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By Nancy Joan Hess
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Description
No other level of government impacts us as much in our daily lives as local government.
For the last 40 years I have been talking to managers as an organization consultant and am as fascinated by their work today as when I began. The professional municipal manager is entrusted with a ship that often runs over rough waters even as it delivers vital services to communities.
This show is about the ideas and innovation that will drive the future of the profession of municipal management.
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[Intro and exit music by Joseph Hess. Cover art by Nancy Hess]
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So this is goodbye....Closing a chapter on Generation on the Rise
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May 14, 2026 |
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APMM Series: The Role of Emergency Management: From a Title on Paper to a Mature Agency
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May 13, 2026 |
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A 25-Year Relationship, Expressed in Three Words: How safety culture rests on wellness and connection.
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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APMM SERIES: What Does a Four-Star Restaurant Have to Do With Local Government? Unreasonable Hospitality in Public Service
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Stories We Carry: On James C. Scott and the Art of Not Being Governed
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Who Decides What a Place is Worth? Guests Christa Breum Amhøj, and John Diamond
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Generation on the Rise: Marbles in the Pocket
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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APMM Series: Who Really Shapes the Future of a Place? with Erin Trone and Keri (MIller) Kenepp
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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APMM Series: What Happens When a Community Wants to Change its Local Government?
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Finding Your Place: Why Boroughs Demand Everything. A conversation with Maggie Dobbs
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Free Agency in Local Government: A conversation with Brad Gotshall about protection, advocacy and reputation.
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Crisis as the New Normal - Management Under Pressure with Jeffrey Stonehill
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Heavy Lies the Crown - The Managers Toughest Job
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Inform, Respect, Deliver: Local Government Managers in the Policy Arena
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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When Loyalty Gets Complicated in Local Government - Generation on the Rise shows us some heat!
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Strategic Planning: From Vision to the Cross-offable Action
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Generation on the Rise: Navigating Bias in Local Government
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Generation on the Rise: Work Life Balance
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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APMM Series: Everybody’s Hometown: How Media Borough Built a Sense of Place with Brittany Forman
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Generation on the Rise - How to Shape Your Team
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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APMM Series - City Managers as Deliberative Systems Leaders with Martín Carcasson
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Conditions for Change: What it Takes to Move......a team, an organization, a local government.
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Back from ICMA in Tampa - and a Deep Dive on Trust, Boundaries, and the Human Side of Leadership
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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APMM Series: Mapping our Path to Sustainable Communities with Sara Gibson, Bailey Rocco and Kate Robeson Grubb
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Generation on the Rise - Episode 2 - Networking, Mentorship, and the Art of Going There
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Generation on the Rise — Episode 1 - The New Normal: Why We Chose Local Government
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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APMM SERIES: Lessons from Town Gown Leaders Nicole Sipos, Rebecca DeSantis-Randall and Jessica Whitely
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The Limits of Empathy - A Book Discussion about Paul Bloom's book "Against Empathy"
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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APMM 2025 Roundtable Series - Southeastern Dispatch with John Ernst, Amanda Lafty and Dave Burman
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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APMM 2025 Series - Western Roundtable Dispatch - Greg Primm, Kristen Denne and Seth Abrams
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Mike Baumwoll on why human-connected communication matters in local government.
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Everyday Resistance & Local Power: Exploring James C. Scott with Mike Rowe
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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APMM Series: She Leads - Not by Accident: Stephanie Mason, Amy Farkas, Stephanie Teoli Kuhls & Amanda Serock
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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APMM Series: The Return of the Managers: Reckoning with the Pennsylvania Exception: A conversation with Municipal Managers who left Pennsylvania
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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APMM Series: Pre-Conference Chat with Dan Santoro, APMM President and Sara Gibson, Conference Chair.
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May 01, 2025 |
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APMM SERIES: Navigating the Status of the Profession: Insights from Tom Fountaine, David Kratzer Jr and George Needles
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Adaptive Thinking and Leadership in Policing with Lou Hayes Jr. and Gary Wong
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Coaxing Out Potential: Coaching Teams and Leaders with Yaron Prywes
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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APMM Series: The Life and Times of Larry Comunale
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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APMM SERIES: As the Board Turns: Lessons in Board Transitions and Leadership with Scott Hutt and Sara Gibson
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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AI in local government: A conversation with Joe Mench
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Bring your ideas and expertise to life: A conversation with Ghostwriter Emily Crookston
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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APMM Series: Navigating the Crossroads: Crandall Jones on Career Transitions in City Management
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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APMM Series: When Tradition Meets Transformation: A conversation with Rick Kane
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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APMM Series: From Volunteer to Career: Evolving Fire Services in Northampton Township with Robert Pellegrino and Adam Selisker
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Fire Services: A conversation with Bert Brugghemans about decision making in crises
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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APMM Series: Stephanie Teoli Kuhls and Sandra Zadell on labor relations and the path from conflict to collaboration..
