Public Procurement Change Agents
Episodes
Five For Friday - March 22nd Readout
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - May 10th Readout
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Change Agent Chat: Kathrin Frauscher, Open Contracting Partnership
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin interviews Kathrin Frauscher with the Open Contracting Partnership about their global mission for freer and more effective public procurementPu...
The Power of Open Contracting: Introduction
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin previews a live interview with Kathrin Frauscher, the Deputy Executive Director of the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP). Be ready to learn ho...
NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category Re-Award - Did You Know?
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin summarizes the re-award of Civic Initiatives in the NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category which happened in early April, in terms of how ...
Celebrating #ProcurementMonth
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin writes on the value of Procurement Month in highlighting the work of procurement professionals for their work, as well as helping market the pr...
Five For Friday - March 15th Readout
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - March 8th Readout
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
A Leap Year Retrospective: Where We Were, and Where We Are
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin takes the opportunity of Leap Day to look back at where we were on the last Leap Pay - February 29, 2020. Observations include both public proc...
Five For Friday - February 23rd Readout
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - February 16th Readout
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Change Agent Chat with Jack Pellegrino, County of San Diego
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin interviews Jack Pellegrino, Director of Purchasing and Contracting for the County of San Diego. They discuss the CAPPO 2024 conference, talk ab...
Five For Friday - February 2nd Readout
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - January 26th Readout
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Picking the Right Tool for the Job: A Strategic Approach to Solicitation Events
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier provides an audio companion to an article on Linkedin about thinking creatively about the tools we use for procurement - when taking a n...
Five For Friday - January 12th Readout
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - January 5th Readout
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - Year End Edition!
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin reviews the five most popular posts of the year in terms of number of impressions.Public Procurement Change AgentsFive For Friday - Year End Ed...
Review of Public Procurement Conferences and Our Speech Portfolio in 2023
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin recaps the level of commitment made by Civic Initiatives to public procurement conferences in 2023 and also recaps all of the speech topics giv...
Food Rescue US - a 1:1 discussion with Dave Lampert, CEO
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Interviews Dave Lampert about how Food Rescue US connects food that would otherwise be thrown out with people in need through innovative supply...
Excerpt from 5 Tips to Future Proof Procurement on December 7
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Five For Friday - December 1st Readout
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Implementing Performance Measures in Procurement (And Beyond)
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin narrates a recent article written on Linkedin about the core elements of implementing performance measure programs and some keys to success in ...
Five For Friday - November 24th Readout
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - November 10th Readout
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - November 3rd Readout
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
AI Session Extract from OpenGov Transform Panel
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Five For Friday - October 20th Readout
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - October 13th Readout
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Chat Agent Chat on Timely Payments in Public Procurement with Cullen Gallagher
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin and Cullen Gallagher, CEO of Lunch Payments, talk about why timely payments to vendors is important to public procurement, and also how Cullen ...
Five For Friday - September 29nd Readout
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - September 22nd Readout
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Civic Summit '23 - Kicking Off Our Annual Planning Session
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin provides a sneak peek into the annual planning meeting of Civic Initiatives with a clip from the kickoff remarks.
Change Agent Chats: Generative AI in the Public Sector discussion with Steve Meier
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 se...
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as your on-demand "Quant"
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are curating 4 "quicktakes" from Dustin's new speech "Generative AI: The New Tool in the Toolkit". In this first clip, Dus...
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a Brainstorming Partner
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are curating 4 "quicktakes" from Dustin's new speech "Generative AI: The New Tool in the Toolkit". In this first clip, Dus...
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a tool for synthesis
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are curating 4 "quicktakes" from Dustin's new speech "Generative AI: The New Tool in the Toolkit". In this first clip, Dus...
Get Out There (On Linkedin!) NIGP Forum Breakout session
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin joins a panel at NIGP Forum on why Linkedin is valuable for procurement professionals and practical tips to make it more valuable. Panelists al...
