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Hello, friends of strategic alignment and public transparency!
It’s me, Planning and Performance Pig, Chief Oink Officer and your favorite data-driven diva from Envisio. I make sure every strategic goal has a measurable outcome, every KPI is accounted for, and not a single dashboard ends up looking like a pigsty.
Some say I’m a perfectionist, to which I say, what’s wrong with perfection? I believe that if you can measure it, you can manage it, and if you can manage it, you can make your community shine brighter than a polished snout at the county fair.
While others wallow in the mud of missed metrics, I’m all about clean metrics and clear plans. A well-aligned plan is no small feat… but for a pig like me, it’s just another day at the trough.
You might say I’m the truffle-sniffer of strategic success! I’m always digging up insights that help governments turn plans into progress.
And let me tell you, my snout is twitching with excitement, because it’s time for the 2025 ICMA Conference in Tampa, Florida—and this pig has planned everything down to the minute.
So get your calendars ready. Let’s make this conference squeal-worthy.
Where to Find Me (and the Envisio Herd)
You’ll find me trotting proudly around Booth #615 during exhibit hours.
Exhibit Hours
- Sunday, October 26: 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- Monday, October 27: 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Closed 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. for the General Session)
- Tuesday, October 28: 10:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
I’ll also be joined by my human teammates: Madison, Liz, Mark, Angela, Laurence, and Craig. They’re the real deal when it comes to strategy, performance, and innovation (but if you ask me, I’m really the one keeping everyone on track…)
Stop by to chat about your planning and performance goals, hoof down on some treats and maybe even walk away with a mini clone of me (or Budgeting Bear!)
Get a first look at Envisio’s brand-new AI Budgeting and Performance agentl. It’s the most exciting thing to happen to local government data since project tracking stopped living in Excel.
Navigator connects budget data, benchmarks, and your Envisio strategy and performance data to give you a clearer pig-ture of where your resources can make the greatest impact on community outcomes.
Please join us for a 15-minute demo as we debut Navigator alongside our technology partners, Tyler Technologies and Polco. Demos will take place on the Tyler Booh (#631) at the following times and dates:
- Sunday, October 26 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm
- Monday, October 27 @ 2:00pm – 2:15pm
- Tuesday, October 28 @ 11:30am – 11:45am
Navigator smart, it’s organized, and frankly, it might be the only thing in the exhibit hall tidier than my quarterly reporting binder.
Sessions Worth Squealing About
Olympic-Level Planning: Strategic Planning for Growth and Economic Gold
Presented by Angela Najab, City of Ontario
Monday, October 27 | 2:45–3:45 PM | Room 120–121
Here’s one of the gold-standard plans we love celebrating! My Envisio bestie (VP, Customer Success) Angela Najab will join Ria Pavia, Jordan Villwock, and Jennifer McLain Hiramoto from the City of Ontario, California. They’ll share how their team turned a 1% sales tax increase—Measure Q—into a citywide vision for sustainable growth and community trust. Ontario built buy-in, set priorities, and delivered results ahead of the 2028 Olympics.
That’s the kind of planning precision that makes my curly tail wiggle!
(And between us—Angela’s project portfolio is so well aligned, I might ask her to help me reorganize my goal hierarchy at home…)
Fiscal Innovation and Economic Resilience Through Rethinking Budgeting
Presented by Liz Steward and the Rethinking Budgeting Trailblazers
Tuesday, October 28 | 9:15–10:15 AM | Room 107–108
My other Envisio bestie, Liz Steward (VP Marketing & Research), will take the stage alongside an incredible group of innovators from the Rethinking Budgeting Trailblazers group. They’ll explore how cities are re-thinking old, incremental budgeting models, and moving toward transparent, agile, outcomes-based budgets
This fun session will give you insights into how to transform your own budgeting process as well as the tools to identify the right starting point for your city. This Choose-Your-Own-Adventure panel session will be interactive, with some surprising twists and turns.
I’ll be sitting in the front row with my notepad, underlining key takeaways until the oink runs dry. Join the quest for better budgeting!
When the Work Is Done: The ICMA RiverWalk Social
Tampa Riverwalk Social | Sunday, October 26, from 6:30–9:30 PM
Bob Buckhorn River Center (formerly the Tampa River Center).
Even a perfectionist pig such as myself knows how to let loose (within reason). Envisio is once again co-hosting our annual #GovTechForGood party with our friends from HdL Companies, FlashVote, Citibot, Deckard Technologies, Library Systems & Services, and The Sports Facilities Companies.
We’ll have great food, live music from The Fulcos, free drinks and – if last year’s party is anything to go by – some memorable moves on the dancefloor. We’ll also be serving snacks and a full charcuterie board. Bit unsettling for a pig, but I’m trying not to make it about me…
At any rate, all proceeds from the raffle go to a local Tampa charity, and space is limited. So RSVP early!
Why I’m Proud to Be a Planning Pig
At Envisio, we help governments connect vision to execution, data to decisions, and strategy to accountability. A good plan doesn’t need to be flashy—it needs to be results-focused, living, and measurable. It should help you course-correct when things change, celebrate when milestones are met, and keep everyone focused on the outcomes that matter most.
That’s why I love what I do. Every clean dataset, every updated dashboard, every quarterly review all adds up to something bigger: a culture of transparency and trust. It’s the kind of steady, thoughtful progress that turns vision into reality.
So if you stop by Booth #615 in Tampa, come say hello. I’ll be there chatting with my friends at Envisio, talking shop about strategy and performance, and showing off our new AI Budgeting & Performance tool. Together, we’ll talk about:
- How to keep your plans alive
- How to measure and report performance
- How to make your goals, decisions, and progress transparent through beautiful, interactive community dashboards.
And that’s what being Planning Pig is all about! No wallowing, no waste—just purposeful progress, one well-aligned action at a time. See you in Tampa!
