GIS Manager's Group

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 few weeks, so check back here regularly!

At the Summit, @JamesPardue2 (Jim) talked about the Path to Geospatial Excellence, the five pillars, and how these serve as key concepts to help GIS Managers.

Here are some of your questions answered, and if you have more questions, please post them here!

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 few weeks, so check back here regularly!

At the Summit, @MatthewLewin1 (Matt Lewin) from Esri Canada hosted a section on Strategy & Governance.  Matt and @AllenWilliams lead strategic advisory and management consulting at Esri Canada, and addressed some of the questions submitted about strategy.

Here are some of your questions answered, and if you have more questions, please post them here!

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 few weeks, so check back here regularly!

At the Summit, members of Esri’s ArcGIS Solutions team introduced and demo’d the GIS Request Management Solution.  The solution includes several pre- or partially configured apps that help drive increased participation and collaboration in your organization. 

Here are some of your questions answered, and if you have more questions, please post them here!

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