Time: 2:00 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: Case Study – Improving Opportunities for Justice-Involved Residents in Durham, NC A team inside the City of Durham, North Carolina is tackling one of the biggest issues that cities face, improving the economic opportunity for residents impacted by the justice system. From interviewing … Continued
Breakout: Creating a High Culture IQ to Engage, Motivate and Retain Top Talent How do you grow, invest-in and ultimately retain your high performers? How do you recognize a high performer in your organization? What characteristics might you see in a high performer? High performers are those employees that stand out in any organization as highly … Continued
Breakout: Innovation from Coast to Coast – Part 1 All across the country local governments are working to make services better for their residents by trying out new ideas and new approaches to problems that many communities face. In this session we want to take a look at how three different organizations are approaching problem … Continued
Chris Floore Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs Macon-Bibb County, GA LinkedIn | Twitter Communications and media relations. Chris Floore, the Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, joined the podcast to talk about his work and building relationships with the media. Chris discussed the importance of the public … Continued
Heather Worthington Director of Long Range Planning Minneapolis, MN LinkedIn | Twitter Paul Mogush Manager of Community Planning Minneapolis, MN LinkedIn | Twitter Battling disparities through planning. Two people from the City of Minneapolis, MN join the podcast to talk about the hottest comprehensive plan in the country, Minneapolis 2040. Heather Worthington is the Director … Continued
The hosts of GovLove pick the best episodes of the year. The best episodes of the year. All five regular GovLove hosts teamed up to hand out awards and recap the year of GovLove. Kirsten, Alyssa, Javon, Kent and Ben all selected four of their favorite episodes to honor with the most prestigious award in … Continued
Brian Platt Business Administrator (Chief Operating Officer) Jersey City, NJ LinkedIn | Twitter Problem solving in government. Brian Platt the Business Administrator of Jersey City, New Jersey joined the podcast to talk about managing the day to day operations of the city, innovation in local government and being named a babe of Jersey City. Brian previously … Continued
Scott Duncombe Founder Pizza to the Polls Website | LinkedIn | Twitter Hungry for democracy. The national non-profit, Pizza to the Polls, tries to make waiting in line to vote a little better. They take reports of long lines from people around the country and then find local pizza places to deliver slices to voters. … Continued
Leslie RichardsSecretary of TransportationState of PennsylvaniaBio | LinkedIn | Twitter Brian HarePlanning Division ChiefPennDOTLinkedIn Transportation & engagement. The Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Leslie Richards, and the PennDOT Planning Chief, Brian Hare, join the podcast to talk engagement and the future of transportation. They shared their PennDOT Connects initiative which works to engage Pennsylvania residents before … Continued
Stefan Pryor Commerce Secretary State of Rhode Island Bio | LinkedIn Economic development at the state level. Stefan Pryor, the Secretary of Commerce for the State of Rhode Island, joins the podcast to talk about his work attracting companies to the state. Stefan discussed the policies they’ve used to turn around Rhode Island’s economy. He … Continued
