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That’s worth more than my house!
August 26th, 2010
Senior Consultants Sylvan Robb and Jana Peirce got their hands on a lot of gold at yesterday’s tour of the Kinross Fort Knox mine outside Fairbanks. At yesterday’s gold price, the 22 pound mini-bar was worth $318,116.21. Fort Knox has grown substantially since the economic impact assessment Information Insights conducted in 2001. The mine now employs over 500 people in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Most interesting fact of the day: the mine has to crush and process 1 ton of very low-grade ore to make just $20 so efficiency is important in every aspect of the operation. The company also touts its impressive safety record: over 3.5 million consecutive man-hours worked without a lost-time accident.
Fairbanks Community Economic Development Survey Launched
July 2nd, 2010
Interior residents will have a chance to share their insights on the Fairbanks economy through an effort sponsored by the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The web based survey, which went live today, will allow Fairbanksans to share their thoughts and insights on the area’s economy for the Fairbanks Community Economic Development Visioning Project. Interested members of the public can complete the survey online until Friday, July 23. Survey questions are designed to solicit ideas from local residents on what’s working well in our economy, what might be upcoming opportunities and what barriers could stand in the way. Continue Reading »
New Web Intern: Emma Funk
June 4th, 2010
Emma Funk is the new web intern for Information Insights. She is a rising junior at West Valley High School, as well as a part-time student at UAF. She enjoys photography, theatre, creative writing and kayaking. Over the course of the summer, she will be participating in Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre‘s youth production of Hamlet, as well as playing Juliet in the summer mainstage show, Measure for Measure. One of her original essays appeared in The Best Teen Writing of 2009. Continue Reading »
Bristol Bay Region Visioning Project
April 28th, 2010
Information Insights will be helping Bristol Bay residents develop a region-wide vision. Five regional organizations – BBNC, BBNA, BBEDC, BBHA and BBAHC – are partnering to make the project happen. Information Insights will work to engage residents in every village in the region through community meetings to be held this fall and winter. At the meetings, Information Insights facilitators will seek to identify the underlying principles that unify the people of the region in order to develop a common vision that will give voice to their shared values. The visioning process will be transparent, neutral and inclusive for all residents of the region. Consensor™ audience response technology will be used to ensure that all participants have an equal voice. Lead project staff at Information Insights are senior consultants Sherry Modrow and Cady Lister and project consultants Jane Angvik and Dr. Steve Langdon. Other project staff include Brenda Holden, Chris Rogers and Jessica Holden. Jana Peirce will develop a project website and social media presence to reach out to younger Bristol Bay area residents.
Scenic Byways Project Completed
March 25th, 2010
Information Insights just completed a media kit for the Alaska Scenic Byways program. See a clip of the final video on YouTube. The video is both a marketing and education piece on Alaska’s most scenic byways and includes footage from all eleven byways. The video is part of an integrated communication plan that Information Insights recently completed for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) to help increase awareness of the state’s 16-year-old byways program. Continue Reading »
Sylvan Robb certified mediator
March 9th, 2010
Sylvan is a Senior Consultant with Information Insights. She specializes in survey design, statistical analysis, and qualitative analysis with a special interest in child welfare, substance abuse, and health issues. She recently completed a 40-hour course in mediation. As a certified mediator, she is now trained to structure and facilitate mediation processes which help parties present their issues, concerns and proposals in ways that get results and avoid or move them beyond impasses. The training, provided by Mares-Dixon and Associates of Colorado, also addressed effective communication skills for working in a highly emotional or toxic atmosphere, and covered ways to manage power issues and to structure sound, realistic, and mutually acceptable settlements. Congratulations Sylvan!
Adrienna Holden awarded 2010 Inclusive Practice Award
February 23rd, 2010
Adrienna Holden received the 2010 Inclusive Practice Award for the state of Alaska from the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education. Adrienna works as a teacher at Peterson Elementary School in Kodiak, AK. She is the daughter of Senior Consultant, Brenda Holden, and sister of new Information Insights Consultant Jessica Holden. Read the full story
Join us December 10 – Holiday Open House in Fairbanks
November 27th, 2009
Clients and friends of Information Insights who find themselves in Fairbanks on Thursday, December 10th are invited to join us for our annual Holiday Open House. Come by between 4:30 and 7 pm for good music and good food. Our Fairbanks office is located at 212 Front Street. (Map)
Tom Hewitt on Fairbanks Focus Alaska View
October 22nd, 2009
Tom is one one of the panelists on the second half of the this week’s Fairbanks Focus. Besides working at Information Insights, Tom is also the editor or the UAF SunStar, the campus paper. He’s a busy guy. Other Information Insights connections to the show include the student producer/director (Eric Lonn, son of Ellen Ganley and Rick Lonn) and the guy in charge of it all, Charles Fedullo, husband of Information Insights senior consultant, Shannon McCarthy.
This week, Lynne Snifka interviews UAF Snedden Chair and longtime journalist David Offer on the state of journalism today. In addition to Tom, the panel includes Jason Gazewood and Dermot Cole. who discuss the mayoral runoff, Bethel loosening its alcohol restrictions, and Stars and Strikes for the week. See the video at alaska.edu »
Dewey Hoffman to intern with Doyon, Limited on cultural resources project
June 18th, 2009
Former Information Insights intern, Dewey Hoffman plans to work as an intern this summer at Denali National Park with Doyon’s cultural resource department. Dewey will assist professor James Kari with an ongoing Athabascan language place mapping project that Kari.