Cycle 7 of the Show Me Challenge concluded on September 29, 2023. Eight finalist teams presented their ideas to a panel of judges made up of state government senior leaders. The presentations were high in creativity and identified practical ways to solve challenges and how we can work better together.
Congratulations to the winners!
MO VTIP
Show Me MO Sirens
Operation Show Me Brighter Futures
Show Me MO Sirens is a project that will focus on enhancing the safety of not only the guests and employees in the parks but also the surrounding communities by getting storm sirens installed in state parks where no sirens can be heard and cell phone reception may not be reliable enough to adequately warn of severe weather.
Team Members:
Kimberly Pedigo
Chad Stegner
Dustin Young
Kendal Wright
Amanda Jacober
Kelly Mottaz
DNR
DNR
DNR
DNR
DNR
DPS
Our pitch is designed to make learning more fun and engaging, through gamification, to increase professional development for team members across the state.
Team Members:
Colleen Dowd
Connie Jones
Amy Brune
Amanda Kremer
Jennifer Hyleck
Adam Knaebel
Brian Kempker
April Kirchner
DOLIR
DOLIR
DOLIR
DOLIR
DOLIR
DNR
DPS
DOLIR
Our pitch is designed to make learning more fun and engaging, through gamification, to increase professional development for team members across the state.
Team Members:
Elizabeth Schulte
Brad Gerling
Crystal Baraboo
Hannah Wilson
Daniel Epler
Ben Terrell
Lauren Hildreth
DMH
DCI
DOR
DOR
DED
DHSS
MDC
The utilization and implementation of OneNote 2016 to centralize information, increase production, and reduce turnover.
Team Members:
Becky Lee
Andrew Schnieders
Elizabeth Horn
Courtney Myer
Shelly Forbis
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
MO VTIP (Vicarious Trauma Improvement Plan) enhances wellness services for Missouri State Employees experiencing the effects of workplace post-traumatic stress to improve their quality of life and facilitate service delivery to Missouri citizens.
Team Members:
Rachel Jones
Meckenzie Hayes
Sarah Jones
Tara Meisenheimer
Todd Houf
Johanna Bisges
Shawn Holzhauser
Brian Miller
DMH
DOC
DNR
MODOT
MDC
DSS
DPS
MONG
Show Me Retention seeks to address loss of core expertise through a program across agencies that retains institutional knowledge, increases skill competency among staff and maintain regulatory leverage with all stakeholders.
Team Members:
Racheal Ajayi
Breanon Dowling
Chad Gray
Muhammad Hanif
Cody Shelton
DNR
DNR
DNR
DNR
DNR
The Giving Citizen’s Options team proposes to create a new process where the communications and documents for Administrative Hearings can be sent completely electronically vs. physical mail to better serve Missouri citizens and provide cost savings to the State.
Team Members:
Katie McDaniel
Danielle Blue
Dana O’Connell
Tina Bruns
Sarrah Stone
Joe Cox
Sharita Cummings
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
We will promote career exploration to youth ages 15 through 18 in the custody of Children’s Division and the Division of Youth Services through the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Career Exploration program (CEP) to encourage positive career options for those youth, both in the private sector and the military, prior to aging out.
Team Members:
Shannon Ernst
Kathryn Dinwiddie
Tyler Batican
Charles Davis
Craig Stevenson
DSS
DSS
DSS
Active Guard Reserve
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