The Transforming Local Government conference took place last
week in Atlanta, Georgia, bringing together some of the most cutting-edge,
innovative, and proven examples of successful communities from the US and
Canada. Keynote speaker and futurist Rebecca Ryan described the conference on
Twitter as “drinking from the firehose of AWESOME!”
Direct from the Firehose of Awesome, comes this story…
Walnut Creek, California’s Lorie Tinfow and Liz Payne along
with graphic artists Chuck Todd presented the City’s efforts to communicate
their work in Priority Based Budgeting to a standing room only audience. (We’ll
be announcing over the next few weeks that Walnut Creek’s Lorie Tinfow will be presenting their case study in full
detail at the PBB Conference this July in Washington DC) To say the room
was captivated would be an understatement. In fact, according to one reaction
from the Wisconsin City/County Manager’s Group on LinkedIn, “Their presentation
and concept of the budget
document of the future was phenomenal!”
The following comes directly from visual visual
journalist Chuck Todd, the artist behind the stunning PBB graphic:
“As a visual
journalist on the project I was brought in to find visual ways to tell the
story. And in the presentation I got to discuss what a visual journalist does
and the process of working on the publication, cover and the Priority Based
Budgeting infographic. A visual journalist takes complex information, data and
ideas and turns it into a visual story….focusing on key messages and what is
important to connect to the reader. Visual Journalism is visual reporting using
illustration, infographics, design and/or sequential art.
Priority Based Budgeting is a process where a city establishes goals and with input from The
City Council, city staff and citizens rank programs and spending in how well
they met the goals. It is new, innovative way for cities to aproach budgets and
the city of Walnut Creek is one of the first to embrace the process.
The graphic and
publication has been well received by the citizens in Walnut Creek and has
garnered national attention. It was a great honor to be asked to give out
“Think Outside the Bar Chart!” presentation at the TLG conference. I’m
including here the cover and a two-page spread from the Budget Story.
It was a great experience
and I even got to meet the folks who came up with the idea of Priority Based
Budgeting. Getting compliments from them on how well the graphic described the
process was high praise indeed!”
Don't miss the 2013 CPBB Annual Conference- "A Summit of Leading Practices"
Brought to you by the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) and the
International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in partnership
with the Alliance for Innovation (AFI).
International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in partnership
with the Alliance for Innovation (AFI).
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