Site Launches

Adult obesity, unemployment, lack of insurance, and air pollution are among the many health factors that affect our quality of life. And because these factors vary place to place, the health of a community depends on understanding these measures so local leaders can work to improve the health of the people in their communities.

 Digital communications provides a tremendous opportunity for global health. It is a vehicle for life-saving information exchange, especially for rural health workers and other remote providers. C-Hub’s mission is to break down barriers to information. In the fall of 2011, they engaged with Forum One to embark on a redesign and functional update of the project’s website c-hubonline.org.

Educators today have a tremendous amount of data available to them about their students. The challenge: How that data can strengthen teaching and learning. That’s where Closing the Gap: Turning Data into Action comes in. As the name suggests, this project, launched by Gartner Inc., the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) and the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), helps educators use data to take effective action.

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the Greenhouse Gas Data Tool, which identifies major sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Forum One designed the online tool, and SAIC built it.

At Forum One, we are passionate about driving progress in U.S. education. And while there are plenty of ideas on how to improve programs and policies, they can be difficult to interpret. Luckily, the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has an initiative called theWhat Works Clearinghouse (WWC) that reviews education research to help answer the question, “What works in education?”

2011 marked the festival’s 8th year of existence. To reflect its vibrant and interactive spirit, there was a need to revamp its online presence. With a new, compelling design (provided by Katie Viola, of Kissane Viola Design) and a powerful back-end developed by Forum One’s Drupal development team, Aifestival.org was born. The site was built to serve both as an informational tool prior to, and during, the event, but also as a year-round multimedia archive for hundreds of files capturing the festival sessions.

At Forum One we promote online collaboration to our clients as a way to bring people and ideas together, bridge geographic and political boundaries, and create an impact. For that reason, I’m excited to announce the launch of www.TowardsASaferWorld.org, a website that allows development leaders across various disciples to share knowledge and lessons learned from the influenza pandemic, and coordinate efforts moving forward to apply those lessons to future and ongoing threats.

Forum One has teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control to launch the CDC Flu App Challenge. The contest offers $35,000 in prizes for the most innovative apps that use CDC flu data to create a technical solution that promotes healthy behavior for flu prevention. Submissions are due May 27.
 

The new CountyHealthRankings.org offers completely updated statistics, a fresh design, improved usability and a mobile-optimized version for smart phones at m.countyhealthrankings.org.