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In the weeks to follow, we’ll tap into some core strategies and projects that are defining this mid-sized city. From strategies to support inclusivity and equity to homelessness prevention to establishing a comprehensive plan, Mayor Danene Sorace has been busy.
At Govlaunch, we strongly believe that innovation can happen at all levels of government and across departments. And while we provide open tools for any public servant to reference as inspiration on their innovation journey, we acknowledge the work is hard if done in a vacuum. It's a lot easier to get there when leadership is fully on board with innovative new ideas, a more collaborative work style, and management by results.
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Featured government: Lancaster, PA
Episode guests: Danene Sorace, Mayor
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Transport for London developed a creative approach to improving their procurement processes, cutting through bureaucracy that hindered co-developing solutions with the market.
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Featured government: Transport for London, UK
Episode guests: Rikesh Shah, Head of Commercial Innovation
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Detroit is working tirelessly to implement a city-wide sustainable digital inclusion strategy on behalf of the a hundred thousand plus residents without fixed broadband access. From leveraging a creative win-win strategy for getting buy-in from important stakeholders to taking the time to discuss and engage locally with the community, the city of Detroit has already managed to shift the dial on digital inclusion in just over two years.
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Featured government: Detroit, MI
Episode guests: Joshua Edmonds, Detroit's Director for Digital inclusion
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In part 1, we talk with Joshua Edmonds to learn about Connect 313 - Detroit's citywide, data-driven digital inclusion strategy. Joshua shares lessons learned and winning strategies for bringing various stakeholders together to improve connectivity and access to devices for Detroiters.
Directly reporting to the CIO at the City of Detroit, the Director for Digital inclusion is responsible for developing and implementing a citywide, sustainable digital inclusion strategy on behalf of the 100,000+ residents lacking fixed-broadband access. This position is a unique partnership between the University of Michigan and the City of Detroit with support from the Knight Foundation.
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Featured government: Detroit, MI
Episode guests: Joshua Edmonds, Detroit's Director for Digital inclusion
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In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with Sam Wells from Albany, New York, to learn about the work they're doing to make better use of their data in-house and to work more collaboratively across departments. The co-founder of Tolemi joins us as well and together we'll learn what made Albany choose Tolemi to help break down their data silos and unlock the power of their data for better decision-making and what you should know as well in your search for an appropriate vendor.
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Featured government: Albany, NY
Government Guest: Sam Wells, Neighborhood Stabilization Coordinator
Featured Maker: Tolemi
Maker Guest: Andrew Kieve, Co-founder
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In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with Collin Boyce, Chief Innovation Officer for the city of Tucson, Arizona, to learn about the work they're doing to build a strong data culture. Scott Morris from Qlik joins us as well and together we'll learn what made Tucson choose Qlik to help with end-to-end data management from analytics to community-facing visualizations and what you should know as well in your search for an appropriate vendor.
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Featured government: City of Tucson, AZ
Government Guest: Collin Boyce, CIO
Featured Maker: Qlik
Maker Guest: Scott Morris, Field Sales Director, Public Sector
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Govlaunch is the wiki for local government innovation and on this short series, we’re talking all about data driven insights. I’ll be highlighting some of the innovators in local government leveraging available tools to better use various data sources, to make sense of their data in-house, and ultimately lead more efficient and resilient organizations.
Our goal is to expose local governments of all sizes to the tools available and to provide useful information about some of the leading products out there - so that you can spend less time researching products and asking the hard questions and hopefully get to make smarter, more data-driven decisions much faster.
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Featured government: City of Miami
Government Guest: Mike Sarasti, Director of Innovation & Technology & CIO
Featured Maker: mySidewalk
Maker Guest: Stephen Hardy
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Take a deep dive into Wellington’s innovative efforts; from implementing a strong “Civil Defense” to establishing “rules as code”. If you don’t know know what these are, or really want to explore how to implement them successfully, this podcast with Innovation Lead Sean Audain of Wellington City Council, New Zealand is a must-listen.
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Featured government: Wellington City Council, New Zealand
Episode guests: Sean Audain, City Innovation Lead
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In a previous episode, the city of Richmond joined us to talk about the revamp of their existing 311 service and their approach to vendor management more generally. The episode was a big hit, which doesn't come as a surprise. Local governments aren't necessarily looking for fancy new products. Sometimes the best solution is something already procured and just needs a product manager like Tina in Richmond to bring it to life.
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Featured government: Richmond, VA
Episode guests: Pete Breil, Director of Citizen Services: Tina Haney, Product Manager
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In this episode, Olivia from our team chats with the city of Helsingborg. This Swedish city is getting recognized for its bold approach to innovation with these efforts culminating in H22, which is both a movement as well as a citywide expo centered on innovation set to occur in 2022. One of H22’s many projects includes a new approach to sewer systems in cities.
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Featured government: Helsingborg, SE
Episode guests: Kristin Engholm, H22 Project Manager
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