HONORING CIVIC STORYTELLERS

Kristin shaped and launched the Sharman Stein Award for Storytelling Changemakers. The annual award honors the memory of What Works Cities’ founding Director of Communications by recognizing a city official or team who draws on the power of public communication to cultivate trust and collaboration between local government and residents. The Office of Communication for the City of Arlington, Texas, was selected as the inaugural winner because the team epitomizes Stein’s call for cities to tell stories of progress so as to build trust and invite the public to actively engage in civic life. Kristin secured an exclusive in Government Technology to break the news.