Civic at NIGP Forum Aug 19-23 Part 2 (And Five For Friday Readout)
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Civic at NIGP Forum August 19-23 - Part 1
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 sp...
Change Agent Chats: 1:1 with Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin interviews Chris Sawchuk, the Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader of The Hackett Group, which is a true leader in benchmarking, with a ...
Civic Talks Shop - Guiding Fundamentals 3 minute snippet
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dustin pulls a snippet from an internal training session from a series we are calling "Civic Talks Shop," where we are buil...
Five For Friday - July 21st Readout
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five for Friday - July 14 Readout
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Change Agent Chats: Leah McGrath, Executive Director, StateRAMP
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier and Leah McGrath discuss StateRAMP, how it is solving issues in public procurement for both the vendor community and the public procurem...
Five for Friday - June 30 Readout
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Change Agent Chat: Rob Handfield and Andrea Patrucco on the Strategic National Stockpile
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier moderates Rob Handfield and Andrea Patruccoin a discussion of the report they contributed to on the Strategic National Stockpile, which ...
Don't Cover the Stove in Caution Tape
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 mastere...
Civic Talks Shop - Purchasing vs Procurement 5 minute snippet
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dustin pulls a snippet from an internal training session from a series we are calling "Civic Talks Shop," where we are buil...
Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 2 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a panel presentation at the Government Financial Officers Association Conference 2023, Dustin contributed a speech on "Building Bridges - Conn...
Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 1 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a panel presentation at the Government Financial Officers Association Conference 2023, Dustin contributed a speech on "Building Bridges - Conn...
The Financial Data Transparency Act - Getting on a Guidepath for Success
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Financial Data Transparency Act will drive change in local government financial data reporting standards - with ripple effects out to states and t...
Five for Friday - May 12 Readout
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Resourceful Procurement - NAEP Breakout Session with Ed Mills
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin and Ed discuss aspects of planning and optimizing procurement teams in higher education, and options for creative resourcing through external P...
Five Keys to Strategic Partnerships
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin covers five key tests to establish strategic partnerships, and also introduces strategic partner announcements in the coming days and weeks for...
Federal Relief Funds and Procurement: A Survival Guide - Ten Minute Excerpt
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the ARNIGP Procurement Conference in April, Dustin Lanier gave a breakout session on Federal Relief Funds and Procurement" A Survival Guide, c...
Five for Friday - April 14 Readout
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - April 7th Readout
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
What's Your Why - Higher Education Public Procurement Panel
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In concert with the National Association of Education Procurement, Civic Initiatives Founder Dustin Lanier moderates a panel if Higher Education Procu...
Procurement Month 2023 - What's Your Why?
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast also transcribed as an article, Dustin Lanier pulls together highlights from the video answers to the "What's Your Why"...
Stephanie Brown 1:1 Chat From the Virginia Association of Governmental Procurement Expo Hall
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Brown, President of VAGP 2023, talks about the great event underway and priorities for the organization.
Five For Friday - March 10th Readout
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Procurement Month! Civic's content plan in celebration
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Procurement is celebrated in public procurement shops around the country in March, and Civic has several pieces of content prepared including staff sp...
Five For Friday - February 24th Readout
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Five For Friday - February 17th Readout
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Panel Excerpt: Navigating the SLED Market with your Cooperative Contract
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a brief excerpt from an hourlong panel, Dustin Lanier responds to a question from Tammy Rimes about some of the whys of staffing shortages in publi...
The Six Core Questions on Co-Op Contracting
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the runup to a panel discussion for both government and vendors on Co-op Contracting, Dustin Lanier answers in rapid fire fashion the Six Interroga...
Five For Friday - January 27th Readout
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-l...
Navigating Staffing Constraints - A CAPPO Breakout Session
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier, CPPO moderates a panel discussion on Navigating Staffing Constraints with Jennifer Alford, MA CPPO from Delta College, Theresa Harris, ...
