NNIP Network Update Kathy Pettit and Leah Hendey NNIP/Urban Team & Executive Committee October 22, 2015

NNIP Work Plan Articulate strategic principles for decisionmaking on new and future work Plan for near-term activities and staffing Review priorities and how we are investing across our goals Share upcoming plans with supporters, colleagues and partnership Create framework for identifying gaps and cultivating new ideas and support

NNIP Work Plan Components Build and strengthen local capacity – Support current partners Provide capacity-building opportunities & materials Increase network participation Increase partner and network accountability – Support potential partners Inform local and national policy Build support for community information field

Build and strengthen local capacity

Provide capacity-building opportunities and materials Two partnership meetings Pittsburgh pre-meeting on data and technology for managers Performance management guide and webinar Performance management workgroup School discipline webinar Help desk guide

Increase network participation Engagement between meetings – Quarterly idea showcases – Check-ins with NNIPHQ – #NNIPChat – Handout on network participation (draft) New staff/partners – Buddy system for meetings – Next: intro NNIP materials for new staff

Increase partner and network accountability Policy for partners in transition Coaching for partners in transition Redesigned data inventory process & recalibrated SNIP score Next: – Written summary of principles and expectations – Pilot partner organization participation scorecard

Support potential partners Growth strategy – Explicit principles for growth – Prioritized level of effort Technical assistance for 8 sites and fielded questions from others Summary of NNIP finances survey (Nov.) Start-up guide (in progress)

Plans for (current partners) Continue engagement and capacity building activities (check-ins, meetings etc.) Deploy participation scorecard Develop data management guide Improve website as platform for peer exchange Consider a member pledge at application and regular recommitment process

Plans for (potential partners) Develop annual outreach plan Publish start-up guide Continue research and outreach to discover potential sites

Inform local and national policy

Goals Directly influence local policy in NNIP cities via cross-site projects Share new approaches to using data to improve local policy in all cities Use local lessons to suggest implications for national policy

Current cross-site projects Integrated data systems (6 partners) – Funder: Annie E. Casey Foundation Civic Tech and Data Collaborative (7 partners) – Funder: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Forward Cities (in 3 NNIP cities) – Strengthening entrepreneurial support systems – Funder: Case and Goldman Sachs Foundations

Plans for Prioritize and develop ideas from partners solicited in 2015 Cultivate promising candidates – Neighborhood change in legacy cities – Health, Housing and Neighborhoods – Neighborhood investment Pilot topical brief(s) with NNIP examples

Build support for community information field

Current Activities Civic tech and data framework (draft) Stories on NNIP & federal place-based initiatives – Kansas City, San Antonio, St. Louis, Washington, DC Engagement with Strive and Data Quality Campaign Engagement with Federal Reserve Banks

Plans for Prioritize networks for outreach Develop materials to explain local information infrastructure and need for investment Consider briefs on how NNIP partners improve local capacity – For local governments, community foundations, etc.

Cross-cutting activities

Ongoing activities Diversify and increase funding for network operations and special projects Improve strategic communications – Improve network branding – Develop updated, more frequent content – Consider newsletters – both internal and external – Make better use of the website

Ongoing activities (cont.) Improve NNIPHQ operations – Implement, share performance measures – Reduce number of systems for NNIPHQ & partners Upgraded website backend Implementing SalesForce