Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I’m reading: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell Noteworthy Action I Recently Took: Voted! What I’m listening to: The Tyler Tech Podcast for new generational research, easy data wins, why Enneagram types … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I’m reading: Frankly, I’ve turned to beach reads on Kindle for some escape What I’m cooking: Playing our own version of “Chopped” with pantry items until next available grocery slot What … Continued
Jason Jones Analytics & Innovation Manager Guilford County, NC LinkedIn | Twitter Analytics and open data. Jason Jones, the Analytics and Innovation Manager for Guilford County, North Carolina, joined the podcast to talk about his work and career path. Jason shared what it took to set up a data program at Guilford County, how they … Continued
We’re celebrating by highlighting our best content and podcast episodes about data. What’d we miss? Email kent@elgl.org. Behavioral Insights & Benchmarking with Brent Stockwell, Scottsdale, AZ Brent Stockwell, Assistant City Manager of Scottsdale, AZ, joined GovLove to discuss his work on performance measurement, behavioral insights and his favorite color. Brent described how Scottsdale is taking … Continued
Kate Bender Deputy Performance Officer Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Bo McCall Performance Analyst Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Chris Hernandez Communications Director Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Transparency before it was cool. Three people from the City of Kansas City, Missouri joined the podcast to talk about how KCMO uses data … 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
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Sam Edelstein, City of Syracuse, NY, Chief Data Officer, writes about civic hackathons and what they mean to communities. Civic hackathons are often touted as ways to develop new software systems or products for cities. All … Continued
By Eric Reese, Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University One of the core services for nearly all local governments is public safety. With several recent high profile incidents involving police use of force and violence targeting law enforcement, many public safety officials in the United States are grappling with how to engage the public. … Continued
Episode 33: Meet the Fergusons What’s it like to balance a two career household when both people are in local government? Meet Bo and Michelle Ferguson, they’ve been doing just that for most of their careers and have found a way to make it work. Listen as they discuss their career paths, work-life balance and … Continued
Register: Making Open Data Work Thursday, Jul 9, 2015 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT Panelists: Bruce Blood, Open Data Manager, City of Seattle Shreeram Venkatdas, IT Manager, City of Tacoma Mike Bailey, Finance Director, City of Redmond
