1. Jill Miller Zimon Director of Partnerships, The Civic Commons Network Facilitator, EfficientGovNetwork, The Civic Commons Ohio First Suburbs Alternative Revenue Summit October 19, 2012

2. Cultivating A Culture John Hoornbeek of Kent State University’s Center for Public Administration and Public Policy describes the evolution from no projects to EfficientGovNow to EfficientGovNetwork as analogous to sowing seeds: While EGNow prepared the soil and some seedlings have grown, germinated and born fruit, much more growth is possible and can be nurtured through the Network.

3. EGN: Foundation of Shared Services Innovation in NE Ohio 2008-2010 EfficientGovNow Public competition Seed money Media coverage 2010-2012 EfficientGovNetwork Convenes monthly w/EGN applicants, winners Develops online portal Regional Collaboration Conference LGIF pursuit, success 2013 Develop sustainable structure, purpose & action plan

4. Ingredients for a Network WHO: Elected officials, departmental heads, academic peers, business interests VALUE: Create common resources to share & replicate PURPOSE: Build relationships & trust; share knowledge; find partners

5. What’s Next LGIF Grant Shared Services Expo Increased capacity COSE Playbook Membership List Map

6. 1.Tallmadge 2.Summit County Public Health 3.Copley Dispatch 4.Center for Local Government 5.Sourcing Office Examples of Local Implementation

7. Tallmadge Tallmadge is a city in Summit and Portage counties in Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Akron and part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,537 at the 2010 census. WikipediaWikipedia

8. Summit County Public Health District Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 541,781, which is a decrease of 0.2% from 542,899 in 2000. Its county seat is Akron. WikipediaWikipedia

9. Copley Township Dispatch Copley Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,641 people in the township. WikipediaWikipedia

10. Center for Local Government

11. Sourcing Office

12. Skinny Ohio http://skinnyohio.org/ Shared Services Idea Center http://www.auditor.state.oh.us/sharedservices/d efault.htm KSU CPAPP http://www.kent.edu/cpapp/index.cfm ODOD LGIF Awardees http://www.development.ohio.gov/urban/LGIF.ht m The Civic Commons EGN site http://theciviccommons.com/egn Examples of Local Implementation

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