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Speaker 1: It's a learning experience, a place for mayor's, town managers,

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Speaker 1: city councilors, and others across local government to learn from

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Speaker 1: one another.

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Speaker 2: They're all operating critical services that people in the Commonwealth

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Speaker 2: rely on, and they want to be efficient. They want

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Speaker 2: to be effective, they want to be innovative.

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Speaker 1: That's Adam Chapterlaane. He's the executive director of the Massachusetts

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Speaker 1: Municipal Association that puts on Connect three fifty one each year, and.

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Speaker 2: Putting together a conference like this helps people come and learn,

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Speaker 2: learn from one another, learn from the workshops we put on.

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Speaker 1: In addition to speakers, the trade show, and over a

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Speaker 1: dozen workshops, they also tried out something new this year.

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Speaker 1: If you know the show hot Ones where people answer

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Speaker 1: questions while eating wings that get hotter and hotter, Well,

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Speaker 1: it was basically that, but with local leaders answering questions

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Speaker 1: about the challenges facing local government.

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Speaker 2: It seemed like the heat was turned up on them

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Speaker 2: literally and figuratively. But it seemed like it also created

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Speaker 2: a little more comfort and candor and the questions that

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Speaker 2: they were being asked and what they were able to

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Speaker 2: share with attendees in Seaport.

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