(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland)
February 29, 2012 to March 2, 2012
The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies at Portland State University will host the NNIP meeting in Portland February 29 - March 2. Portland will highlight its history of regional governance and help NNIP members consider the benefits of using neighborhood data to inform regional decision making. The regional session will include a panel of regional thought leaders, including Ethan Seltzer, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University; Rex Burkholder, Metro Councilor District 5; and Denny Doyle, Mayor of Beaverton. Holly St.
One of the core services offered by NNIP partners is ad hoc assistance on locating and using neighborhood data, a service often called a data “help desk.” Partners help users to troubleshoot problems or use data and tools from partner websites. This guide reports on a survey of our partners from May 2013. Throughout the guide, we will incorporate partners’ responses on current practice along with NNIP’s best practices. Forty out of 44 organizations responded to the survey (35 out of 37 partner cities at the time of the survey).
With support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, NNIP commissioned an independent assessment of the network that was completed in Fall 2014. NNIP/UI staff have selected Pat Auspos from the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change to conduct the assessment. We were excited by the opportunity to step back and review what has gone well and what we can do better in the future. Please see the link to the final report below for more details on the assessment. Additionally, we have posted the NNIP partner survey protocol that is part of the assessment for reference.
Two NNIP partner staff were recognized for their leadership in the field of community indicators by the Community Indicators Consortium in 2014. Frank Lenk, Director of Research Services at the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) in Kansas City, MO, was selected to join the Hall of Heroes which honors "leaders who have had significant, long-term impact on the indicators field and the improvement of community conditions and well-being."
Efforts to address the problems of distressed urban neighborhoods stretch back to the 1800s, but until relatively recently, data played little role in forming policy solutions. Published by the Urban Institute with support from the John D. and Catherine T.
How can we improve conditions in some of the country’s most distressed places? What Counts: Harnessing Data for America’s Communities, a new volume of essays published jointly by the Urban Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, addresses this question. Its contributors argue that the answers must be data-driven and require better collection, use, and sharing of information across sectors. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the volume brings together authors from community development, public health, education, and related fields.
In Summer/Fall 2014, we asked partner organizations to share their overall budget information and sources of income. In this NNIP Partner webinar, Sharon Kandris, Tom Kingsley, and Maia Woluchem will present the findings back to the partnership and ask for your ideas about what future next steps we should take in analysis, new data collection, and staff development activities.
NNIP executive committee members, Eleanor Tutt (Rise in St. Louis) and Bob Gradeck conceived of our latest joint activity to exchange ideas and build community - a weekly NNIPChat on Twitter on Thursdays at 4 PM Eastern. Starting in January 2015 and ending in May 2015, NNIPChats took place weekly covering a variety of topics related to social justice issues, current events, issue areas for partner organizations, and other community development areas of interest. NNIP partners are hosted each week with a different theme related to using neighborhood data for improving communities.
University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh) Rise (St. Louis)
January 22, 2015 to March 26, 2015
These twitter chats were held in Spring 2015.
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NNIP executive committee members, Eleanor Tutt (Rise in St. Louis) and Bob Gradeck conceived of our latest joint activity to exchange ideas and build community - a weekly NNIPChat on Twitter on Thursdays at 4 Eastern. Various NNIP partners are hosting each week with a different theme related to using neighborhood data for improving communities. Check out the Storifys capturing the conversations.
Jake Cowan, NNIP alumni and consultant, presented on the completed "Monitoring Impact" guide. The guidebook frames defining and measuring performance for local data intermediaries, based on two key concepts – impact through positive influence and performance management. Jake was joined by Sheila Martin (Portland) and Erica Raleigh (Detroit) who shared their perspectives on performance management.
Partners expressed the desire for continued interactions among partners between in-person meetings. So far, Idea Showcases have given several partners the chance to share ideas and projects they were working on, and to connect with other interested partners after the webinar. Our third Idea Showcase of 2015 is back by popular demand!
Urban Institute (NNIP Coordinator) (Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland) University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland)
April 2018
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We have launched the Northwest Open Data Exchange (NODE), a platform that pulls together the immense quantities of open data generated by PSU faculty, staff, and student research. Built on the open-source CKAN framework, our platform offers easy search and analysis tools, fast harvesting of outside datasets, and an API data engine that can link to Geoserver, R, and Leaflet.
NNIP has selected Sharon Kandris, Associate Director of The Polis Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), as the 2018 winner of the Network Steward of the Year Award. The award was created in September 2016 to recognize a NNIP Partner staff member who goes above and beyond expectations to strengthen the connectivity among Partners, increase knowledge sharing, and raise the profile of the n
University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)
June 12, 2019
NNIP has selected Bob Gradeck, Manager of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh, as the 2019 winner of the Network Steward of the Year Award. The award was created in 2016 to recognize a NNIP Partner staff member who goes above and beyond expectations to strengthen the connectivity among Partners, increase knowledge sharing, and raise the profile of the network.
