Alliance for Innovation

We are thrilled to announce that Kristen Dorman, Class of 2017, is taking on an exciting new role as the Assistant City Manager in the City of Warrensburg, MO! We appreciate your service to the Alliance for Innovation and welcome you back to local government. Warrensburg is in excellent hands. Kristen’s innovative approach and commitment to excellence will undoubtedly benefit her new community. We're confident she'll achieve great things in her new position! Let's all congratulate Kristen and wish her the best of luck as she steps into this new chapter of her career. 🎊

On the first Wednesday of every month, SGR (Strategic Government Resources) and the Alliance for Innovation present a highly useful class on using #generative AI in different city management fields. The instructor for these sessions is Micah Gaudet, deputy city manager of the City of Maricopa, Arizona. It's a B&G Recommendation. The May session focuses on #AI for #publicsafety, and examines the utility of ChatGPT, both the unpaid and paid versions. This class is fascinating, write Barrett and Greene Inc. in its most recent Management Update, which goes into details about its content, including stating that "We found the most intriguing part of the May session was Gaudet’s foray into using #data sets that can be uploaded in ChatGPT-4. He shows, for example, that with the appropriate uploaded data, the $20-per-month version can match nuisance complaints with fire incident response data and the location of rental properties, yielding potential relationships between the different kinds of data a city has." To read more about this -- and other classes in this series -- click here: https://lnkd.in/eYHx7TM8 Amber Ivey (AI), MPA, JD Ron Holifield John M. Kamensky Daniel Chenok Scot Pansing Tasha Austin-Williams, Ph.D. Ed Toner Rudy de Leon Dinglas, Ph.D. Robert Neiuber, IPMA-CE Timothy Blute Mark Muro Nelson Lim Rock Regan Ryan Oakes Polymorphic Parth Shah Pawel M. Rita Reynolds

This is a great event for anyone who wants to talk about the impacts of AI on HR, Local Government, or frankly anyone! Register today: https://lnkd.in/dDnfcNxM

Wednesday Webinar: Unlocking Innovation: Highlights from the Transformin… Join us for an engaging webinar as we delve into the dynamic landscape of innovation within local government. In this comprehensive recap of the 2024 TLG conference, we will explore the latest trends, strategies, and success stories that are shaping the future of local government.

I leave Alliance for Innovation / SGR (Strategic Government Resources)'s #TLG2024 encouraged and motivated to innovate. Not just doing more, but doing the right things, and stopping those efforts that dont align with the City's mission, objectives, and values. This year was super special. Over the last year, I've 'met' many great folks through LinkedIn and various #AI webinars. Over the last week, I've been able to see these people in person and have really great conversations. Thank you to Mike Mowery, D.Min., Kevin Sweet, MPA, MS, ICMA-CM, Eric Clague, Parth Shah, Clay Pearson and Anthony Jamison for the wonderful chats and insight you all provided. And looking forward to getting to know new-to-me innovators like Nolan Sunderman and Aubrey Phillips. Last year Joseph Turner, Joe R. Frey, M.P.A. and I chatted about #aiforlocalgov at TLG in KC, just brainstorming and sharing ideas. Here's what happened since that conversation: 1. Launched www.civicinnovation.ai with the first #genAI for #localgov class and a monthly meeting to discuss applications of #ai for #localgovernment with the AI in Local Government Network 2. Spoke at conferences in California, Georgia, Arizona, and Florida along with several webinars and met some really incredible people! 3. Invited to lead a #WednesdayWebinar with #SGR on #GenerativeAI for the functional areas of local government (https://lnkd.in/giQFWyTX). 5. Invited to be a guest lecturer at Arizona State University's Certified Public Manager program. 4. Became the only local government person on LinkedIn to get the Top AI Voice Badge. All that while doing a massive re-org of our fire department, achieving 0 vacancies in the police department, training teams on how to approach and think differently about leadership, etc. Its amazing what we can accomplish by serving others and being relentlessly committed to meeting the missions and objectives of our cities. Can't wait to see how this next 12 months shakes out!