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#288 A Taste of Tennessee: Hot Chicken & Local Government Oct 29, 2019

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Career advice, elected office and transportation all with a side of hot chicken. Four guests come on the podcast to talk about local government in the State of Tennessee and share a meal of Nashville Hot Chicken with GovLove. Eric Stuckey is the City Administrator of Franklin, TN. Brenda Wynn is the County Clerk for Davidson County, TN. Bill Purcell served as the Mayor of Nashville from 1999 to 2007. Felix Castrodad is the Director of Planning & Grants for the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority.

This episode was recorded live from the 2019 ICMA Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hosts: Alyssa Dinberg & Kirsten Wyatt

#287 Shared Services & Consolidation with Ed Henschel Oct 25, 2019

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Delivering services in a better, faster, and more efficient way. Author Ed Henschel joined the podcast to talk about his career in local government and his new book, which is a practical guide to municipal service consolidation. Ed describes the different types of consolidation and shared service delivery, real world examples and his experience with navigating consolidation.

Book: Municipal Shared Service and Consolidation Handbook

Host: Kirsten Wyatt

#286 Healthy Democracy with Linn Davis Oct 18, 2019

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Tackling tough policy questions with citizens. Linn Davis from Healthy Democracy joined the podcast to talk about the work of Healthy Democracy and how they use citizen juries to inform decisions. He also shared how they have worked with local governments like Milwaukie, Oregon to engage citizens on the decision on what to pay elected officials.

Host: Alyssa Davis

#285 Quality & Performance in El Paso, TX with Tommy Gonzalez Oct 11, 2019

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Managing an international city. Tommy Gonzalez, the City Manager of El Paso, Texas, joined the podcast for a wide ranging interview. He talked about his career path, which started with 22 years in the US Army, how he revamped the El Paso budget process and the complexities of running a community on the border. He also shared how he has supported process improvement and what it took to win quality awards at two different organizations.

Host: Ben Kittelson

#284 Communication & Measuring Resident Opinion with Lisa Holder & Rachel Rembrandt Oct 08, 2019

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Reliable insights for policy makers. Two guests join the podcast to talk about best practices in local government communications, using social media and finding better ways to measure resident opinion. Lisa Holder is the Communications Officer for the City of Sanford, Florida and shared her approach to keeping residents informed. Rachel Rembrandt the Head of Customer Success for ZenCity shared how their platform uses artificial intelligence and data from different social media platforms to gather insights for policy makers.

Host: Javon Davis

#283 Civic Innovation & Tech in Toronto with Paula Kwan Oct 04, 2019

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Tackling complex challenges affecting Toronto residents. Paula Kwan the Director of the Civic Innovation Office for the City of Toronto joined the podcast to talk about leading an Innovation Team and driving culture change in an organization. Paula discussed her career path, which started in Toronto's technology sector, and working on issues like translation for residents that speak many languages.

Host: Ben Kittelson

#282 Data-Driven Approach to the 2020 Census with Civis Analytics Sep 27, 2019

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Democratizing data science. Two members of the Civis Analytics team join the podcast to talk about their work and engaging with local governments around Census 2020. Mo Cheeks is a Sr. Business Development Manager, and former Madison, WI Council Member, and Christopher Dick is the Managing Director of Civis Analytics. They talked about using data in a Census outreach campaign.

Host: Kent Wyatt

#281 The All-American Cities Award with Rebecca Trout Sep 24, 2019

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Recognizing communities for civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness and innovation. Rebecca Trout, the Program Director of the All-America City Award & Membership, joined the podcast to talk about the National Civic League's work. She shared the history of the All-America City Award and stories from some of the communities they have recognized.

Host: Javon Davis

#280 Priority Based Budgeting with Chris Fabian, ResourceX Sep 20, 2019

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Reinventing fiscal analytics. Chris Fabian, the Co-Founder of ResourceX, joined the podcast to talk about his work with local governments and improving how they prioritize the services they provide. Chris shared why ResourceX was started and examples from communities doing priority based budgeting. He also talked about government as a platform and starting a city from scratch on the moon.

Host: Alyssa Dinberg

#279 Economic Development & Data with Dr. Eric Trevan Sep 17, 2019

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Data equity and local solutions. Dr. Eric Trevan, public administration faculty at Evergreen State College, joined the podcast to talk about economic development and analytics. He talked about his career path, which included time in local government and leading an economic development agencies, as well as the perspective of Native American communities.

Host: Javon Davis

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