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Five For Friday - September 11, 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - September 4th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - August 28th 2026 Readout

AI-Powered Procurement Foundations, Fluency, and the Next Frontier: Aug 21st, 2026

Five For Friday - Aug 14th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - August 7th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - July 24th 2026 Readout

Socioeconomic Program Redesign: The Time Is Now: July 15, 2026

Five For Friday - July 10th 2026 Readout

AI Powered Procurement Foundations, Fluency and the Next Frontier: July 1st, 2026

Five For Friday - June 26, 2026 Readout

Getting Back in Gear: June 17, 2026

Five For Friday - June 12th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - June 5th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - May 29th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - May 22nd 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - May 15th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - May 8th 2026 Readout

Civic Initiatives agrees to join Public Knowledge

Five For Friday - April 17th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - April 10th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - April 3rd 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - March 27th 2026 Readout

Five For Friday - March 20th Readout

Five For Friday - March 13th Readout

Five For Friday - March 6th Readout

Five For Friday - February 27th Readout

Public Procurement Change Agents is Five!

Elite Eight Recap: your Playbook for AI in Public Procurement

Five For Friday - February 6th Readout

Five For Friday - January 30th Readout

Five For Friday - January 23rd Readout

Five For Friday - January 16th Readout

Five For Friday - January 9th Readout

You can Wait, but Why? Looking back at 2025

Five For Friday - December 26th Readout

Five For Friday - December 19th Readout

Five For Friday - December 12th Readout

Five For Friday - December 5th Readout

Giving Thanks for Procurement Professionals

Five For Friday - November 21st Readout

Five For Friday - November 14th Readout

Five For Friday - November 7th Readout

Built for Service: How Our Commitment to Public Procurement Has Kept Us Strong for Fifteen Years

Five For Friday - October 24th Readout

Five For Friday - October 17th Readout

Five For Friday - October 10th Readout

Civic Initiatives Re-Awarded NASPO Procurement Assistance and Support Services Contract

Five For Friday - September 26th Readout

Five For Friday - September 19th Readout

Five For Friday - September 12th Readout

Five For Friday - September 5th Readout

Five For Friday - August 29th Readout

Five For Friday - August 22nd Readout

Procurement Is Where the Rubber Meets the Road for Tech Leaders

Excerpt From Barrett & Greene Interview at GFOA

Six Things We’ll be Talking About at NIGP Forum

Cappo Webinar Excerpt - What do procurement professionals need to know about ai in mid 2025?

Cooperative Contracting: The Good, Bad, and The Ugly

Five For Friday - July 4th Readout

Five For Friday - June 27th Readout

Five For Friday - June 20th Readout

Five For Friday - June 13th Readout

Five For Friday - June 6th Readout

Seven things to know about coming changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations

Back to Basics - What is Category Management?

Five For Friday - May 16th Readout

Five For Friday - May 9th Readout

5 Minute Excerpt: Partnering Through Procurement for Public Impact Interview

Earth Day 2025: Practical Procurement Strategies that Drive Sustainability - and the Bottom Line

Abridged excerpt from OPBA "Procurement as a Strategic Asset" presentation

Five For Friday - April 11th Readout

Five For Friday - April 4th Readout

Five For Friday - March 28th Readout

Five For Friday - March 21st Readout

The Foundation of Public Trust + Happy Procurement Month!

Five For Friday - February 28th Readout

Celebrating Four Years of the “Public Procurement Change Agents” Podcast

Five For Friday - February 14th Readout

Back to Basics: Proactive Management of Effective Procurement Audit Files

Five For Friday - January 31st Readout

Five For Friday - January 24th Readout

Five For Friday - January 17th Readout

Five For Friday - January 10th Readout

Wait, but Why? Ending the Year with the "Lifescape" Calendar

Civic’s Collective Disconnect During the Holidays

Excerpt from training on Requirement Elicitation

5 minute excerpt from "Elevation: Generative AI from a Staff-First Mindset"

Evaluation and Negotiation - Five Minute Speech Excerpt

The Procurement Cornucopia

Five For Friday - November 22nd Readout

Five For Friday - November 15th Readout

Five For Friday - November 8th Readout

Things I Have Learned: Seven Guiding Factors After Fourteen Years of Business

Five For Friday - October 25th Readout

Five For Friday - October 18th Readout

Procurement in Urgent Times: Our Critical Role in Response and Recovery

Five For Friday - October 4th Readout

Five For Friday - September 27th Readout

For the Public Good: The Critical Role of Sourcing in Health Institutions

Five For Friday - September 13th Readout

Elevation: Remodeling GenAI as a Staff Enablement Platform : 7 Minute Preview

Five For Friday - August 30th Readout

NIGP 2024 Speech Preview

Five For Friday - August 16th Readout

Bonus Ladder of Leadership Topic: Moving Authority to Information

Empowering Employees Through Ladder of Leadership Strategies

A Look Forward to NIGP Forum

Change Agent Chat: Colin Erhardt Government Performance Lab

Five For Friday - July 12th Readout

Happy 4th of July

Five For Friday - June 28th Readout

Five For Friday - June 21st Readout

Converging Paths: The common ground between government and non-profits

150 Business Days to Encumber ARPA

Five For Friday - May 31st Readout

Food Rescue US Mid-Year Updates: Join us in supporting this great cause!

