
Learning objectives:
1) Strengthen one’s understanding of populations that make up abused and neglected children
2) Learn how to identify data around abused and neglected children on healthycity.org
3) Understand policy opportunities to improve conditions for the youngest abused and neglected children
Is Information Power? Maps and Data for Community ChangeHealthy City
This slideshow showcases new and improved tools in both English and Spanish available on HealthyCity.org as well as stories from partners using maps and data to transform their communities. By participating in this webinar, you will:
• See new and exciting updates including HealthyCity.org in Spanish, easy to use how-to guides, and enhanced data search
• Hear examples of how data and maps have driven community change
• Learn how you can turn information into action
Solving the Mystery of Geographies (pdf)Healthy City
ZIP Codes? Census tracts? Service Planning Area? What do all of these geographies mean? More importantly, which one should I use for my map?!
This webinar answers all these questions and more. Learn how geographic boundaries are determined, how to choose geographies and how this basic step in map-making will affect the interpretation of your map. Ultimately, you will learn how to make the best map possible to support your case.
ZIP Codes? Census tracts? Service Planning Area? What do all of these geographies mean? More importantly, which one should I use for my map?!
This webinar answers all these questions and more. Learn how geographic boundaries are determined, how to choose geographies and how this basic step in map-making will affect the interpretation of your map. Ultimately, you will learn how to make the best map possible to support your case.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Uploading Your Own Data Healthy City
Do you collect data about your community? Are you using the best tools to target your services, outreach or organizing efforts? Using www.HealthyCity.org to upload and map the data you gather can help maximize your organization’s efforts. This webinar is for individuals looking to better understand the usefulness of data for planning, advocacy and action. We will discuss the importance of data-driven decision-making, how to layer your data alongside other information available on HealthyCity.org, as well as examples of how user-uploaded data has been utilized for research and advocacy.
In this webinar you will learn:
- How to upload point or thematic data on HealthyCity.org, including how to set up your spreadsheet, input information, and how to transform your survey data into informative maps and charts.
- How other HealthyCity.org users have had success in uploading and assessing their data for community research and advocacy, program planning, grant writing, and more.
- The best ways to take the maps you’ve made on HealthyCity.org and share them in reports or social media.
- About accessing our Help Center, which has a User Guide, video tutorials, and recorded webinars that can help you over any technical hurdles.
Healthy City Webinar_Getting Started with HealthyCity.orgHealthy City
This webinar will provide an overview of the Healthy City website, which allows you to search for local services, as well as create maps and charts of health and socio-economic data to support policy and planning. After participating in an Introductory webinar training, you will understand how to use HealthyCity.org to:
- Locate resources by accessing the health and human service database of 2-1-1s across the state
- Research information about your community and create customized maps to enhance planning and advocacy work
- Upload data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, facilities, or other organizations.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Community Planning and Development Healthy City
This customized webinar is for individuals working in Community Planning & Development that are interested in learning new strategies and tools to create healthier living environments in our communities. Working within a social justice framework, this webinar will demonstrate useful practices for planners utilizing the HealthyCity.org website. It will focus on how to use HealthyCity.org to promote a deeper understanding of community assets, characteristics, and the physical environment in order to inform and enhance the planning process. It will also highlight successful methods to engage community members in planning efforts, particularly around sharing local knowledge about the built environment.
Hands-On Training Salinas 5-2-12 (Part II)Healthy City
This is a presentation that was given in Salinas on May 2, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
Hands-On Training Salinas 5-2-12 (Part I)Healthy City
This is a presentation that was given in Salinas on May 2, 2012. Healthy City is an information + action resource. Healthy City is a program of Advancement Project.
6. GOVERNMENTONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGY www.HealthyCity.org COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB Training community groups to lead and sustain action-oriented research & technology projects …is an information + action resource that unites rigorous research, community voices and innovative technologiesto solve the root causes of social inequity
7. Partners Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Advancement Project USC School of Social Work 2-1-1 LA County United Ways of California Children Now California Pan-Ethnic Health Network Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Prevention Institute The California Endowment Legal Services of No. Cal. CA Immigrant Policy Center CA Partnership California Rural Legal Assistance Central Valley Health Policy Institute Fresno Metro Ministry United Way Fresno County First 5 Fresno County Sacramento Housing Alliance UC Davis – Center for Regional Change Community Services Planning Council United Way Bay Area Santa Clara Comm. Benefits Coalition Urban Strategies Council San Mateo Healthy Communities Collaborative Contra Costa Crisis Center United Way of Fresno/2-1-1 2-1-1 San Diego 2-1-1 Monterey County 2-1-1 San Bernardino Volunteer Center of Riverside County United Way Bay Area/Helplink Community Service Planning Council – 2-1-1 Sacramento UW Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Eden I & R – 211 Alameda Interface Children Family Services – 2-1-1 Ventura Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
8. Agenda The Importance of Data in Grant Writing What Funders Want Focus on HealthyCity.org Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries. Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community. Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
9. Question for Participants (Type it in the question section) What is the problem you hope to address? What is the story you want to tell?
18. “Is the population or area served by this grant primarily (51% or more) low- or moderate income?” Please describe how you determine if a program participant is low or moderate income.
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23. Types of Data on HealthyCity.org Services & Points Social Services & Nonprofits Hospitals and FQHCs Public & Private Schools Grocery Stores & WIC Vendors Alcohol Outlets & Toxic Sites And much more…
24. Types of Data on HealthyCity.org Thematic Population Characteristics Civic Participation Employment, Income & Poverty Health Conditions, Diseases, Injuries and Deaths Crime & Public Safety Housing And much more…
25. 1. Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries. You can save and share anything you create while logged in GET STARTED!
26. Example: SLABBC Mission: To promote healthier pregnancies, birth outcomes, and interconception care in South Los Angeles by strengthening linkages between community-based medical and social service providers.
27. You can save and share anything you create while logged in GET STARTED!
28. My Account > Neighborhoods> Create a neighborhood
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63. Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community. Questions?
64. 3. Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.
65. For example… SLABBC South L.A. Best Babies Collaborative In order to provide funders with information about the number and geographic location of participants in the program, SLABBC could upload their participant data, and view it along with other data available on HealthyCity.org
73. Click the +- next to ANY thematic/indicator data category
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Editor's Notes
http://www.gnocdc.org/articles/datafunders.htmlFocus on using the most recent data to support your grant or funding requestUse your expertise in your field of work to tell your storyDemonstrate your knowledge of the community of interest Avoid using data that is tangentially related to the topic(s) of the grantAvoid regurgitating information presented in previous proposals
Exact questions from grant applications
Today you will learn how to use data to enhance your grant proposals, reports and evaluations.
The next two slides show two major ‘types’ of data – point & thematic.