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The post Podcast #76 – From the “Start” of Innovation to a New Center for Innovation – A Conversation with Amanda Daflos appeared first on GovEx.
When tackling society’s big challenges, we often find ourselves collaborating with other departments or organizations external to our own. But as any siloed government employee will tell you, building the relationships needed to rise to the occasion, and sustaining those relationships, is often no easy task. Today, we’re joined by two individuals familiar with this […]
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Governments are often on the hook for some of society’s most pressing challenges. How can city leaders find novel and flexible solutions to address these issues and improve the lives of residents? In a world filled with ever more complex technology, leaders are looking to data science as the answer for previously unsolvable problems. Today, […]
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How can cities and their partners help families start saving money for their children’s future college or career training expenses? Since 2013, Lansing, Michigan has been tackling this innovative opportunity with the Lansing SAVE Initiative, a program providing all incoming Lansing School District kindergarten students with a savings account. In this episode, we discuss GovEx’s […]
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Accountable, transparent government is something we all strive for in public service. But how do we make this aspiration a reality? It’s not enough to simply collect results from the programs and initiatives we launch – we need to turn these results into meaningful insights about the efficacy of these efforts. Today, we’re joined by […]
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Today, we’re joined by the Economic Mobility Forum’s Policy Fellows as they wrap up a year of research and discussion at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Applied Public Research. The Policy Forum is a community of practice focused on connecting forum members with vetted policy fellows: experts and practitioners who are working on economic […]
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The disruptive effects of COVID-19 were widespread, but that didn’t prevent the City of Paterson, NJ from moving forward on mayoral priorities. Today, we join Mayor Andre Sayegh, Chief Data Officer Harsha Mallajosyula, and Business Administrator Kathleen Long to discuss their collaboration with GovEx in developing much-needed foundational data practices in the city. We’ll look […]
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Is it safe for pregnant women to get vaccinated against COVID-19? What if they’re breast feeding? The answer, it turns out, is hard to find, and it depends a lot on where in the world you live. Today, we’re looking at COMIT (COvid Maternal Immunization Tracker), a Johns Hopkins initiative designed to track and report […]
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Today, we’re joined by the creators of the eSchools+ Initiative, a program designed to address inequity caused by school closures through connecting parents and teachers with school reopening data and research. We’ll explore the initiative’s conception and the unique challenges this effort posed given the rapidly changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guests are […]
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In today’s episode, we’ll discuss the Love Your Block program in the City of Lancaster. Love Your Block is a Cities of Service initiative that connects city leaders with residents to help them organize neighborhood improvements, cleanups, and other volunteer-led projects. We’re joined by Lancaster’s Director of Neighborhood Engagement as well as researchers from the […]
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