Five For Friday - May 17th Readout

Five For Friday - March 22nd Readout

Five For Friday - May 10th Readout

Change Agent Chat: Kathrin Frauscher, Open Contracting Partnership

The Power of Open Contracting: Introduction

NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category Re-Award - Did You Know?

Celebrating #ProcurementMonth

Five For Friday - March 15th Readout

Five For Friday - March 8th Readout

A Leap Year Retrospective: Where We Were, and Where We Are

Five For Friday - February 23rd Readout

Five For Friday - February 16th Readout

Change Agent Chat with Jack Pellegrino, County of San Diego

Five For Friday - February 2nd Readout

Five For Friday - January 26th Readout

Picking the Right Tool for the Job: A Strategic Approach to Solicitation Events

Five For Friday - January 12th Readout

Five For Friday - January 5th Readout

Five For Friday - Year End Edition!

Review of Public Procurement Conferences and Our Speech Portfolio in 2023

Food Rescue US - a 1:1 discussion with Dave Lampert, CEO

Excerpt from 5 Tips to Future Proof Procurement on December 7

Five For Friday - December 1st Readout

Implementing Performance Measures in Procurement (And Beyond)

Five For Friday - November 24th Readout

Five For Friday - November 10th Readout

Five For Friday - November 3rd Readout

AI Session Extract from OpenGov Transform Panel

Five For Friday - October 20th Readout

Five For Friday - October 13th Readout

Chat Agent Chat on Timely Payments in Public Procurement with Cullen Gallagher

Five For Friday - September 29nd Readout

Five For Friday - September 22nd Readout

Civic Summit '23 - Kicking Off Our Annual Planning Session

Change Agent Chats: Generative AI in the Public Sector discussion with Steve Meier

Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as your on-demand "Quant"

Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a Brainstorming Partner

Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a tool for synthesis

Get Out There (On Linkedin!) NIGP Forum Breakout session

Civic at NIGP Forum Aug 19-23 Part 2 (And Five For Friday Readout)

Civic at NIGP Forum August 19-23 - Part 1

Change Agent Chats: 1:1 with Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group

Civic Talks Shop - Guiding Fundamentals 3 minute snippet

Five For Friday - July 21st Readout

Five for Friday - July 14 Readout

Change Agent Chats: Leah McGrath, Executive Director, StateRAMP

Five for Friday - June 30 Readout

Change Agent Chat: Rob Handfield and Andrea Patrucco on the Strategic National Stockpile

Don't Cover the Stove in Caution Tape

Civic Talks Shop - Purchasing vs Procurement 5 minute snippet

Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 2 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)

Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 1 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)

The Financial Data Transparency Act - Getting on a Guidepath for Success

Five for Friday - May 12 Readout

Resourceful Procurement - NAEP Breakout Session with Ed Mills

Five Keys to Strategic Partnerships

Federal Relief Funds and Procurement: A Survival Guide - Ten Minute Excerpt

Five for Friday - April 14 Readout

Five For Friday - April 7th Readout

What's Your Why - Higher Education Public Procurement Panel

Procurement Month 2023 - What's Your Why?

Stephanie Brown 1:1 Chat From the Virginia Association of Governmental Procurement Expo Hall

Five For Friday - March 10th Readout

Procurement Month! Civic's content plan in celebration

Five For Friday - February 24th Readout

Five For Friday - February 17th Readout

Panel Excerpt: Navigating the SLED Market with your Cooperative Contract

The Six Core Questions on Co-Op Contracting

Five For Friday - January 27th Readout

Navigating Staffing Constraints - A CAPPO Breakout Session

Five for Friday Readout -January 13th, 2023

Five For Friday - January 6th Readout

Five for Friday - The 2022 in review five most popular posts

Collective Disconnect - Civic is off next week!

Procurement Through the Eyes of the City Manager - Harry Black Interview in a CAPPO Webinar

Talking It Up: Describing Procurement as Our Profession - 6 minute preview

Bring Up The Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars with TJ Martin from the City of Phoenix

Bringing Up the Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars - November 30 Live Discussion Preview

Five For Friday - November 18th Readout

Civic Initiatives is Twelve Years Strong

Five for Friday - November 4th Readout

Do You Know These Ten Things About Linkedin?

