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Pulse Podcast Montana: Maximizing the Value of Public Funds
This week we catch up Chief Procurement Officer for the state of Montana, 2020 NASPO Board of Directors Member, and the PR & Awareness Champion, Meghan Holmlund.
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Emergency Procurement & Risk Management 3 Tips for Re-Building Your Post-Pandemic Office
Both the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the National Conference of State Legislatures project that budget shortfalls for FY 2020 and FY 2021 could create millions of dollars’ worth of deficits. In order to save money, some state information technology workers are already planning to work permanently from home, even after the pandemic has subsided. Keep the possibility of permanently working from home in mind as budgets shrink and innovative solutions are explored. What could your procurement office look like in the post-pandemic? Here are 3 tips for re-building your post-pandemic procurement office. Read more “3 Tips for Re-Building Your Post-Pandemic Office”
Pulse Podcast Organizing Your Thought Process with Dr. Kevin Snyder
Do you feel stuck in a fog lately? We have all had moments of surrealness in 2020. How do you feel you are navigating the uncertainty?
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Emergency Procurement & Risk Management Preparing for Simultaneous Emergencies
If the COVID-19 pandemic has had a silver lining, it has been the forced shift to working from home and decentralizing the office building. While this transition to working from home has not been without growing pains, the benefits outweigh the costs in terms of preparing for emergencies on the horizon. Now that we know we can work efficiently from home; it is time to explore options to make our offices even more resilient in the face of future emergencies.
Pulse Podcast Implementing Mandatory Changes to Policy and Procedures
Death and taxes may be the certainties of life but for the public official, bureaucracy and policy changes is more accurate.
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Emergency Procurement & Risk Management Don’t just Recover, Improve with these 7 Strategies
With every challenge comes opportunity, and the 2020 pandemic is no exception. Pulse is here to help with some short-term and long-term strategies for navigating the recovery process and beyond.
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Market Research Jesse Marks on Market Analysis and Procurement Strategy (MAPS)
Maps are helpful things; they show us the shape of the world around us and empower the reader to choose the best route.
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Technology & IT Procurement Can’t Touch This: No touch/low touch solutions
Raise your hand if you have touched at least four things today that do not belong to you. Keep your hand up if your toddler touched an additional seventeen things that do not belong to you. What if there were ways to reduce the number of things you and your toddler touch? Would you buy or use them? Read more “Can’t Touch This: No touch/low touch solutions”
Pulse Podcast Learning in a Virtual Environment with Laurie Brown
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