In Part 1 of the series, I have the pleasure of chatting with Anna Miller and Beverly Wilson from Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council. We'll dive into their approach to citizen engagement with Jonathan Bradley, who joins us from Bang the Table. Together, we'll learn about what made the council pick Bang the Table's Engagement HQ to deliver more flexible citizen friendly tools for engagement and what you should know as well in your search for a vendor.

Led by CIO Jordan Sun, the City of San José  is making strides to close its digital divide not only through enabling access to the internet and device distribution but through digital literacy training to ensure their community members are equipped to enter the digital world.

Derby, Kansas, with a population just shy of 25,000, shares the work underway to redefine their city and the challenges they have engaging their citizenry without the technologies to do so...and what it's like to be unsure where to start.

The innovative City of Adelaide remains open to new ideas and opportunities to help drive city initiatives when it comes to engaging their residents and improving service delivery. A true innovative city ‘designed for life.’

Rebecca Woodbury of San Rafael, CA, shares how she's been leading efforts to reorganize the city’s IT department, promoting human-centered design, and developing a local government product manager playbook.

In this episode, we dive into City of Unley’s relaunched website, use of analytics for data-driven decision making, and the need to focus on people centered design with any digital transformation.

Today, we’re learning about a great application developed by Christchurch’s Smart Cities Programme. The SmartView app, also known as “Christchurch in your pocket” allows users to find anything in their city - everything from a fruit tree to an electronic scooter. By cross-referencing several data sources and creating an in-house platform, they’ve linked residents to their city in an engaging and creative way.

Michael Baskin who leads innovation for Montgomery County, Maryland shares how they’re building, what he calls, a more human government.

In this episode, we dive into Richmond’s revamp of their 311 service (RVA311). The episode will be part 1 of a 2 part series on Richmond’s re-launch of their citizen request platform.

Saad Bashir, Chief Technology Officer for the City of Seattle, talks about the obstacles that keep local governments of any size from establishing and building upon a culture of innovation and how you and your team can overcome these challenges too.