For The Record

In this extended-play episode and companion to the Converge cover story on The Evolving Institution, Kecia talks with Michael Horn, Chief Strategy Officer with the education technology studio Entangled Ventures. Read the cover story and see the brand new Converge site at www.centerdigitaled.com  

CDE sat down with Chief Executive Officer of CoSN, Keith Krueger to discuss reflections and advocacy efforts from the annual CoSN conference. Catch up with Keith and Kecia on this episode of #whereskecia. Krueger is CEO of CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking), a nonprofit organization that serves as the voice of K-12 school system technology leaders in North America. CoSN’s mission to empower educational leaders to leverage technology to realize engaging learning environments. 

In the first of an occasional series of podcasts from e.Republic Market Insights that breakdown each of the 10 Laws of Government Sales and Marketing.   On this episode, e.Republic's Vice President of Research Joe Morris is joined by Teri Takai, Executive Director of e.Republic's Center for Digital Government (CDG and Richard McKinney, a CDG Senior Fellow with extensive executive experience in both public and private sector. Download the 10 Laws ebook from e.Republic Market Insights at http://bit.ly/2HOykZY   

The winds of public sentiment seem to have shifted to cast skepticism on public school officials who leave their districts to attend workshops, round tables and seminars throughout the country. Here, on the debut of the Where's Kecia? podcast, Kecia discusses the intrinsic value of these opportunities to gather with colleagues from points all over America to compare notes and to benefit from their collective experiences leading their districts.

This is Chapter 18, an additional installment to the Peak Performance book, that takes the form of interview between Peak author Brian Elms and Jordan Dullea, a talent acquisition project manager in HR with the City and County of Denver. Dullea introduces us to the HR mascot: Stampy, an illustrated elephant on brown construction paper with a multicolor patchwork of felt. In 2016, recruiters in the HR department had taken a training at the Denver Peak Academy, a city program that teaches graduates how to save time and money without sacrificing quality. They learn a variety of tools -- often using construction paper, sticky notes and permanent markers -- for mapping out a dysfunctional process and eliminating wasteful steps.    

The four term mayor describes his city as "a faith-based community that works hard and dreams big"

Governing editors and political writers offer analysis of the state and local election results from the 2016 general election - with particular attention to Republican gains in governors' offices and state legislatures, plus a breakdown of key ballot initiatives. They also look forward to prospects and priorities for the 2018 midterms and even the 2020 general election. Zach Patton, Governing 's Executive Editor, moderates a discussion among: Alan Greenblatt, Staff Writer, Governing Lou Jacobson, Senior Correspondent, PolitiFact and regular Governing contributor Caroline Cournoyer, Senior Editor, Governing

The third in a special series of three pop-up podcasts that capture key learnings from Philadelphia, Louisville, and Nashville - the first three cities to graduate from the City Accelerator. 

The second in a special series of three pop-up podcasts that capture key learnings from Philadelphia, Louisville, and Nashville - the first three cities to graduate from the City Accelerator. 

The first in a special series of three pop-up podcasts that capture key learnings from Philadelphia, Louisville, and Nashville - the first three cities to graduate from the City Accelerator. 

Host Dustin Haisler speaks with Kristi Wyatt, Director of Communications and Intergovernmental Relations for the City of San Marcos,

Host Dustin Haisler speaks with Kristi Wyatt, Director of Communications and Intergovernmental Relations for the City of San Marcos, about audience development as part of an overall engagement strategy.

In this special episode of For The Record, Maia Jachimowicz, Vice President of Evidence-Based Policy at Results for America, speaks with Brian Elms and J.B.Wogan about their new book, Peak Performance: How Denver's Peak Academy is saving millions of dollars, boosting morale and just maybe changing the world. (And how you can too!) Elms is the Director of the Peak Academy and Analytics for the City and County of Denver. Wogan is a staff writer for Governing magazine. The book tells the story of a four-year old municipal program that equips frontline government workers with problem-solving skills that they take back to a wide range of agencies, from Animal Protection to Human Services. The result? About 5,000 employees have received Peak Academy training and used their new skills to save Denver more than $15 million.  In the conversation, Jachimowicz, Elms and Wogan discuss:  the origin story of the Peak Academy why innovation isn't government's default setting the need to measure impacts beyond cost savings t

Glenn Harris, Center for Social Inclusion and GARE, says the City of Seattle learned a lot from changing light bulbs.