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Azavea committee members caring for a tree by the office.

Expanding Leadership Opportunities with Committees

By Robert Cheetham on December 9th, 2019

Leadership is an activity, not a position. We developed a committee system in 2016 to provide leadership opportunities for all of our colleagues and to enhance our work space.

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Without Local News, I Can’t Do My Job

By Stephanie Thome on December 5th, 2019

The Cicero Team often relies on local news websites to keep our elected official data up to date. However, local news is on the decline and websites are harder to navigate. This post discusses the impact the lack of local election results may have on civic engagement.

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10 Years into Azavea’s Charitable Contributions Program

By Robert Cheetham on December 3rd, 2019

Ten years ago we started a charitable contributions program. We developed a program that would increase our impact and expand employee ownership.

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Software Engineering

Azavea and CloudFactory: Partners on Quality Training Data and Social Impact

By Joe Morrison on October 8th, 2019

Read about our journey to hiring an outsourced data labeling firm and how we’ve found a partner in CloudFactory.

Members of the Civic Apps Team in a team huddle.

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Start-Stop-Continue: One Way That We Solicit Feedback

By Robert Cheetham on June 4th, 2019

Employee feedback makes our office space and practices better. We implemented Start-Stop-Continue in 2011 to solicit robust and anonymous employee feedback, and have made significant changes and learned a lot since.

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5 Ways Company Leaders Can Support New Parents in the Workforce

By Rathika D'Cruz on May 31st, 2019

Here are 5 ways companies can make the transition back to work smoother for working parents.