AppGeo Platinum Demo: Whooping Cranes over the Laguna Madre: Shared Value, Semantic Shifts, and Collaborative Leadership

Rich Grady, President | Jim Scott, Director of Western Operations | Kate Hickey, Vice President

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1. Modern  Web  Mapping  for  Local   Governments   Or  “Staying  Relevant  and  Ge2ng  the  Right   People  to  Pay  A8en9on”   Kate  Hickey,  Vice  President     Local  Government  Services  
2.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  2   My Perspective
3.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  3  
4.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  4   The  challenge  is  to   stay  relevant.   Photo credit: http://renegadechicks.com/fitting-a-square-peg-into-a-round-hole/
5.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  5   What’s  your  job  descripKon?   To  effecKvely  present,  distribute  and  analyze  diverse   informaKon  on  the  services,  resources,  events  and   decisions  that  are  shaping  the  local  landscape.  
6.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  6   To evolve and thrive, local government GIS needs the attention and support of City/County leaders. Photo credit: https://gralefrit.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/how-to-listen-to-sermons/
7.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  7   Size  Doesn’t  MaUer   Photo credit: http://www.stevelaube.com/novel-settings-city-or-small-town/
8.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  8   What  if  I  could  get  leaders  and  decision   makers  to  see  the  value  in  what  I  do?   Perhaps  I  could…   •  Get  more  funding   •  Hire  more  staff   •  Do  more  innovaKve,  interesKng  projects   •  Feel  more  appreciated   •  Be  at  the  forefront  of  solving  problems   •  What  else  is  on  your  wish  list?    
9.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  9   Why  aren’t  you  being  heard?   •  Busy  doing  data  edits   •  Responding  to  “one-­‐off”  map  requests   •  Fixing  printers   •  Managing  servers   •  Upgrading  socware   •  What  else  are  you  spending  your  9me  on?  
10.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  10   Are  you  speaking  the  language  of  your   decision  makers?  
11.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  11   What  do  local  government  leaders   really  care  about?   •  Public  Safety   •  Economic  Development  &  Growth   •  TransportaKon   •  Sustainability   •  Transparency  
12.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  12   Public Safety GIS  speak:   “I  have  a  new  cloud-­‐based  app  that  geocodes   inputs  and  symbolizes  features  according  to  type   and  9me  stamp.”     Leadership  speak:   “I  can  help  reduce  crime  in  our  neighborhoods  by   predic9ng  where  incidents  will  occur.”  
13.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  13   Economic Development & Growth GIS  speak:   “Users  can  now  download  all  or  a  filtered   subset  of  our  data,  access  GeoJSON  services,  or   query  our  standards-­‐compliant  catalog.”     Leadership  speak:   “Open  Data  feeds  our  growing  tech  hub  –   a8rac9ng  new,  innova9ve  technology-­‐based   companies  to  our  City.”    
14.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  14   Sustainability GIS  speak:   “My  script  ETLS’s  demographic  and   environmental  data  nightly  for  user  query  and   visualiza9on  through  a  responsive  web  app.”     Leadership  speak:   “All  of  our  ci9zens  deserve  equal  access  to   clean  air,  clean  water  and  open  space.  They   can  see  our  progress  and  assess  our   performance  any9me.”
15.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  15   Role  of  GIS  in  Local  Government  is  changing   What  do  Residents  and  Local   Businesses  Care  About?  
16.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  16   What  do  residents  and  businesses   want  from  their  local  government?   •  Meaningful,  accurate  informaKon   •  Transparency  and  accountability   •  Good  decisions  
17.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  17   Photo credit: http://www.jenningswire.com/book-coaches/searching-for-the-needle-in-the-haystack/
18.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  18   Role  of  GIS  in  Local  Government  is  changing   Photo  credit:  hUp://www.nyKmes.com/2010/02/27/your-­‐money/27shortcuts.html  
19.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  19     The job of local government GIS is to bring new perspective and meaning to local data.  
20.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  20   The  “Smarter  City”  is  all  the  Rage  
21.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  21   SomeKmes  the  Answer  is  GeoanalyKcs  
22.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  22   SomeKmes  the  Answer  is  a  Exploratory  Portal  
23.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  23   SomeKmes  the  Answer  is  Single  Purpose  Map   http://www.antievictionmappingproject.net/ellis.html
24.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  24   SomeKmes  the  Answer  is  just  “Tuesday”  
25.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  25   What  are  the  outcomes  you  can  achieve?   ü  Decision  makers  will  listen   ü  Residents  and  local  businesses  will  engage   ü  AUract  business  investment   ü  You’ll  be  asked  to  do  more  interesKng  projects   ü  You’ll  like  a  rock  star!  
26.          ©2015  Applied  Geographics,  Inc.  Slide  26   QuesKons?   Thank  you!   Kate  Hickey   khickey@appgeo.com     www.appgeo.com