GIS Strategy Management for Successful GIS Managers Workshop – January 13

What is the future vision for your GIS? How do you define success as a GIS manager?

We define our lives by the decisions that we make. Decisions can be trivial or life changing. The ability to envision a future that is different than the present, and then to plan and work to achieve that future is a profound part of a successful career - or of life.

This 2-hour GIS Management Academy™ workshop outlines the fundamentals of GIS strategic planning, and much more importantly, how to manage a GIS strategic plan once it has been developed. Putting your strategic plan into action can become a vital part of how you manage your GIS for continual improvement.

The GIS Strategy Management for Successful GIS Managers workshop is built upon a methodology that creates a clear, concise, and actionable strategic plan that becomes an integral part of how you manage your GIS.

This GIS Management Academy workshop aligns with the ‘Strategic Planning and Action’ competency cluster included in the US Department of Labor Geospatial Management Competency Model.

Learn more and register today.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gis-strategy-management-for-successful-gis-managers-registration-1089146860579?aff=oddtdtcreator

-Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow

Geography is not just a Jeopardy category. Successful GIS managers are life-long learners. But rarely do we think about how geographic theory and basic geographic thinking can make us and our GIS programs more effective and successful.

This 2-hour online workshop provides an overview of how thinking ‘out of the GIS box’ can enable us to be more effective managers and help find new applications of geospatial information science and technology for the agencies that we support. We will review how thinking like a geographer can help us understand and communicate the full potential of GIS. And it will help us instill geographic thinking in the staff that we manage and the community of end-users that we support.

This GIS Management Academy workshop aligns with the ‘Geography’ Academic Competency in the US Department of Labor Geospatial Technology Competency Model and many foundational articles in the Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge.

Geography matters! Join us on September 16. Learn more and register here today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leveraging-geographic-theory-and-thinking-for-gis-managers-registration-941691814567

-Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow

#geography #gis #gismanagement

Using the GIS Capability Maturity Model for Effective GIS Managers – August 26

How do you know and report on the overall state of your GIS? It’s complicated. There are so many moving parts! How do I know what to report? Where are we doing well? What are the key risk factors in the sustainability of our GIS?

This two-hour online GIS Management Academy™ workshop focusses on the use of geospatial maturity models that successful GIS managers should understand and use. Monday, August 26 at 10am PT (GMT -7).

We will review a variety of geospatial maturity model options, with a focus on the GIS Capability Maturity Model. The use of the GISCMM for ongoing geospatial program reporting metrics will be discussed. The use of the model can reveal both strengths and deficiencies in a GIS operation. The identification of deficiencies by the model can be used to focus corrective action and as a justification for funding and other resources.

Each attendee will be provided a fillable copy of the model which can be started during the workshop itself.

Learn more and register today at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-the-gis-capability-maturity-model-for-effective-gis-managers-registration-940700449367

Greg Babinski (he/him), MA, GISP

URISA Past-President, AGS Ethical GEO Fellow

GIS Management Consulting Services, LLC

This two-hour online GIS Management Academy™ workshop provides a clear understanding of what GIS governance is intended for, how to structure GIS governance, and how it can become a highly effective tool for successful GIS managers and high-performance GIS operations.

A GIS manager with leadership and vision will likely hope to accomplish more than what available resources allow. An effective GIS governance structure with meaningful and supportive participation is an invaluable tool for a GIS manager.

Learn more and register today!

Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow

#gis #gis_management #gis_governance

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gis-governance-best-practices-for-successful-gis-managers-and-operations-registration-940572185727

EagleView Launches "The Altitude Podcast from EagleView"
Podcast explores how leaders in solar, construction, insurance and roofing industries are planning for and leading companies into the future.

July 22, 2024 – Rochester, NY – Today EagleView, a leading provider of aerial imagery, announces the launch of the The Altitude Podcast from EagleView hosted by CEO Piers Dormeyer. The podcast will feature stories of pioneers who are redefining the boundaries of their field, as Dormeyer sits down with trailblazers and thinkers to ask, "What if?"

“I believe in continuous learning,” said CEO Piers Dormeyer. “There is no better way to learn than by having conversations with the leading thinkers in our fields. Learning how others have led transformations, turned around their businesses or are plotting for the future is insightful for me, for our employees, for our customers and a wide variety of business leaders.”

The podcast compliments the work that EagleView already does through its thought leadership at industry conferences, across its social channels, and its blog.
“This was an opportunity for us to highlight the incredible partners and professionals throughout the industries we already work in and those we are looking to expand into,” said EagleView CMO Marcy Comer. “A podcast is a great way to share the insights from those leaders with the audience they deserve.”

Guests of the podcast include:

• Mark Bench, Chief Executive Officer at TriSMART Solar and President of The Residential Solar Association
• Logan Graff, Partner at Apple Roofing
• Markus Weidner, Chief Innovation Officer for Pennoni
• Scott Riopelle, CEO of Interstate Roofing
• Nathan Jovanelly, CEO of SunRaise Capital

Guests can be heard speaking about a wide range of topics from the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on the solar industry, to what makes a great company and a good team culture.

Prominent Quotes Include:
“I was looking at the IRA saying this fixes I think what's fundamentally off in residential solar finance. Namely I'm talking about transferability of tax credits. And that's a deep dark rabbit hole. But the biggest barrier to solar in general is tax equity. There's a handful of players that control that market and the IRA has really opened up the tax equity to everyone. That's when I knew. I was like it's time. I want to start a leasing company.” - Logan Graff, Partner at Apple Roofing

“I like to be in communication with all the industry leaders that I can. So we take that same approach here at TriSmart. Everyone has a voice. We meet quarterly as a leadership team, not just the executives, but we also get our directors and our managers in the same room and we solve problems together. Then we align on what we call our promises for the quarter and we support each other throughout the quarter to ensure that we have all the right conditions of satisfaction necessary to facilitate that promise." - Mark Bench, Chief Executive Officer at TriSMART Solar and President of The Residential Solar Association

The podcast can be found online here and wherever you listen to your podcasts.

About EagleView
EagleView is a leader in geospatial technology, providing solutions that transform the way our customers work. EagleView is renowned for its geospatial data and extensive imagery library which encompasses 94 percent of the U.S. population. EagleView’s unique technology portfolio comprises more than 300 patents, enabling it to offer highly differentiated software, imagery, and analytics products for multiple industries.