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#MiC2020 Announcement

Our annual conference to bring together municipal employees interested in innovation to learn, share and network is the highlight of our year. However, due to growing concerns around COVID-19, the Municipal Innovators Community Steering Committee has made the very difficult decision to cancel MIC2020. 

This decision was not easy to make as we value the opportunity to connect with the wonderfully diverse municipal innovators in person each year. It is only in recognition of the critical role municipalities play in the health and safety of our communities that we determined an in-person conference was not possible for this year.

We are committed to supporting you in finding ways to connect with other municipal innovators for learning, sharing and collaborating, and we will be investigating alternatives to our conference to fill this gap in 2020. The MIC2020 webpage will be dedicated to openly sharing our ideas, and we will continue to communicate via social media at @MunInnovators and through our newsletter. If you have ideas, please share them with us on social media or via email at info@municipalinnovators.ca.

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we work. We are sharing Remote Work & Virtual Collaboration resources and gathering tools, tips and templates from other municipal innovators.

If you are Suddenly Remote - find ideas for personal productivity and coping, such as setting up a remote workstation.

If you are Unexpectedly Distributed - get resources on managing a distributed team, such as using a virtual daily stand up.

Plus, find links to other resource sites, user guides, etc...
  
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While many of you may have worked from home and know exactly what to do to be successful, for some of you, this may be a first!  If you haven’t worked from home on a regular basis in the past, here are some tips for setting up a remote workstation.
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A great productivity tip for distributed teams is the daily stand-up that identifies the tasks your team is working on, and any obstacles blocking progress. It is an opportunity to share knowledge, confirm priorities and collaborate – and to create connections when people aren’t working face-to-face.
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The activities that are happening on the global stage right now are unprecedented and moving quickly. As we react and adapt to the changing environment, taking a moment to acknowledge and record issues, opportunities and change in the moment will provide the seeds for innovation in the future. 

We are working on creating facilitator guides for running retrospectives when the pandemic crisis has passed, but in the meantime have created a simple little tracker to capture insights as we react to the changing world.
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Do you have an innovation story from your municipality that you would like to share? Send your story or information to info@municipalinnovators.ca to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.

Productivity Tips


Let's face it, these aren't normal times, so make sure you are taking care of yourself.

But if you just want some great productivity tips, check out this Productivity Guide for Public Servants from apolitical.

Introducing MIC Mugs:


Join us for an informal video chat with other municipal innovators to check in, share ideas, solve challenges and connect.


First session:

March 25 from noon - 1 pm EST

 
Watch for future sessions at www.municipalinnovators.ca/remote.
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