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Emergency Preparedness at the Local Level with Steve Hagerty (Former Mayor of the City of Evanston, IL) Aug 14, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Steve Hagerty, Former Mayor of the City of Evanston, IL and Academy Fellow, to discuss the mindset behind resiliency, the importance of collaboration with other governments before disaster strikes, and the critical role of public engagement in building resilient communities.
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Strategic Planning in Baltimore County with Stacy Rodgers Aug 07, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Stacy Rodgers, County Administrative Officer of Baltimore County and Academy Fellow, to discuss the connections between the county's strategic plan and the Academy's Grand Challenges, the feedback mechanisms used to inform the strategic plan, and how different goals in the plan relate to each other.
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Tools for Modern Intergovernmental Governance with Dr. Naim Kapucu and Dr. Nancy Augustine Jul 31, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Dr. Naim Kapucu, Pegasus Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Academy Fellow, and Dr. Nancy Augustine, Director of the Academy's Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships, to discuss intergovernmental emergency collaboration, the challenges facing state and local collaboration, and the CIP's toolkit that will help solve these challenges.
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The Impacts of Public Engagement in Atlanta with Lisa Benjamin (COO City of Atlanta) Jul 24, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Lisa Benjamin, Chief Operating Officer for the City of Atlanta and Academy Fellow, to discuss the role of public engagement in creating and implementing policy, the method of building a transparent dialogue with the community, and how collaboration extends outside of the city to state and federal partners.
Links:
Moving Atlanta Forward
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Adapting City Charters with Jim Svara (UNC Chapel Hill) Jul 17, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Jim Svara, Visting Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Academy Fellow, to discuss the role of the city manager, ICMA's Code of Ethics, and the National Civic League's new Model City Charter.
Links:
Model City Charter 9th Edition
Article: Cities in California are making systemic changes to advance racial equity
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Innovative Ways to Fund Government with Shayne Kavanagh (GFOA) Jul 10, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Shayne Kavanagh, the Senior Manager of Research for the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and Academy Fellow, to discuss rethinking public engagement with respect to public budgeting, equity budgeting practices, and new ways for governments to raise revenue.
Links:
GFOA Rethinking Public Engagement
GFOA: Rethinking Revenue Reports
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The H. George Frederickson Memorial Lecture Panel Discussion from the 2023 Social Equity Leadership Conference Jun 26, 2023

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In this episode, we air the panel response to the inaugural H. George Frederickson Memorial Lecture from the 2023 Social Equity Leadership Conference. The panel, hosted by Terry Gerton, included, Dean Susan Gooden of the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU, Norton Bonaparte, City Manager of Sanford, Florida, Marcia Conner, Executive Director of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, and Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace former Kansas Department of Administration Secretary.
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Improving DEIA at the City Level with Michael Rogers (Interim City Manager, Charlottesville, VA) Jun 19, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Michael Rogers, Interim City Manager for the City of Charlottesville and Academy Fellow, to discuss his interest in the specific challenges city managers face, the most useful tools he uses in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accesibility (DEIA) space, and the role of intergovernmental collaboration in DEIA.
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A Different Approach to the Design of Government Social Services Projects with Stan Soloway and Dr. Nancy Augustine Jun 12, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Stan Soloway, President & CEO of Celero Strategies LLC and Academy Fellow, and Dr. Nancy Augustine, Director of NAPA's Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships to discuss the CIP's new paper on the design of social services projects and implementation steps for the recommendations of the paper.
Links:
View the Report
Register for the Report's Webinar
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Improving DEIA at the County Level with Nancy Navarro (Fmr. Montgomery County Councilmember) Jun 05, 2023

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In this episode, we welcome Nancy Navarro, former Montgomery County Councilmember and Academy Fellow, to discuss her involvement in passing DEIA legislation, the challenges she found in implementation, and the impact of data collection on DEIA programs.
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