Discussions with interesting people in public procurement across State, Local and Education in North America led by Dustin Lanier, Certified Public Procurement Officer and Founder of Civic Initiatives. Recognized as a top 10 procurement podcast by Feedspot. Find out more about Civic Initiatives at https://www.civicinitiatives.com
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Change Agent Chat: Kathrin Frauscher, Open Contracting Partnership
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Dustin interviews Kathrin Frauscher with the Open Contracting Partnership about their global mission for freer and more effective public procurement
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Dustin previews a live interview with Kathrin Frauscher, theDeputy Executive Director of the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP). Be ready to learn how open contracting initiatives are reshaping the landscape of public procurement globally.
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NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category Re-Award - Did You Know?
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Dustin summarizes the re-award of Civic Initiatives in the NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category which happened in early April, in terms of how it is used, and partners in the effort.
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Dustin writes on the value of Procurement Month in highlighting the work of procurement professionals for their work, as well as helping market the profession for the next generation of job seekers.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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A Leap Year Retrospective: Where We Were, and Where We Are
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Dustin takes the opportunity of Leap Day to look back where we were on the last Leap Pay - February 29, 2020. Observations inlcude both public procurement in general and the changes of Civic Initiatives as a service provider.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Change Agent Chat with Jack Pellegrino, County of San Diego
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Dustin interviews Jack Pellegrino, Director of Purchasing and Contracting for the County of San Diego. They discuss the CAPPO 2024 conference, talk about how he came up in procurement management, and explore about the new master's program at the University of San Diego for supply chain, to which he is lending his leadership.…
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Picking the Right Tool for the Job: A Strategic Approach to Solicitation Events
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Dustin Lanier provides an audio companion to an article on Linkedin about thinking creatively about the tools we use for procurement - when taking a new opportunity to market in public procurement, it is a given that we always have to assess the "what", but we should spend almost as much time in assessing the "how."…
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin reviews the five most popular posts of the year in terms of number of impressions.
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Review of Public Procurement Conferences and Our Speech Portfolio in 2023
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Dustin recaps the level of commitment made by Civic Initiatives to public procurement conferences in 2023, and also recaps all of the speech topics given at these conferences across the country.
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Food Rescue US - a 1:1 discussion with Dave Lampert, CEO
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Dustin Inteviews Dave Lampert about how Food Rescue US connects food that would otherwise be thrown out with people in need through innovative supply chain and logistics.
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Excerpt from 5 Tips to Future Proof Procurement on December 7
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Dustin joins Anthony Berry from Euna Solutions to discuss 5 Tips to Future Proof Procurement. This clip is a short snippet from a section on branding ourselves in procurement and thinking about staffing shortages.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Implementing Performance Measures in Procurement (And Beyond)
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Dustin narrates a recent article written on Linkedin about the core elements of implementing performance measure programs and some keys to success on getting suce programs off the ground.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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AI Session Extract from OpenGov Transform Panel
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Dustin gives a 10-minute overview of topics related to ai in public procurement on a panel with Thao Jones-Hill, Mariel Reed and David Yarkin in the overall Transform conference event of Opengov.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Chat Agent Chat on Timely Payments in Public Procurement with Cullen Gallagher
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Dustin and Cullen Gallagher, CEO of Lunch Payments, talk about why timely payments to vendors is important to public procurement, and also how Cullen has taken his personal experience in this topic as his daily work in the mission of the Lunch Payments platform.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Civic Summit '23 - Kicking Off Our Annual Planning Session
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Dustin provides a sneak peek into the annual planning meeting of Civic Initiatives with a clip from the kickoff remarks.
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Change Agent Chats: Generative AI in the Public Sector discussion with Steve Meier
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Dustin interviews Steve Meier, head of innovation for kungfu.ai, on his great insights into the use of generative ai and its applications to public sector.
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Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as your on-demand "Quant"
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We are curating 4 "quicktakes" from Dustin's new speech "Generative AI: The New Tool in the Toolkit". In this first clip, Dustin lays our ideas on AI as your on-demand "Quant" (Finance slang for someone who is great at math)
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Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a Brainstorming Partner
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We are curating 4 "quicktakes" from Dustin's new speech "Generative AI: The New Tool in the Toolkit". In this first clip, Dustin lays our ideas on AI as the best brainstormer of all time.
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Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a tool for synthesis
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We are curating 4 "quicktakes" from Dustin's new speech "Generative AI: The New Tool in the Toolkit". In this first clip, Dustin lays our ideas on AI as a tool for synthesis of information.
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Get Out There (On Linkedin!) NIGP Forum Breakout session
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Dustin joins a panel at NIGP Forum on why Linkedin is valuable for procurement professionals and practical tips to make it more valuable. Panelists also included Jennifer Sulentic, Stephen Nelson, James E Crenshaw.
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Civic at NIGP Forum Aug 19-23 Part 2 (And Five For Friday Readout)
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Dustin reviews the content from Civic in the runup to NIGP Forum through the week and also four other pieces of news that made it into Five for Friday on August 18th
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Dustin kicks off the content preview for our precense at NIGP Forum in Louisville in 9 days, previewing the team, the expo presence and the primary speaking opportunities. Find us if you are attending!
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Change Agent Chats: 1:1 with Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group
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Dustin interviews Chris Sawchuk, the Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader of The Hackett Group, which is a true leader in benchmarking, with a vast and diverse methodology that draws on the results of more than 25,000 benchmarking engagements with nearly 8,800 public and private sector participants worldwide. The discussion covered why bench…
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Civic Talks Shop - Guiding Fundamentals 3 minute snippet
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In this episode, Dustin pulls a snippet from an internal training session from a series we are calling "Civic Talks Shop," where we are building a common understanding of what we believe and how we do work. This second in the series was about Guiding Fundamentals and their application in reviews. This audio addresses the three fundamental "legs of …
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Change Agent Chats: Leah McGrath, Executive Director, StateRAMP
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Dustin Lanier and Leah McGrath discuss StateRAMP, how it is solving issues in public procurement for both the vendor community and the public procurement community, and a new partner relationship with Civic Initiatives.
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Dustin Lanier reviews the curated procurement and public sector news of the week in audio, and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
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Change Agent Chat: Rob Handfield and Andrea Patrucco on the Strategic National Stockpile
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Dustin Lanier moderates Rob Handfield and Andrea Patruccoin a discussion of the report they contributed to on the Strategic National Stockpile, which combed through extensive data from the COVID era to identify needs and recommendations to improve supply chain in future disaster reponses.
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Dustin talks about thinking about procurement as a tool that requires mastery, and makes an analogy to a stove as a tool that also needs to be mastered so it isn't governed with caution.
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Civic Talks Shop - Purchasing vs Procurement 5 minute snippet
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In this episode, Dustin pulls a snippet from an internal training session from a series we are calling "Civic Talks Shop," where we are building a common understanding of what we believe and how we do work. This first series is about Purchasing vs. Procurement, and how to build the vocabulary to have this conversation.…
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Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 2 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
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In a panel presentation at the Government Financial Officers Association Conference 2023, Dustin contributed a speech on "Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement. In this second of two parts, he talks about what finance must do to support procurement, how citizens are served with that support, and how the story changes if you run a sm…
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Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 1 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
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In a panel presentation at the Government Financial Officers Association Conference 2023, Dustin contributed a speech on "Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement. In this first of two parts, he talks about how procurement is a fully professionalized function, and that Finance and Procurement are aligned in mission. Stay tuned next wee…
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