From Performance Measurement to Management in the Local Government – ICMA Case Studies

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 10, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Organisational performance

The Center for Performance Measurement from the International City-County Management Association (ICMA) published in 2008 the book intitled „What Works: How Local Governments Have Made the Leap from Measurement to Management”.

This resource from ICMA is directed towards helping local public administrations to deal with and improve their performance measurement initiatives, by putting under the reader’s attention no less than 70 case studies featuring successful practices in the field of performance management and measurement, all coming from ICMA members.

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Educational spending in the Netherlands – a thorough analysis of the indicators

Written by Denisa Călin on April 5, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

According to a new press release from Statistics Netherlands, “in the period 1997–2007 real expenditure by subsidized educational institutes increased by 9 billion euro, from 20 to 29 billion euro. Some 3.2 billion euro can be attributed to changes in demography and participation in education, and 5.8 billion euro to increased spending per participant” (Statistics Netherlands, 2010).

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KPI examples in practice: Yarra Trams – Melbourne – Australia

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 3, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

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Facebook overtakes Google, becoming the most visited website in US . For now…

Written by Denisa Călin on March 24, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

In the second week of March 2010, Facebook surpassed Google in the US and became the most visited website for the week, according to a report from Experian Hitwise, a global information services company. Facebook accounted for 7.07 % of all Web traffic in the United States in that week, while Google accounted for 7.03 % of all traffic. This marks the first time Facebook has posted a weekly traffic volume over Google.

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Guerrilla Marketing Metrics – Heineken Italy Activation Campaign – AC Milan Real Madrid 21 October 2009

Written by Ramona Gligorea on March 19, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Multimedia, Strategy

• 1136 event participants
• Over 1.5 million live TV spectators on SKY Sport
• 10 million news TV spectators
• Over 5 million unique visitors on the internet in the two weeks after the event
• A wave of fan comments on blogs, forums and social networks….difficult to count.

1 smart guerrilla marketing campaign. The buzz goes on …

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