Conducted an analysis of ALPA’s IT infrastructure and built recommendations for upgrades and improvements.
Information Insights coordinated Fairbanks’ successful response to the Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission in 2005 when Eielson Air Force Base was listed among the military installations recommended for closure by the Department of Defense. Research by the Information Insights’ team helped build the case for keeping the base open. The team also coordinated planning for presentations before the BRAC Commission and helped orchestrate the large public turnout that filled the Carlson Center Arena during the public hearing.
Echoing the Constitutional Convention in 1956 and the first Conference of Young Alaskans (COYA) held in 2006, the 2009 conference included 55 delegates who addressed past, current, and future challenges and opportunities facing Alaska and her people. Momentum for the Conference was built through a multimedia-driven Forum of Young Alaskans held simultaneously in multiple communities around the state and an interactive project website.
Representing 26 communities, the COYA delegates deliberated on five topic areas: Economy, Government and Global Relations; Energy; Natural Resources and the Environment; Education and Leadership; and Healthy Communities. A number of COYA delegated presented their Conference report to the legislature.
Information Insights worked closely with the steering committee on all aspects of planning this event including venue selection, travel logistics for all delegates and speakers, shaping the Forum and the Conference, facilitation of the events, media coverage and publication of results.
Provide social marketing to Ch’eghutsen’, a federal grant funded program that serves severely emotionally disturbed children and youth in Fairbanks and some Interior villages. Advertising created for the program won first place in competition among grantee social marketing efforts.
This 2008 study determined direct and indirect economic impacts of Alaska Native organizations through their employment payroll, spending, and investments on the economies of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Interior Alaska. The study was completed for Doyon Limited, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Interior Regional Housing Authority, Fairbanks Native Association, and Denakkenaaga, Inc. It updated a 2000 study completed for three of the five sponsor organizations.
Information Insights facilitated or helped plan annual retreats of E-Board, TCC Management Team,and departments management team planning meetings upon request since 2003.
Larger meetings involving tribal delegates advising TCC have included use of consensor handheld voting devices and a variety of facilitation styles that are tailored to the needs of the particular meeting.