Connect with Monica (LinkedIn & Twitter) Connect with Sarah (LinkedIn & Twitter) This week we profile an innovative community engagement effort from the City of Charlotte, North Carolina. Sarah Hazel and Monica Holmes come on to talk about Open Streets 704, an event where they shut down the streets to cars and opened them to people. Supplemental Reading … Continued
The second session that ELGL cohosted today at AWC #WACities was called “Getting Your City Digital.” We also recorded the session for a GovLove Live eposide, which will be published soon. Here’s an overview of this session for ELGL members to consider as they plan their own local government conferences. Luke and Chris did a … Continued
My new favorite conference session to promote for local government organizations is to showcase newspaper and blog journalists and get their feedback on how local government can improve and strengthen media relations. Included below are the question areas that we asked for the #WACities panel, and here are the presentation slides. Please feel free to borrow this … Continued
#WACities – Day One Day one of the Association of Washington Cities conference didn’t disappoint. Here are some reflections and connections from the conference. First, Everett is adorable. There’s a nice little downtown, and the conference facility is attached to the hockey stadium, so there’s a very different feel here, to be mixing and mingling where normally … Continued
From 50 to 14 to 4, we have the inaugural Final Four for the Trending Now! Award. More than 16,300 votes were cast. Numerous media outlets covered the competition. Numerous community leaders and groups took to Facebook and Twitter to encourage their community to vote. The finalists are: City of Hamilton, OH City of Kansas City, … Continued
After a 5.5 hour drive north, I finally made it to Everett for the AWC conference! Everett selected “Everett: Be Surprised!” as their city slogan. Here’s a key quote from their ec dev director about the slogan: “It just sounded better than ‘Everett, it doesn’t stink anymore,‘ ” joked Lanie McMullin, the city’s new economic … Continued
I’m very proud that ELGL and AWC are working together once again on the AWC annual conference! This year, we’re cohosting four separate conference sessions: Wednesday @ 2:00 – Hands on social media Interested in dipping your toes in the social media waters? This session provides step-by-step basics on how elected officials can most effectively … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Your ELGL team will span the nation this week – Kirsten Wyatt, Luke Fretwell & Chris Maddox will be in Everett, WA for the Association of Washington Cities annual conference, and Kent Wyatt & Ben McCready will be in Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, WI for the Wisconsin City Management Association (WCMA)/Illinois City Management Association (ILCMA) summer conference. We’ll be live … Continued
According to the Center for State & Local Government Excellence, 54% of governments reported an increase in retirements in the past year. That silver tsunami we’ve been warned about? It’s finally happening. ELGL is starting a new writing series to interview retiring or retired local government workers to capture their stories, in the interest of preserving … Continued
Learn how you can use Snapchat to document the fun and interesting work of your local government, and appeal to a demographic that uses this photo-based app extensively. We’ll discuss everything from creating your own geofilter, to using Snapchat to capture pictures and video during events, to compiling and sharing your Snaps after your event … Continued
