Wisconsin and Vermont are recognized as best examples of regional portals concept:
- http://ebird.org/content/wi/ - http://ebird.org/content/vt/ Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:45:31 PM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: > > Hi Joey > > "A" Colorado eBird is simple a subset of eBird (global) here are few > existing ones: > > - http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/portals/ > > "A" Colorado eBird portal still provides data to eBird (Global) it is just > presented at our regional level (Colorado). Folks can still "see" eBird > "global but with "a" Colorado eBird portal there is another view specific > to Colorado. Also, content on a Colorado portal would be Colorado-specific > similar to regional portals above. > > Thanks > Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ > Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m > > > On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:59:14 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> At Cheyenne Audubon's recent 40th "Birdday" party John >> Fitzpatrick/Cornell Lab Director gave an impassioned presentation on >> eBird--it got me "all jazzed up" as to the "value" of eBird in terms of >> science and conservation. So much so, I noticed there are state/group >> eBird portals--for example--there could be a portal specific to Colorado >> eBirds ... us! Costs I hear are about $1,000-1,500 per subscription annum >> ... "chump change", right? So, as I proposed to Audubon Rockies I'll >> propose here. >> >> Your thoughts from the Colorado birding world? >> >> *Colorado eBird Portal Strategy Development Proposal* >> >> · *“If We Build It” will Colorado citizens come?* >> >> o Should we build it? Develop criteria similar to (next) >> >> § Link to Strategic Imperatives >> >> § Consistency with (what?) Statewide, Global initiatives >> >> § Social Impacts >> >> § Environmental Impacts and Status >> >> § Project Revenue Potential >> >> § Sustainability >> >> § Project Costs >> >> § Financial Feasibility >> >> § Stakeholder and Citizenry Acceptability >> >> § Attractiveness to the Public and Private Sector >> >> § Other Factors? >> >> o Active Sponsor Engagement >> >> o Team Actively Engaged >> >> o Broad Organizational Awareness of the Project >> >> o Project Delivered the Anticipated Results >> >> o Project Completed on Time >> >> o Successful Transition of Ownership to Process Owner >> >> o Improvement Sustained Over Time >> >> o Replication of Results >> >> o Stakeholder support >> >> >> >> · *How do we facilitate change?* >> >> >> >> *Kotter’s Eight-Step Change Management Model* >> >> * STEP* >> >> *HIGH LEVEL ACTIVITY* >> >> 1 >> >> *Assess Need for Change* – Clearly define the need and urgency for >> change. >> >> 2 >> >> *Obtain Executive Buy-in and Create a Guiding Coalition* – Executive >> level support should be highly and regularly visible to employees; change >> leaders require >> >> Empowerment to achieve wide-scale impacts; a change team is required. >> >> *3* >> >> >> >> >> >> *Define Implementation Strategy* – There needs to be a collaborative >> approach between the change team, employees and leadership/management to >> develop a strategy that will support the workforce through the change. >> >> >> >> 4 >> >> *Communicate Change Vision* – Use all vehicles to communicate the new >> vision and strategy, make sure employees understand the reasons for and >> consequences of change through feedback sessions and senior leadership >> communications. >> >> >> >> 5 >> >> *Empower Broad-based Action* – Acknowledge and address emotional >> intelligence of affected employees; solicit contributions and support. >> >> >> >> 6 >> >> *Generate Short-term Wins* – Establish short-term transition wins. Role >> model and set behaviors expected of employees, and visibly recognize and >> reward employees who make the wins possible. >> >> 7 >> >> *Consolidate Gains and Produce More Change / Evaluate the Process**<span >> style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New >> Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New >> Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times >> New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; >> color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-fo* >> ... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0b53f822-d509-4d3d-ade8-a731afc2a3e3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
