GIS Manager's Group

from Adam Carnow –
Just over a month ago, over 450 GIS leaders from 51 countries and 54 industries got together in San Diego, California, for a day of inspiration and empowerment.  426 attendees, 11 panelists and presenters, and dozens of Esri staff gathered on July 12, 2025 for the 13th annual GIS Managers Summit, the day before Esri’s User Conference kicked into full gear.

The 12th annual State of the Cities report identifies the unique challenges and opportunities facing cities, towns and villages across the United States, offering a comprehensive analysis of community priorities in 2025.   This is essential information if you work in municipal GIS. It is critical that you align your work to support the priorities of executives and elected officials. This report helps document those priorities.

https://www.nlc.org/resource/state-of-the-cities-2025/

The 2025 Esri Senior Executive Summit videos are online. These are great ways to show execs the benefits & potential of GIS, so be sure to share them. You can never have enough executive sponsorship...

https://mediaspace.esri.com/channel/2025%2BEsri%2BSenior%2BExecutive%2BSummit/382857813

We're counting down to the GIS Managers Summit, with previews of the content your peers will be sharing...

Strategies - how do you put yours to work?

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.

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!

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.

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