Life Takes You To Unexpected Places

#GovireeLife: Be Courageous & Ask

Posted on August 29, 2018

This guest blog is by Francie Palmer. It's part of a recurring series about her transition from local government, to retiree/community member superstardom. Here I am…. Shifting into the #GovireeLife!  What is “that” you say? After 14 years in the private and workforce development sectors, I spent an amazing 15 year career journey at a...
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Data Stories with Matthias – Regionalism

Posted on August 27, 2018

Last week we had a couple of requests to dive into the data with a regional focus. Today we will explore the insights we can gain by comparing survey data by region and finding how the socio-political climate in our regions add up with represented municipal leadership. In the US we are influenced by regionalism...
Customer Service Is An Attitude Not A Department

Internal Customer Service – Are We Not All Community Members?

Posted on August 27, 2018

If you asked your employees to rate the service they receive from other divisions and departments, would you get a thumbs up or thumbs down? During a budget hearing presentation one of my coworkers stated one of her division’s biggest challenges is cross-departmental customer service. This statement struck me as something we don’t discuss enough....
College football Saturdays

College Football Saturdays: GovLove Podcast Series

Posted on August 24, 2018

It can easily be said that sports, and particularly football, occupy a role at the center of daily life in many college towns across the country. Every weekend in the fall, college towns plan for an influx of visitors, more than doubling their population, which creates a unique set of challenges.   For example, when...
Business Solutions Group

It’s Time to Create a Business Solutions Group

Posted on August 24, 2018

This post is by Nick Kittle, Government Performance and Innovation Coach with Cartegraph and Brandi Rank, Business Solutions Administrator with Adams County, CO. It’s time. It’s time to talk about rethinking your “GIS” team concept. You know…those “power user”, map making, app loving, information producing heroes languishing away in the bowels of your IT department or scattered like...
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