GIS Management Consulting Services

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GIS Management Workshop - Funding, Budgeting & Financial Management: 2-Hours?Online – September 30 GIS managers don’t just manage data, technology, and people. We are responsible for the financial resources that we need to keep our GIS viable and supporting the business needs of our agency or company. Data, software, hardware, and people are the essential elements of a viable GIS and each of these require a budget and funding. But here’s the deal - our peer managers throughout our agency are also competing for financial resources from the same sources. To compete for and be entrusted with a sizable portion of our agency’s budget, we need to have a reputation as competent managers of our financial resources. This two-hour online GIS Management Academy? workshop introduces the fundamentals of GIS funding, budgeting, and financial planning and management. It is intended for GIS managers of public agencies, non-profits, and private companies. Just as the technical aspects of GIS may be mysterious to the uninformed, understanding and navigating financial processes may be a challenge for GIS managers and leaders. Author and instructor Greg Babinski has more than 25 years’ experience in GIS financial management. Learn more and register today at: https://lnkd.in/g6iKc8DN. And check out the other related GIS Management Academy? GIS ROI workshop scheduled the same week. #gis #gismanagement #gisfinance #GISfunding #GISbudget #gisroi #returnoninvestement Greg Babinski (he/him), MA, GISP URISA Past-President, AGS Ethical GEO Fellow GIS Management Consulting Services, LLC GIS Management Academy?

Promote and Grow Your GIS for Successful Geospatial Managers – September 18 This two-hour online GIS Management Academy? workshop introduces proven strategies and methods to promote and grow your government agency or private company GIS operation. Enterprise GIS is expensive to develop, maintain, and operate. Agencies invest millions of dollars to develop GIS capabilities, and they require large annual operating budgets. Promoting the resources and capabilities of your GIS can develop new users, increase GIS benefits, enhance ROI, and solidify the long-term support needed for a sustainable GIS. With the structured geospatial business development concepts you will learn, you can help your agency leverage its GIS resources while you develop key competencies for a successful geospatial management career. Greg Babinski has more than 20 years’ experience in GIS marketing and business development. Recently Greg wrote about GIS business development in Esri’s ArcNews Managing GIS Column. Learn more and register today! https://lnkd.in/gaaqkNXf

Geographic Theory and Thinking for GIS Managers – 2-Hour Online Workshop – September 16 Geography is not just a Jeopardy category. Successful GIS managers are life-long learners. But rarely do we think about how geographic theory and basic geographic thinking can make us and our GIS programs more effective and successful. This 2-hour online workshop provides an overview of how thinking ‘out of the GIS box’ can enable us to be more effective managers and help find new applications of geospatial information science and technology for the agencies that we support. We will review how thinking like a geographer can help us understand and communicate the full potential of GIS. And it will help us instill geographic thinking in the staff that we manage and the community of end-users that we support. This GIS Management Academy workshop aligns with the ‘Geography’ Academic Competency in the US Department of Labor Geospatial Technology Competency Model and many foundational articles in the Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge. Geography matters! Learn more and register here today: https://lnkd.in/gYtMxFJc -Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow #geography #gis #gismanagement

GIS Management Competency Model Workshop – 2-hours online September 10 A Successful GIS Management Career Requires Lifelong Development. Registration is now open for the GIS Management Academy? workshop: ‘The Geospatial Management Competency Model for Successful GIS Managers. This 2-hour online workshop will be presented on September 10 at 10am PT, GMT -7). GIS management is a challenging profession. The Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM) was developed by URISA and adopted by the US Department of Labor Employment Training Administration as an integral part of the Geospatial Technology Competency Model. The GMCM serves as a guide to understand and master the critical competencies for a successful and highly effective GIS Management career. Effective GIS management is a critical success factor for an agency to leverage the potential of its investment in geospatial data and technology and to maximize GIS ROI. GIS management is often seen as the culmination of a career in GIS. Through hands-on exercises, workshop attendees will complete an initial assessment of their own geospatial management competencies against the GMCM. Attendees will generate a report based on their input that will allow them to compare their competencies with peers and to plan their future priority competency development. Learn more and register today at: https://lnkd.in/g6QzFHze -Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow The GIS Management Academy?

