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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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.
