GovEx Data Points

GovEx Data Points
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A podcast about government and data. Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.

  1. SEP 1

    #98 - Making Visions Reality: The African Mayoral Leadership Initiative

    --- The innovation program that helps African leaders leverage data tools to achieve legacy goals --- Today, we’re talking about the African Mayoral Leadership Initiative or AMALI, which helps African city leaders reach legacy goals and improve local governance. In particular, we’ll talk about the AMALI Data Program, which provides direct coaching and technical support city leaders focused on connecting data to goals, closing data gaps, and establishing performance management to monitor and evaluate programs. --- We are joined by Tiffany Davis, the founding director of the AMALI data program and current Director of Emerging Initiatives and Alumni Programs at GovEx and Mawande Ngidi, the current director of the AMALI data program. --- Learn more about AMALI --- Learn more about GovEx --- Fill out our listener survey

    31 min

  2. AUG 1

    #97 - Making Data Accessible: The BREATHE Center’s Lung Health Dashboard

    --- How can data storytelling improve health outcomes and save lives? The Lung Health Dashboard offers one example. --- Today’s episode explores how effective data storytelling connects the public with life-saving research, using the Lung Health Dashboard as an example. This project a collaboration between GovEx and the Johns Hopkins BREATHE Center, which promotes the science and medicine of lung health by interfacing with the community. The dashboard seeks to overcome the challenges of data communication through dynamic, “scrollytelling” visuals to provide research findings to viewers in a relatable perspective. --- We’re joined by Meredith McCormack, Director of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Director of the BREATHE Center; Kirsten Koehler, a professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the BREATHE Center; and Mary Conway Vaughan, Deputy Director of Research and Analytics here at GovEx. --- Learn more about the BREATHE Center --- View the Lung Health Dashboard --- Learn more about GovEx --- Fill out our listener survey

    22 min

  3. JUL 1

    #96 - Equipping Staff to make Better Decisions: The JHU Travel Emissions Dashboard

    --- According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, transportation accounts for 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. For short trips, flying is much more carbon-intensive than rail or bus travel. At Johns Hopkins, faculty members travel the most of all affiliate types, producing more than double the emissions of administrative employees and staff. --- The Johns Hopkins University Office of Climate and Sustainability, through its Campus as a Living Lab initiative - a program that supports sustainability innovation - partnered with GovEx to build a tool to help address this problem. Using interactive visualizations with comparable statistics across all Johns Hopkins divisions, users can compare the emissions data of different methods of transportation, enabling them to make more environmentally-friendly choices as they conduct their business. --- We sit down with four contributors to the project to discuss how the tool was built and how cities can use it as a model to support their own climate change initiatives: Sara Betran de Lis, Director of Research and Analytics at GovEx; Heather Bree, Data Visualization and D3 Developer at GovEx; Debi Denney, Assistant Director of Johns Hopkins Office of Climate & Sustainability; and Rose Weeks, Senior Research Associate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, working with the Campus as a Living Lab Program at the Office of Climate & Sustainability. --- Learn more about GovEx --- Fill out our listener survey!

    32 min

  4. JUN 2

    #95 - The GovExperts: The "Squishier" Side of Data Use in Cities with Vidushani Jayalal

    --- The GovExperts is a Data Points mini-series spotlighting the brilliant minds at GovEx who are shaping the future of public sector data work. Today we’re talking to Vidushani Jayalal, who works with cities in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. She talks about the importance of thinking not just about how data works, but about how people work together and solve problems using data as a shared language. --- Learn more about GovEx --- Fill out our listener survey!

    16 min

  5. APR 11

    #94 - The GovExperts: What Data-Driven Culture Means for Cities with Dr. Sara Bertran de Lis

    --- The GovExperts is a Data Points mini-series spotlighting the brilliant minds at GovEx who are shaping the future of public sector data work. Today we’re talking to Dr. Bertran de Lis, GovEx’s Director of Research and Analytics, about her path from astrophysics to data science, what it means for cities to adopt a “Data-Driven Culture,” and her groundbreaking work on the Coronavirus Resource Center and the new City Data Explorer. --- Learn more about GovEx --- Fill out our listener survey!

    24 min

  6. MAR 28

    #93 - Communicating with Data: How Do Cities Measure Up?

    --- How well do cities communicate with data? What opportunities are they missing? --- GovEx Senior Research Manager Dr. Jacquie Greiff and Senior Researcher Chance Carter address these questions and more in their recent analysis of 2023 State of the City speeches. Their key finding: While mayors often illustrate progress by referencing data, they rarely offer the kind of context and analysis most likely to resonate with residents. Jacquie and Chance review how mayors can move beyond reference statistics and use data to compare trends, illustrate their decision making and build public trust. --- Read the State of the Cities Analysis, 2023 Report here --- Learn more about GovEx's work here

    31 min

  7. MAR 17

    #92 - The GovExperts: The Power of Effective Instructional Design with Dr. Jessica Arends

    --- The GovExperts is a Data Points mini-series spotlighting the brilliant minds at GovEx who are shaping the future of public sector data work. Today we’re chatting with Dr. Jessica Arenda, GovEx’s Instructional Designer. She helps us understand what makes adult learning experiences engaging and effective, how to connect with city leaders, and how COVID re-shaped the world of instructional design. --- Click to learn more about us and our work! --- Fill out our listener survey!

    14 min

  8. FEB 21

    #91 - 2024: The Year Cities Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

    --- Outgoing GovEx Executive Director Amy Edwards Holmes reflects on a momentous year for cities and data --- While the characters in Dr. Strangelove, referenced in the title of this episode, grappled with the invention of the atomic bomb, cities in recent years have only tentatively explored the potential of artificial intelligence to benefit residents. As outgoing GovEx Executive Director Amy Edwards Holmes discusses in this episode, many cities pivoted in 2024 - with GovEx support - to develop thoughtful use cases for AI, based on solid data and comprehensive data strategies. As Holmes prepares to move on, she also discusses the progress GovEx has made in recent years and the crucial work that lies ahead. --- Learn more about GovEx! --- Fill out our listener survey!

    19 min
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A podcast about government and data. Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.

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  • Creator
    GovEx Data Points
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2025 GovEx Data Points
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