Affiliated Experts - A New Program of Service

Five for Friday - October 14th Readout

Fiver for Friday - October 7th Readout

Evaluation and Negotiation - A Practical Guide - 10 minute preview

ICMA Presentation - Procurement as a Service

Procurement as a Service

Five for Friday - September 9th Readout

Cook County NIGP Discussion Part Two : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier

Cook County NIGP Discussion Part One : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier

NIGP Forum - Session preview with Raffi Sarrafian

Cost Analysis as an Engine for Public Procurement - 15 minute excerpt

Five for Friday - August 5th Readout

Reducing Drag in Procurement - Speech Excerpt

Five for Friday - July 22nd Readout

Procurement As The Focal Point

Five for Friday - July 8th Readout

Flipping the Financial Year - In Style

Transforming in Turbulent Times - NAEP Breakout Session

Riding the eProcurement Wave - GFOA - 15 Minute Excerpt

Five for Friday - June 10 Readout

Five For Friday - June 3 Readout

Five for Friday readout - May 27

Fiver for Friday readout - May 20

Victor Leamer - quick lobby chat about his presentations

Talent Management in the Great Realignment

Five for Friday Readout April 29th

Five for Friday Readout April 22

Five for Friday Readout - April 15th

Aubrey Leigh Goodwin 1:1 - State of Mississippi

Quick Talk - Chapters as an Enduring Community

Growing Purchasing Into Procurement Speech - Ten Minute Excerpt

Procurement as a Career - Should Public Procurement be on the List for Graduating Seniors?

Career Week discussion, plus Five for Friday Readout 3-11

Five for Friday - March 4th

Watchwords for Public Procurement in 2022

Feb 11 Five for Friday readout

Five For Friday Read Out - February 4th

Content Plan for 2022 + Five For Friday 1/21

Five For Friday Read Out - January 14th

Five For Friday Read Out - January 7th

Five For Friday Read Out - December 31st

Five For Friday Read Out - December 24th

Public Procurement on Linkedin - Newsletter Launch

Five for Friday - What it is and how I do it

5 things I Wish I Knew - Speech Excerpt

DEI and Public Procurement Programs - How Do They Rise Together?

DEI and Public Procurement Survey Launch - Introduction Podcast

It's Go Time - speech excerpt from 11/9 MAGPPA general session

Quick Introduction to the Civic Initiatives Practice Leads

Gary O Chavez Quick Chat 1:1

Dustin Lanier Fast Talk - NIGP Panel comments on Public Procurement Change Agents

NASCA Panel Discussion on Supply Chain and Stockpile Management

How do Procurement Shops Attract and Retain Talent Today?

Fast talk on Procurement Outsourcing for Smart Procurement World (9/13)

Ed Mills and Dustin Lanier present on Procurement Transformation Takes Flight

Smart Procurement World (happening 9/13): Discusssion with Mediacy Mudekwa

Gillian Gillett Quick Chat 1:1

Fred Kuhn 1:1 Quick Chat

Team Chat: Quick Discussion of Procurement Education with Devin Howard

Succession Planning in Public Procurement

Hot Jobs in Public Procurement

ESSER Grant Panel Discussion

1:1 on Work From Anywhere with Pam Goins, NASCA Executive Director

New Grant Funding - How Does Procurement Prepare?

Supply Resiliency and Public Response

Creating Content - When That's Not What You Do For A Living

Resilient Supply Chains - Public Procurement Panel Discussion

Procurement Automation Project Fundamentals - Dustin Lanier at Public Sector Network

Work from Anywhere - What's Next for Public Sector and Public Procurement - Panel Discussion

Procurement Modernization, Public Sector Network Panel Discussion

The Voice of the Customer - Public Procurement Practitioner Panel Chat

1:1 with Sarah O'Brien, CEO Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Tools in the Toolkit- Public Procurement Panel Chat

Sustainability in Public Procurement - What Works?

Rob Handfield, 1:1 on Public Procurement and Supply Chain

Supply Chain and Public Procurement - Panel Discussion

Tech Standards in Public Procurement - Panel Discussion

What is StateRamp in less than 10 minutes?

Strategic Sourcing in the Public Sector - Panel Discussion

Procurement Officer Leadership - What Works? Public Procurement Chat 3/17 W Special Guest Carol Wilson

1:1 with Nicholas Tincher, University of Wisconsin System

Evaluation and Negotiation - Public Procurement Chat 003 Part 2 - Q/A Session

Evaluation and Negotiation - Public Procurement Lunch Chat 003 March 10 Part 1 - Main Panel

The Contract's Signed, What Now? - Public Procurement Chat 002 March 4

Agility in Procurement - Public Procurement Wednesday Chat 001 - Feb 24th

Aaron Carter, University of Illinois 1:1

Jim Colangelo, CPO State of Michigan 1:1

Jenn Myers, Procurement Manager City of Tucson, 1:1 Interview