Patrick McDonnell Designer & Urbanist LinkedIn | Twitter Urbanist, Designer and Technologist. Patrick McDonnell joined the podcast to talk about his career path, which started in urban planning, to serving on Innovation Teams in Austin, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska. He talked about the role of a designer, skills that local government needs and the importance … Continued
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: 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
Tina Walha Director of Innovation & Performance Team Seattle, WA LinkedIn | Twitter Using data and design to creatively solve problems. Tina Walha the Director of the Innovation & Performance team at the City of Seattle, Washington joined the podcast to talk about her team’s work. She shared her path into local government, which started with a … Continued
Hold onto your seats…. the award-winning GovLove podcast has booked a few special guests for October. Coast to Coast: Open Data and Innovation with Brendan Babb and Sam Edelstein Two Traeger Award winners Brendan Babb and Sam Edelstein discuss the challenges and successes of building a more data-driven, innovative government. Sam crunched the numbers and reports that … Continued