NNIP HQ will start with a quick update on network activities. Then, each presenter will have 5 minutes to talk about potential, current, or completed work.
Kinder Institute for Urban Research (Houston) DataWorks NC (Durham)
January 2, 2020
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is pleased to announce two stellar additions to the network's elected Executive Committee - John Killeen, Executive Director of DataWorks NC in Durham, North Carolina, and Jie Wu, Director of Research Management at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University (full biographies below). The Executive Committee is the central mechanism guiding NNIP. Along with leadership from the Urban Institute, the six members plan partnership activities, moni
NNIP HQ will start with a quick update on network activities. Then, each presenter will have 5 minutes to talk about potential, current, or completed work. The presenters for this showcase are:
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership has selected Geoff Smith, Executive Director of DePaul University's Institute for Housing Studies, as the 2020 winner of the Network Steward of the Year Award. The award was created in September 2016 to recognize an NNIP Partner staff member who goes above and beyond expectations to strengthen the connectivity among Partners, increase knowledge sharing, and raise the profile of the network.
Foundations have the opportunity to improve communities’ ability to use data to drive change by: (1) promoting the use of data by grantees, (2) championing community data resources and capacity, and (3) investing directly in building community-wide capacity. To carry out these three strategies, they can invest their funding and capital, provide leadership and political will, deploy their convening power, or leverage communications.
Related Links:
Investing in Data Capacity for Community Change (brief)
Institute for Housing Studies (Chicago) Communities Count (Seattle)
January 2021
One of the unique characteristics of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is that the network was founded by the partner organizations and it continues to be led by an Executive Committee of elected partner members who steer the direction of the network.
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership has selected Laura McKieran, Executive Director of Community Information: Now, as the 2021 winner of the Network Steward of the Year Award. The award was created in September 2016 to recognize an NNIP Partner staff member who goes above and beyond expectations to strengthen the connectivity among Partners, increase knowledge sharing, and raise the profile of the network.
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership has selected Noah Urban, Co-Executive Director of Data Driven Detroit, as the 2022 winner of the Network Steward of the Year Award. The award was created in 2016 to recognize an NNIP Partner staff member who goes above and beyond expectations to strengthen the connectivity among Partners, increase knowledge sharing, and raise the profile of the network.
NNIP is excited to announce a partnership with the recently launched, Black Wealth Data Center (BWDC). Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative and currently housed in Prosperity Now, The Black Wealth Data Center was established to provide public and private sector leaders with actionable data for policy making and investment decisions to grow Black wealth.
One of the unique characteristics of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is that the network was founded by the partner organizations and it continues to be led by an Executive Committee of elected partner members who steer the direction of the network.
In late Spring 2022, NNIPHQ, in partnership with CSR Communications, launched a discovery phase for a strategic planning process that included interviews with funders, peer organizations, and groups that use data for change and a focus group with NNIP Partner staff.
In this session, NNIPHQ shared updates from the NNIP strategic planning process based on the strategic planning committee meetings and feedback from the NNIP Executive Committee. Overarching strategic directions and test concepts on the network's unique contributions were shared. Please find the slides shared below. The recording can be accessed here.
In this session, NNIPHQ shared updates from the NNIP strategic planning process based on the strategic planning committee meetings and feedback from the NNIP Executive Committee. Ideas for operationalizing the strategies and advancing the goals of the network were shared. Please find the slides shared below. The recording can be accessed below:
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership has selected Tommy Pearce, Executive Director of Neighborhood Nexus, as the 2023 winner of the Network Steward of the Year Award. The award was created in 2016 to recognize an NNIP Partner staff member who goes above and beyond expectations to strengthen the connectivity among Partners, increase knowledge sharing, and raise the profile of the network.
Relationships are the foundation of the National Neighborhood Indicator Partnership (NNIP). Local partners started the network almost three decades ago to learn from each other about how to help communities use data to shape strategies and investments so that all neighborhoods are places people can thrive. The NNIP Alumni Program was created in recognition that the relationships built among network members last beyond an individual’s tenure at the NNIP Partner organization.
For the first time, NNIP presented the 2024 Network Steward Award collectively to the staff members of CT Data Collaborative (CTData). As Executive Director, Michelle Riordan-Nold has encouraged her team to take full advantage of and contribute to the NNIP peer network. Soon after CTData was admitted, Michelle requested the NNIP-Urban team present to their whole staff to ensure they knew about the value of the network and the opportunities to participate.
DataWorks NC (Durham) Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland) Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy (New York) Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
