GIS Manager's Group

Yes, that’s right – building on the success of last year’s Summit, the 13th GIS Managers Summit is new and improved for 2025. Get ready for one of the best single-day, GIS events on the planet. Join 500+ of your peers, from across the US and abroad, to discover best practices and learn practical leadership tips from some of the foremost leaders and SMEs in the industry. This event is for current and future GIS Managers/Leaders, as well as others interested in learning more about the business of enterprise GIS and how to follow The Path to Geospatial Excellence.

Tip #2: Build a Geospatial Mindset into Your Team

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!

At the Summit, @PaulGiroux1, @IzabelaMiller1 , and Alina Shematova talked about GIS maturity, and shared about the SlimGim maturity model.  

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!

At the Summit, @AndrewSandifer led a discussion about capacity, and evolving into a leadership role.  He was joined by @JohnSteed1, Megan Compton, Izabella Miller, and @CarlZimmerman – Andrew and John were joined by @MatthewLewin1 (Matt) and @JamesPardue2 (Jim) in answering questions from attendees, and they had some great answers!

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

Tip # 1 - Build a GIS “Team of Action” from your team

Awesome Article in the Esri Young Professionals Network 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.