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Citizen engagement is top of mind for many local governments. And it should be. Local governments continue to grapple with communications strategies around COVID and the vaccine, are working with tightening budgets and are continuing to face pressure to innovate at the same pace as private sector companies. And building and maintaining trust with your community is key.
Interview with Joshua Silver, Lead Planner for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships for the DC Office of Planning and Dr. Benjamin Stokes, Founder of the Playful City Lab at American University.
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Featured government: Washington, D.C.
Episode guests:
Joshua Silver, Lead Planner for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, DC Office of Planning
Dr. Benjamin Stokes, Founder of the Playful City Lab at American University
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
Citizen engagement is top of mind for many local governments. And it should be. Local governments continue to grapple with communications strategies around COVID and the vaccine, are working with tightening budgets and are continuing to face pressure to innovate at the same pace as private sector companies. And building and maintaining trust with your community is key.
Interview with Joshua Silver, Lead Planner for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships for the DC Office of Planning and Dr. Benjamin Stokes, Founder of the Playful City Lab at American University.
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Featured government: Washington, D.C.
Episode guests:
Joshua Silver, Lead Planner for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, DC Office of Planning
Dr. Benjamin Stokes, Founder of the Playful City Lab at American University
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
The Helsinki Smart Region is a conglomeration of several municipalities in Finland working towards common goals: things like fighting climate change and improving mobility through innovation ecosystems that are cross-sectoral.
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Featured government: Helsinki Smart Region
Episode guests: Venla Virkamäki, Strategic Advisor on EU Affairs Helsinki Smart Region
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As cities with deep digital divides, populations of people that have been historically undercounted and forgotten, and at a time with heightened distrust in government, Philly and DC were able to overcome the odds to boost census participation through some creative, human-centered strategies. We dive into strategies pre-pandemic and their pivot post-lockdown and how lessons learned from their census work is driving future city wide engagement strategies. Read More.
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Featured government: Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia, PA
Episode guests:
Stephanie Reid, Executive Director Philly Counts 2020
Melissa Bird, Executive Director, District Census 2020
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As cities with deep digital divides, populations of people that have been historically undercounted and forgotten, and at a time with heightened distrust in government, Philly and DC were able to overcome the odds to boost census participation through some creative, human-centered strategies. We dive into strategies pre-pandemic and their pivot post-lockdown and how lessons learned from their census work is driving future city wide engagement strategies.
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Featured government: Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia, PA
Episode guests:
Stephanie Reid, Executive Director Philly Counts 2020
Melissa Bird, Executive Director, District Census 2020
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
In this short series, we’re talking all about Citizen Engagement. I’ll be highlighting some of the innovators in local government leveraging available tools to better engage with the communities they serve.
Our goal is to expose more local governments to the tools available to help by efficiently providing useful information about some of the leading products out there. We’d love it if you could spend less time finding and researching products and hopefully get to launching your digital efforts to engage with your residents more quickly. Stay tuned for more episodes on innovators in local government across the globe. Read the Guide.
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Featured government: Clay County, Florida
Government Guests: Samantha Radomski, Administrative and Web Content Specialist
Featured Maker: Granicus
Maker Guest: John Duckwitz
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In this short series, we’re talking all about Citizen Engagement. I’ll be highlighting some of the innovators in local government leveraging available tools to better engage with the communities they serve.
Our goal is to expose more local governments to the tools available to help by efficiently providing useful information about some of the leading products out there. We’d love it if you could spend less time finding and researching products and hopefully get to launching your digital efforts to engage with your residents more quickly. Stay tuned for more episodes on innovators in local government across the globe. Read the Guide.
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Featured government: Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Government Guest: Rick Getschow, City Manager
Featured Maker: Polco
Maker Guests: Matt Fulton and Michelle Kobayashi
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
In this short series, we’re talking all about Citizen Engagement. I’ll be highlighting some of the innovators in local government leveraging available tools to better engage with the communities they serve.
Our goal is to expose more local governments to the tools available to help by efficiently providing useful information about some of the leading products out there. We’d love it if you could spend less time finding and researching products and hopefully get to launching your digital efforts to engage with your residents more quickly. Stay tuned for more episodes on innovators in local government across the globe. Read the Guide.
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Featured government: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Government Guest: Milzy Carrasco. Director of Neighborhood Engagement
Featured Maker: CitizenLab
Maker Guest: Ben Gordon
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
In this short series, we’re talking all about Citizen Engagement. I’ll be highlighting some of the innovators in local government leveraging available tools to better engage with the communities they serve.
Our goal is to expose more local governments to the tools available to help by efficiently providing useful information about some of the leading products out there. We’d love it if you could spend less time finding and researching products and hopefully get to launching your digital efforts to engage with your residents more quickly. Stay tuned for more episodes on innovators in local government across the globe. Read the Guide.
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Featured government: Portland, Maine
Government Guest: Jessica Grondin, Director of communications and digital services
Featured government board: Calgary Board of Education
Government Guest: Deb Hamilton, Community engagement consultant
Featured Maker: Civil Space
Maker Guest: Tim Booker, CEO
Visit govlaunch.com for more stories and examples of local government innovation.
In this short series, we’re talking all about Citizen Engagement. I’ll be highlighting some of the innovators in local government leveraging available tools to better engage with the communities they serve.
Our goal is to expose more local governments to the tools available to help by efficiently providing useful information about some of the leading products out there. We’d love it if you could spend less time finding and researching products and hopefully get to launching your digital efforts to engage with your residents more quickly. Stay tuned for more episodes on leading citizen engagement tools and the innovators in local government putting their products to use. Read the Guide.
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Featured government: City of Williamsburg, VA
Government Guest: Mark Barham, Information Technology Director
Featured government: City of Arlington, TX
Government Guest: Ryan Hunt, Managing Editor
Featured Maker: Citibot
Maker Guest: Bratton Riley
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