040 EXTRA Matt Madlock on Life Hacks and Entrepreneurship
Guest: Matt Madlock, Entrepreneur, Activist That genius at the Apple store may be the one to help solve intractable problems in your communi...
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NSFG - Not Safe for Government
NSFG is about applied innovation in state, city, and county government. It focuses on things that may appear to be not safe for government but really only sound dangerous - and can put the g...
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20 of 41 episodes039 EXTRA Kristen Cox on Embracing Constraints
Guest: Kristen Cox, Executive Director, Governor's Office of Management and Budget, State of Utah Start-ups learn to let limitations guide t...
038 EXTRA Kevyn D. Orr and Equity in the City
Guest: Kevyn D. Orr , Partner-in-Charge, Jones Day / Former Emergency Manager, City of Detroit, MI "The ability in this country to have prog...
037 EXTRA Mayor Greg Fischer and the Compassionate CIty
Guest: The Honorable Greg Fischer, Mayor, City of Louisville, KY Compassion. A decade ago, the word did not appear in cities' strategic plan...
036 Election Special: Save the Ballot
An off year election creates the opportunity to take stock of the state of our civics. Election day coincides with the release of new analys...
035: GovTech Team Coverage from NASCIO 2017 in Texas
The ABCs of NASCIO 2017 - analytics, blockchain, and cybersecurity - dominated the conversation against a backdrop of change and speculation...
034 Cities' Covenants with Communities Challenged
In a keynote address to Governing's Government Performance and Innovation Summit, Kevyn Orr - the onetime emergency manager in Detroit, MI -...
033 Pro Tips from Atlanta GovTech Social Media Academy: Never Post While Laughting
Odelia Bergh from the Peachtree City Police Department (@PTCfirepolice) says sarcasm is helpful in connecting with an audience (and making a...
032 Preview Edition: Social Media Changes Everything, and the return of Boaty McBoatface
In a preview of the next three episodes of NSFG, we learn the bottom line in using humor in social media, get pointers on mutual aid among m...
031 SXSW Looking Back, Looking Forward
The Governing crew compares notes on the Mayor's Summit at SXSW one last time as they make its way to the airport. We hear from a couple of...
030 SXSW Mayors Matchup and GovTech Startups
The rise of Ridealong and becoming your own Mark Cuban. Mayors, with a little help from AOL co-founder Steve Case, played Shark to a group o...
029 SXSW Mayors Confront Race and Immigration
Our coverage of the Civic I/O Mayors Summit at SXSW continues with a hard day's conversations about how cities are coming terms with race an...
028 SXSW The Long View on Government Innovation
In this second NSFG Extra from the Civic I/O mayors summit at SXSW, J.B. Wogan speaks with long serving US Conference of Mayors Executive Di...
027 SXSW Preview: What Mayors Talk About
Two early arriving mayors, Louisville's Greg Fischer and Christopher Cabaldon of West Sacramento talk about their expectations of the annual...
[Sponsored Episode: Laserfiche] Seeing Around Corners in Civic Innovation
Recorded before a live audience at Laserfiche's Empower 2017 in Long Beach, CA, NSFG cohost Dustin Haisler talks with leading innovators fro...
[PILOT] Original Pilot Episode from 2015 featuring Opportunity Space
The never before posted piloted episode featuring Opportunity Space, a GovTech startup that sought to become the Zillow of government-owned...
026 Live at SXSW and GovTech Social's long strange journey to become NSFG
The GovTech Social podcast is becoming NSFG - a podcast about applied innovation in state and local government. The name is a play on the wa...
025 The City Hall Selfie and Nurturing Community in Public Service through Social Media
On this episode, completing a swapcast with ELGL founders Kirsten and Kent Wyatt, a check-in with Kristy Dalton on #GSMCON2017 and details o...
024 Arts Walks, Snow Plows and Social Engagement in Kansas City
Kansas City Communications Manager Chris Hernandez guests, and a discussion of government social media in the age of alternative facts.
023 GovTech Social EXTRA: Behind the Story of the Obama Social Archive
Making news by making history - and preserving a slice of a presidential Legacy. The Twitter handle @POTUS is getting freed up for the next...