Five for Friday Readout -January 13th, 2023
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Five For Friday - January 6th Readout
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Five for Friday - The 2022 in review five most popular posts
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin reviews a lightly curated list of the five highest impression posts on Linkedin of the year. All content can be found at https://www.linkedin...
Collective Disconnect - Civic is off next week!
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time ever we will be off as a company all next week! Excited to do that for the team. Learn about it in this quick episode.
Procurement Through the Eyes of the City Manager - Harry Black Interview in a CAPPO Webinar
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier guides a discussion with Harry Black, City Manager from the City of Stockton, regarding his extended procurement career, and how that ex...
Talking It Up: Describing Procurement as Our Profession - 6 minute preview
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier talks to the Louisiana Chapter of NIGP on "Talking It Up: Describing Procurement as Our Profession." This hour-long activity...
Bring Up The Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars with TJ Martin from the City of Phoenix
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier and TJ Martin, CPO from the City of Phoenix, talk about the urgency to think long term about staffing in public procurement, the challen...
Bringing Up the Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars - November 30 Live Discussion Preview
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin previews the live discussion scheduled for Nov 30 at Noon Central on Linkedin Audio - "Bringing Up the Next Generation of Procurement All-...
Five For Friday - November 18th Readout
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Civic Initiatives is Twelve Years Strong
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we celebrate our 12th year in business with a company planning gathering starting tomorrow! With over 40 people now on the team, it is a t...
Five for Friday - November 4th Readout
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Do You Know These Ten Things About Linkedin?
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin excerpts concepts presented from a recent speech for NIGP Area II on "Making Social Media a Part of your Procurement Outreach Strategy&quo...
Affiliated Experts - A New Program of Service
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin announces a new program that will allow experienced public procurement professionals the ability to work part-time on project work and research...
Five for Friday - October 14th Readout
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Fiver for Friday - October 7th Readout
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Evaluation and Negotiation - A Practical Guide - 10 minute preview
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a new speech, Dustin Lanier provides new insights for public procurement professionals on a practical approach to evaluation and negotiation, inclu...
ICMA Presentation - Procurement as a Service
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the International City and County Managers Association, Dustin Lanier talks about Procurement as a Service - why Procurement should be a priority, ...
Procurement as a Service
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier describes an upcoming speech on "Procurement as a Service - Stories from the Field" for the International City/County Managers...
Five for Friday - September 9th Readout
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Cook County NIGP Discussion Part Two : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part two of a case study conversation at the NIGP Forum, Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier begin a discussion about the Transformation projects und...
Cook County NIGP Discussion Part One : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Part one of a case study conversation at the NIGP Forum, Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier begin a discussion about the Transformation projects und...
NIGP Forum - Session preview with Raffi Sarrafian
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday August 23rd at 12:45EST, Dustin Lanier and Raffi Sarrafian, CPO from Cook County, will discuss procurement transformation efforts underway ...
Cost Analysis as an Engine for Public Procurement - 15 minute excerpt
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Gay and Dustin Lanier speak together in a panel on "Cost Analysis as an Engine for Public Procurement" courtesy of NIGP's webinar ...
Five for Friday - August 5th Readout
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Reducing Drag in Procurement - Speech Excerpt
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an seven minute excerpt from a longer speech about making Procurement a Strategic Asset, Lanier talks about the concept of eliminating drag in proc...
Five for Friday - July 22nd Readout
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Procurement As The Focal Point
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this clip, Dustin Lanier responds to a pair of questions from the Government Financial Officers Association after a speech on eprocurement. The u...
Five for Friday - July 8th Readout
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/
Flipping the Financial Year - In Style
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier facilitates a discussion on procurement's issues when "flipping the financial year" with state, local and higher educatio...
Transforming in Turbulent Times - NAEP Breakout Session
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier and Jana Thompson talk about Jana's experience in overseeing a procurement transformation initiative while at the University of Nor...
Riding the eProcurement Wave - GFOA - 15 Minute Excerpt
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Lanier talks about eprocurement fundamentals and definitions for the Government Finance Officers Association - This clip is an excerpt of the f...