Brianna Sunryd Communications Manager Town of Amherst, MA LinkedIn | Twitter Using data to improve engagement. Brianna Sunryd, Communications Manager with the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts, joined the GovLove Phonebooth from the CivicPlus Summit conference to discuss how communication changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shared which engagement strategies that the Town used during COVID-19 … Continued
Kate Bender Deputy Performance Officer City of Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Stephen Wade Budget and Performance Manager City of Topeka, KS LinkedIn Reagan Walsh MPA Candidate University of Kansas LinkedIn | Twitter Using data to make better decisions. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the Regional Benchmarking Initiative in the … Continued
Joshua Barr Director of Civil and Human Rights City of Des Moines, IA LinkedIn | Twitter Breaking bread, building bridges. Joshua Barr, Director of Civil & Human Rights at the City of Des Moines, Iowa, joined the podcast to discuss his work with the City, including his Emmy Award-winning documentary. He talked about the engagement … Continued
Victoria Caster Water Conservation & Sustainability Coordinator City of Peoria, Arizona LinkedIn Steve Russell Program Manager – Project Cities Arizona State University LinkedIn Students helping cities. Victoria Caster, Water Conservation and Sustainability Coordinator at the City of Peoria, AZ, and Steve Russell, Program Manager of Project Cities at Arizona State University, joined the podcast to … Continued
Michael Hotard Director of Operations CivicPulse Twitter | LinkedIn Kevin Kearney City Manager City of Bradbury, CA LinkedIn How relief funds are being spent. Michael Hotard, Director of Operations at CivicPulse, and Kevin Kearney, City Manager of the City of Bradbury, California, joined the podcast to talk about COVID-19 relief funding for local government. They discussed … Continued
Brian Platt City Manager City of Kansas City, Missouri LinkedIn | Bio | Twitter The Land Bank Dollar Sale. Brian Platt, City Manager for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, joined the podcast to talk about the Land Bank Dollar Sale. He shared other creative things the City is doing to expand housing options for the unhoused community. … Continued
Tara Dawson McGuinness Fellow and Founder of the New Practice Lab New America Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn Hana Schank Director of Strategy for Public Interest Technology New America Bio | Twitter | LinkedIn Power to the public. Two guests join the podcast to talk about their new book, Power to the Public: The Promise of Public … Continued
Chris Fabian CEO/Co-Founder ResourceX LinkedIn | Twitter Spending stimulus dollars responsibly. Chris Fabian, the CEO and Co-Founder of ResourceX, joined the podcast to talk about the funding for local governments within the recently passed federal stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan Act. He shared best practices for local governments to spend and allocate the stimulus … Continued
Kent Wyatt Communications Director City of Tigard, Oregon LinkedIn | Twitter Late night in Tigard. Kent Wyatt, Communications Director for the City of Tigard, Oregon, joined the podcast to talk about the City’s creative approach to the annual State of the City address. He discussed how to make the State of the City more authentic … Continued
Raymond Gonzales County Manager Adams County, Colorado Bio | LinkedIn Driving culture and the pandemic one year later. Raymond Gonzales, County Manager at Adams County, Colorado, joined the podcast to talk about changing the culture in Adams County. He outlined how he scrapped the traditional Human Resources Department and implemented a People & Culture Services … Continued
