Engagement Matters

About Engagement Matters

What is engagement, and why does it matter? Join our podcast series to hear from experts across government, nonprofits, and academia as they share stories, tips, and best practices. Get inspired and discover how geography and GIS can be used to gather feedback, involve stakeholders, and drive sustained collaboration and engagement in the communities we serve.

Publisher

Esri

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Mar 2024

Latest episode

5 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

9 of 9 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Empowering midwives through advocacy and engagement

   Jessica White, the Global Midwives’ Hub Lead from Direct Relief and the International Confederation of Midwives shares how her team engages a global network of midwives to use Esri tools to support data-driven advocacy and decision-making.

2. 

   13 Nov 2024TRANSCRIPT

   A Hub energizing collaboration

   Bill Parker and Travis Peterson, both GIS Supervisors with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), share how they are driving collaboration across teams, departments and lines of business with GIS.

3. 

   23 Oct 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Collaborating to Improve Communities with GIS

   George Nikokiris, a GIS Specialist with Abonmarche Consultants, shares how his team is collaborating with communities large and small across northern Indiana to map their water supply lines to root out lead.

4. 

   20 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Engaging Residents with GIS

   Joseph Griffin, the Adopt-A-Spot program manager for the City of Berkeley, CA shares how he engages residents to support environmental and safety programs.

5. 

   25 Jun 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Fostering Collaboration Among Members

   Jennifer Chapman, President of the National Association of Government Web Professionals NAGW) shares how she fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing among her organization's member community.

6. 

   28 May 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Building Engaging User Experiences

   Mike Gaigg, author of the Esri Press Book Designing Map Interfaces and UX/UI Team Lead within Esri’s Professional Services shares how thoughtful design helps drive easier collaboration and engagement.

7. 

   7 May 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Equity for Improved Engagement

   Laura Sharp, PhD, the Equity Data Manager at the City of Tucson's Office of Equity, shares her approach to capturing residents’ perspectives and unique needs, which are being incorporated into the city’s project decision-making process.

8. 

   18 Apr 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Engaging Volunteers for a Cause

   Shawnlei Breeding, the EagleWatch Program Manager at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, shares her strategies for engaging volunteers and stakeholders to help protect eagles and other raptors across The State of Florida.

9. 

   8 Mar 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Season 1 Trailer

   You’ve heard it before – many times in fact – that community engagement is important.  That's why we at Esri have created a new podcast to help you learn from experts that are collaborating and engaging their "communities" of people (internally and externally) in really interesting ways.  Check out this trailer to learn more about what's in store for season 1 of "Engagement Matters."

Inside a recent episode

Empowering midwives through advocacy and engagement

Published 5 Dec 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Midwives do so much more than just delivered babies. So, to start with ICM, they are an NGO that serves as the Global Voice for Midwives and Midwives associations. They were founded in 1922, and their mission is to advance midwifery as a profession and to strengthen Midwives' associations worldwide. Today, ICM represents 136 National Midwives' associations across 115 countries. National Midwives' associations support their members by providing access to local lives training, professional development, and advocacy for them at the policy level. So, that's ICM. So, to talk a bit about Midwives, they are some of the most wonderful people on the planet. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 5 / 100

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YouTube

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Engagement

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