GIS Manager's Group

If you were not one of the lucky 450+ attendees of the 2024 Esri GIS Manager’s Summit (GISMS) on Sunday, July 14, 2024, during Esri UC, then here’s a heaping dose of FOMO that should convince you to add it to your future Esri International User Conference (UC) agendas.

Those who you saw on stage at the GIS Manager's Summit will be following up over the next two weeks, here in the GIS Managers Group, from their presentations and panels.

The 2024 GIS Manager’s Summit is coming up in just 5 weeks –   

Whenever I attend events of this format, I always wonder what it will really be like, and I wish an insider would share a preview… so that’s what I’m going to do!

In working with dozens of presenters getting ready for the summit, I’ve been seeing some great stuff coming together.  So here’s a bit of a sneak peek of what to expect this year:

Here's an example of a best practice. For GIS Day, Fresno Co., CA produced this video and StoryMap to help promote the value of GIS to the County and community. All GIS groups should do the same.

At the GIS Managers Summit in July, attendees were able to submit questions for our live panel. While we had some great answers, there were dozens of questions we didn’t have time for, so we’re going to answer them here!

Our panelists will be posting, Q&A-style, over the next several weeks, so check back here regularly!

This week, @MatthewLewin1 (Matt Lewin) answered some question addressed to him

At the GIS Managers Summit in July, attendees were able to submit questions for our live panel. While we had some great answers, there were dozens of questions we didn’t have time for, so we’re going to answer them here!

Our panelists will be posting, Q&A-style, over the next several weeks, so check back here regularly!

This week, @AdamCarnow answered a particular question about executive engagement, and resources available to help:

At the GIS Managers Summit in July, attendees were able to submit questions for our live panel. While we had some great answers, there were dozens of questions we didn’t have time for, so we’re going to answer them here!

Our panelists will be posting, Q&A-style, over the next several weeks, so check back here regularly!

This week, @DeeptiKochhar answered questions about governance

At the GIS Managers Summit in July, attendees were able to submit questions for our live panel. While we had some great answers, there were dozens of questions we didn’t have time for, so we’re going to answer them here!

Our panelists will be posting, Q&A-style, over the next several weeks, so check back here regularly!

This week, Jim Pardue answered questions about GIS program & team management:

At the GIS Managers Summit in July, attendees were able to submit questions for our live panel. While we had some great answers, there were dozens of questions we didn’t have time for, so we’re going to answer them here!

Our panelists will be posting, Q&A-style, over the next several weeks, so check back here regularly!

This week, Jim Pardue answered questions about strategy

At the GIS Managers Summit last week, attendees were able to submit questions for our live panel. While we had some great answers, there were dozens of questions we didn’t have time for, so we’re going to answer them here!

Our panelists will be posting, Q&A-style, over the next several weeks, so check back here regularly!

This week, @Kara_Shindle answered questions about building a proactive team.