Category: Consulting
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Methods in Ethnographic Management Consulting
When I left Ad Hoc and started up Civic Operator in October 2018, it was a chance to codify and solidify the consulting style I’ve developed over the course of my career into a coherent, useful set of practices. My client during this time has been a manufacturer with facilities all over the country. Over the last year, I…
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Facilitator at the inaugural Mayors Leadership Institute on Smart Cities
Over the last two days I helped facilitate the first Mayors Leadership Institute on Smart Cities of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Here’s a snip from the announcement of the Institute: “The drive to make cities ‘smarter’ is all about harnessing data…
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Launch: Civic Operator, LLC
Today I launched a new venture– Civic Operator– my consulting outfit that focused on hyperlistening. Incorporated today in the great state of Illinois.
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Presentation to CFA 2014 Fellows: Overcoming Objections
Top three best practices in overcoming objections 1. Cheerful, positive, water-like. 2. Stay above. Speak in terms of policy. Make everything repeatable. 3. There are nothing but details. Nothing else matters. Dan O’Neil (773) 960-6045 danielx@gmail.com
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2012 Government Selection Committee for Code for America
I’m helping out the awesome Code for America project as they figure out which cities should be a part of their next program year. 19 governments applied for our 2012 program, and it’s amazing to read about their project ideas, challenges, and passion for changing the way things work. As a growing start-up, we can…
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POLITICAL AD: Make Hoffman Your Constant
I made this ad for election day. It’s meant to be an homage to an ad I did with my Juggernautco partner Jonny Stepping back in November 1992:
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POLITICAL EMAIL: Welcome Email for US Senate Campaign
Here’s an email I created for the Hoffman For Illinois campaign today: Dear Supporter: Now that we have a full campaign team up and running, I wanted to introduce myself, kick off some guidelines for our communications, and give you a look at the fight ahead. I’m Dan O’Neil, the Director of New Media for…
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LEGISLATION: Olympic Oversight Ordinance
Today Alderman Manny Flores of Chicago’s First Ward introduced an ordinance that mandates greater oversight of the Chicago 2016 Bid Committee. I assisted the Alderman in the development of language calling for the release of financial data and other public documents.See some news coverage and download the entire PDF of the ordinance here.
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Presentation: Ragan Conference:”Use Web 2.0 to Keep Up With– and Join– the conversation”
Here’s the presentation I made at the Ragan Conference in Chicago today: Daniel X. Presentation at Ragan Conference, May 2008 View more presentations from Daniel x. O’neil.