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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APMM Series: A conversation with Peter Buck about Local Government's Role in Climate Action
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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APMM Series: Zoning and Community Health: A Deep Dive with Ben Estell and R.J. Susko
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Crisis leadership and the evolving landscape of emergency services: A conversation with Paresh Wankhade
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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APMM SERIES: A conversation with Jerry Ozog about Leadership in Emergency Services
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Voices from the APMM 2024 Conference
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May 24, 2024 |
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Crisis Governance: A conversation with Hugo Marynissen
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May 16, 2024 |
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Dustin Hinkel on funding disaster mitigation and recovery
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May 03, 2024 |
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APMM SERIES: The Future of Local Government: A Conversation with Amanda Serock and David Pribulka
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Ray Patchett on the 8 Traits of High Performing Teams
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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A city manager's travels abroad, a conversation with Peter Marshall
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Claudia Arriaga, Aaron Siko, Dave Pribulka and Brad Gotshall on Technology Challenges in Local Government
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Christa Breum Amhøj, Pam Adams, Jim Price; Sustainable Futures and Local Government (Across the Pond Series)
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Mike Rowe and Chief Ronald Comacho; Small Changes, Big Impact: Shifting the Focus in Policing (Across the Pond Series)
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Busting HR Myths (Series) with Kim Nash #5 The Younger Generation Lacks Work Ethics & #6 HR is Easy, Anyone Can Do It!
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Busting HR Myths (Series) with Kim Nash #3 Orgs that Pay get the best employees & #4 HR is a Scapegoat
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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The Impact of National Issues on Local Politics and the Role of City Manager with John Kincaid, Bev Cigler and Matt Candland
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Busting HR Myths (Series) with Kim Nash: #1 HR is Evil & #2 Post It (and they will come)
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Tremayne Terry and Jarvis Brown on Supplier Diversity: Linking Prime Contractors to Small Business to Build Sustainable Communities
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Chief John String on dynamic models of policing and public safety
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Jim Oher - Rethinking EAPs and why we resist them.
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Ray Patchett (Part 2) High performing teams and organizations
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Ray Patchett on High Performing Teams(Part 1)
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Chad Bruckner on leadership, public service and the path to purpose
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Chief David Steffen on regional policing and a culture that sustains high performance
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May 31, 2023 |
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#31 - Technology, ego and a culture of safety with Chief Roland Camacho and Jeffrey Stonehill
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May 18, 2023 |
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#30 - Professor Kincaid and Nicole Beckett on the Meyner Center for Local Governments and how federalism shapes government today
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May 12, 2023 |
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#29 - Dr. Mandie Cantlin on building public trust in local government
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May 05, 2023 |
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#28 - Relationships across sectors with Sandra Zadell and Dr. Adam Kuczynski
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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#27 - Drs. John Diamond, Sarah L Young and Thomas Bryer on Building relationships with local governments and nonprofits
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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#26 - Eric Norenberg on scaling local government services
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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#25 - Ralph "Hutch" Hutchison - the art of calm in a sea of change.
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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#24 - Jerry Andree and Dan Santoro on the art of relationship building and regional projects
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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#23 - Tom Vernau - Through the lens of a municipal manager
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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#22 - Re-imagining public service with Ben Kafferlin and Lisa Hagberg
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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#21 - Women Who Lead with Amy Farkas, Nicole Beckett, Centrice Martin, Dr. Bev Cigler and Erin Trone
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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#20 - Seth Higgins on looking at local government through the lens of process
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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#19 - Is there such a thing as neutrality in professional municipal management? A conversation with Matt Candland and Dave Pribulka
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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#18 - How to negotiate a manager contract with Ron Wagenmann and Larry Comunale
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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#17 - Ernie McNeely - Leveraging process in local government
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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#16 - Tom Fountaine on Community Engagement
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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#15 - The Lansdale Story - with Dan Dunigan, Matt West, Timi Kirchner, John Ernst and John Mizerak
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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#14 - The Art of Obtaining Grants with Dr. Bev Cigler, John Mizerak and David Kratzer
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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#13 - Matt Candland - Where collective bargaining with police goes wrong and other challenges in municipal management today
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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#12 - Mark Stivers on people and places that make a difference
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May 31, 2022 |
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#11 - Ken Battin on a better connection between municipal and emergency services
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May 31, 2022 |
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#10 - Keith Hite on reimagining the future of a state association
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May 27, 2022 |
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#9 - Dan Zimmerman on regionalization and a diverse development portfolio
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May 26, 2022 |
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#8 - Joe Mench on how to create a one-stop customer service center
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May 20, 2022 |
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#7 - Erin Trone shares how Trader Joe's came to town
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May 13, 2022 |
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#6 - Let data into the game! A conversation with Bradley Gotshall
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#5 - Marita Kelley - Public Servant, servant leader
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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#4 - Ed Knittel on learning, change and engagement in local government.
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#3 - Urgent! Update on the status of emergency management today
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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#2 - Bev Cigler on research and emerging skills for local gov't managers
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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#1 - Jeffrey Stonehill on managing a full service Borough
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Oct 25, 2021 |