Data Points Podcast
A podcast about government and data.
Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.
A podcast about government and data. Telling stories from practitioners and academics about how data affects communities and the lives of residents.
— 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.
Episodes
Episode #98 – Making Visions Reality: The African Mayoral Leadership Initiative
The innovation program that helps African leaders leverage data tools to achieve legacy goals
Episode #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.
Episode #96 – Equipping Staff to make Better Decisions: The JHU Travel Emissions Dashboard
In partnership with the Office of Climate and Sustainability, GovEx develops an evidence-based tool to track emissions associated with business travel.
Episode #95 – The GovExperts: The “Squishier” Side of Data Use in Cities with Vidushani Jayalal
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
Episode #94 – The GovExperts: What Data-Driven Culture Means for Cities with Dr. Sara Bertran de Lis
We talk about her path from astrophysics to data science and her groundbreaking work on the new City Data Explorer.
Episode #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.
Episode #92 – The GovExperts: The Power of Effective Instructional Design with Dr. Jessica Arends
Today we’re chatting with Dr. Jessica Arenda, GovEx’s Instructional Designer. She helps us understand what makes adult...
Episode #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.
Episode #90 – Strengthening Community Food Systems: Resilience Strategies in Adams County, Colorado
A Colorado expert explains how our Food System Resilience Toolkit works in practice.
Episode #89 – Co-creating Solutions for Economic Mobility: The Opportunity Accelerator
In partnership with Results for America, GovEx helps empower communities to solve problems.