<p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">Register now for the GIS Management Competency Model Workshop on March 4 (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-geospatial-management-competency-model-for-successful-gis-managers-registration-1216936442659" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: auto; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; color: rgb(76, 140, 246); text-decoration: none; background: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s; touch-action: manipulation;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-geospatial-management-competency-model-for-successful-gis-managers-registration-1216936442659</a>) </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">A Successful GIS Management Career Requires Lifelong Development. </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">Registration is now open for the GIS Management Academy<span class="theme-emoji">™️</span> workshop: ‘The Geospatial Management Competency Model for Successful GIS Managers. This 2-hour online workshop will be presented on March 4 at 10am PT, (GMT -8) by Greg Babinski, who was co-chair of the committee that developed the GMCM.  </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-align:center;"><img width="263" src="cid:a323b0ad-3fb3-4077-90bc-d220005d2ee9" alt="A white sign with black textAI-generated content may be incorrect." fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; padding: unset; position: relative; max-width: 100%;"></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">GIS management is a challenging profession. The Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM) was developed by URISA and adopted by the US Department of Labor Employment Training Administration as an integral part of the Geospatial Technology Competency Model. The GMCM serves as a guide for GIS managers to understand and master the critical competencies for a successful and impactful career. </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">Effective GIS management is a critical success factor for an agency to leverage the potential of its investment in geospatial data and technology and to maximize GIS ROI. GIS management is often seen as the culmination of a career in GIS. </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">Through hands-on exercises, workshop attendees will complete an initial assessment of their own geospatial management competencies against the GMCM. Attendees will generate a report based on their input that will allow them to compare their competencies with peers and to plan their future priority competency development.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">Greg Babinski, MA is a GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow, and URISA Past-President. He has more than 35 years of GIS management experience, teaching, and authoring. In three years more than 600 students have completed GIS Management Academy<span class="theme-emoji">™️</span> training. Don’t miss this GIS management training opportunity in March.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">Learn more and register today at: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-geospatial-management-competency-model-for-successful-gis-managers-registration-1216936442659" target="_blank" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: auto; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; color: rgb(76, 140, 246); text-decoration: none; background: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s; touch-action: manipulation;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-geospatial-management-competency-model-for-successful-gis-managers-registration-1216936442659</a></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">-Greg Babinski, MA, GISP, EthicalGEO Fellow</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; user-select: inherit; scrollbar-color: var(--scrollbar-active-color) transparent; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">The GIS Management Academy<span class="theme-emoji">™️</span> </p><img class="flm-open" width="0" height="0" style="border:0;width:0;height:0;" src="https://api.flockmail.com/dc/t/mo/v2?t=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJwIjoiMTAwMiA3NzQ1MjEgZ2lzX2luZm9Ab21scy5vcmVnb24uZ292IDkyOGJlMGI0YjVhMjVjZTU4ZjMxYjY4YjMyMzc4MzVmIDM3NzcxNDQ4MTAwMTEwMzM4IDEgPyIsImV4cCI6MTc1NTQ1MjE3NH0.uWnXiwSrYzT_DGG83iTs0jKXp-3wu7cHSf57_RYAZjRLScOWmFSS__bZpZC1_JWLhqPld8vK07dACFYIU9f1Ww">