Using the GIS Capability Maturity Model for Effective GIS Managers – August 26 How do you know and report on the overall state of your GIS? It’s complicated. There are so many moving parts! How do I know what to report? Where are we doing well? What are the key risk factors in the sustainability of our GIS? This two-hour online GIS Management Academy? workshop focusses on the use of geospatial maturity models that successful GIS managers should understand and use. Monday, August 26 at 10am PT (GMT -7). We will review a variety of geospatial maturity model options, with a focus on the GIS Capability Maturity Model. The use of the GISCMM for ongoing geospatial program reporting metrics will be discussed. The use of the model can reveal both strengths and deficiencies in a GIS operation. The identification of deficiencies by the model can be used to focus corrective action and as a justification for funding and other resources. Each attendee will be provided a fillable copy of the model which can be started during the workshop itself. Learn more and register today at: https://lnkd.in/gBrvvaQh Greg Babinski (he/him), MA, GISP URISA Past-President, AGS Ethical GEO Fellow GIS Management Consulting Services, LLC #gis #gismanagement #gismaturity #maturitymodel #gismodel #giscmm

GIS Staffing Best Practices Workshop – 2-hours online – August 21 This two-hour online GIS Management Academy? workshop provides a clear foundation and action-based structure for GIS managers to plan, assemble, motivate, and lead an effective GIS team now and into the future. Your decision to hire, develop, or promote your staff members is the most important decision you will ever make as a GIS manager. Your personal competency and effectiveness as a GIS manager are judged by the team that you assemble and lead, and the goals and objectives your team accomplishes. You will be working with the team that you have assembled for many years. Your career success and the success of your team depends on your leadership and management effectiveness in this critical competency area. The people resources that you assemble and develop are the most valuable asset that your GIS has. Learn more and register today! Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow #gis #gis_management #gis_staffing #gis_team #gis_development https://lnkd.in/gnvhePpi

GIS Governance Best Practices Workshop – 2-hours online – August 15 This two-hour online GIS Academy? workshop provides a clear understanding of what GIS governance is intended for, how to structure GIS governance, and how it can become a highly effective tool for successful GIS managers and high-performance GIS operations. A GIS manager with leadership and vision will likely hope to accomplish more than what available resources allow. An effective GIS governance structure with meaningful and supportive participation is an invaluable tool for a GIS manager. Learn more and register today! Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow #gis #gis_management #gis_governance https://lnkd.in/gzmaSpSi

URISA’s 2024 GIS Salary Survey is now available for input. The 2024 survey is much more comprehensive in the past. The data collected will be valuable for those who employ GIS professionals, and for current and prospective GIS professionals. The survey closes August 19, so read more and complete the survey today. https://lnkd.in/gcWSct8j

GIS Strategy Management for Successful GIS Managers: 2-hour online workshop, August 13. What is the future vision for your GIS? How do you define success as a GIS manager? We define our lives by the decisions that we make. Decisions can be trivial or life changing. The ability to envision a future that is different than the present, and then to plan and work to achieve that future is a profound part of a successful career - or of life. This 2-hour GIS Management Academy workshop outlines the fundamentals of GIS strategic planning, and much more importantly, how to manage a GIS strategic plan once it has been developed. Putting your strategic plan into action can become a vital part of how you manage your GIS for continual improvement. The GIS Strategy Management for Successful GIS Managers workshop is built upon a methodology that creates a clear, concise, and actionable strategic plan that becomes an integral part of how you manage your GIS. This GIS Management Academy workshop aligns with the ‘Strategic Planning and Action’ competency cluster included in the US Department of Labor Geospatial Management Competency Model. Learn more and register today. Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow https://lnkd.in/d9XY2Tuz