This is a tool in the ELGL Civic Engagement Toolbox. WHO: Bang The Table WHAT: Digital citizen engagement and participatory budgeting. CATEGORIES: Citizen engagement Participatory budgeting PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: Email us if your agency uses this civic engagement tool. TELL US YOUR STORIES: Email us your stories about this civic engagement tool. CONTACT INFORMATION: Matt Crozier, … Continued
By Kent Wyatt, ELGL Co-Founder Michael Karlik was today’s guest on ELGL Live!. Michael is a comedian and creator of City Council Chronicles. If you missed the live taping, we’ll release the interview as a GovLove podcast. You can listen to the Periscope recording here. Here are my takeaways from the interview. The celebrity that … Continued
ELGL organizational member Vision Internet is offering a free webinar “Content Strategy Playbook for Your Local Government Team” on July 21 at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT. Register now – go ahead, do it. The 4-1-1 Does your website content communicate effectively with residents or does it miss the mark? Do your team members … Continued
Unless your head has been buried in budget documents for the last month, you know that Michael Karlik, comedian and creator of City Council Chronicles, is appearing on ELGL Live! tomorrow at 11:00 a.m./EST and 8:00 a.m. PST. We’ll record the interview for a future GovLove podcast. ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt is the interviewer and he … Continued
New feature! We’ll use this feature to address rumors, myths, and whispers about ELGL and local government. This week, the Weekly Reader featured the Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (Jonah Ryan for Congress Remix) post. A reader expressed concern about ELGL’s promotion of an elected official. ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt takes a few minutes to outline ELGL’s position … Continued
Data Download: Measures to Meaning is a five part series by Kirsten Wyatt and Stacy Schweikhart about the recently released data on the numbers of women in local government management, as collected and distributed by ICMA. Part I: The Data Download Part II: Finding Meaning in the Measures Part III: Insights and Ideas Challenge Part IV: … Continued
ELGL is seeking contributions from you…yeah, YOU! We want to hear about your experiences, ideas, and unique perspectives. We get your content, you get published on a prestigious, Nobel Prize for Literature Award-winning blog…well, not that last part, but you do get to tell your mom you’re famous. Check out our monthly topics and sign-up for a week to … Continued
Hat tip to ELGL member Stephen Harding (LinkedIn) for including ELGL in his recent PA Times article. Stephen writes how “each passing generation not only develops a generalized sense of self and reality, it creates its own needs based agenda.” The Millennial Generation—Is There a Challenge to Civic Engagement? As observed by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic of the … Continued
We’re back with another installment of The Deputy series. Today we hear from Danielle Noble, Deputy City Manager for Santa Monica, CA
This guest post is by Zach Navin with the City of Mequon, WI – LinkedIn and Twitter. Zach writes about the benefits of hosting elementary school students at city halls to promote understanding of municipal services. This week, the city of Mequon, WI had the privilege of giving tours of city hall to first grade students from Wilson … Continued
