COVID-19

Jun 19, 2020

Jumpstarting Local Government

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

Jun 16, 2020

First in Future: Rebecca Tippett and Stacey Carless on the US Census

Summary: So far this year only a little over half of NC households have self-responded to the Census, and we lag behind other states and behind where we were this… 

Jun 15, 2020

IEI Announces New Grant Program to Fund Digital Inclusion Plans Across NC

Seth Ervin took the stage at the ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on February 10 and painted a picture of today’s technological world.  “It’s a world barreling towards progress without… 

Jun 12, 2020

Jumpstarting Tourism

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

Jun 2, 2020

First in Future: Jordan Roberts Health Care Policy Analyst at the John Locke Foundation

Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated more attention for telemedicine. As more people access health care through their phones and computers, the John Locke Foundation and Brookings Institution have prepared… 

May 29, 2020

Civic Conversations In Time Of Pandemic

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

May 29, 2020

Director’s Log | May 2020

Grieving Together Over the past 10 weeks, the Institute for Emerging Issues has been talking with our statewide and local partners to try to understand this confusing crisis we are… 

May 22, 2020

The Way Back from Unemployment?

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

May 19, 2020

First in Future: CIO of the City of Asheville Jonathan Feldman

Summary: This First in Future episode features Jonathan Feldman, CIO of the City of Asheville, columnist for InformationWeek, author of “Beyond Transparency” and technology speaker with a sense of humor.… 

May 15, 2020

First in Future: COVID-19 and Mental Health

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is…