It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Leeanne Singleton City of Hermosa Beach, California – City Manager’s Office Connect: LinkedIn Hermosa Beach attractions The beach (obviously) The greenbelt Beach volleyball Pier Avenue shops + restaurants Summer activities Summer concerts (and movies) at the … Continued
Videos, proclamations, graphic, and giveaways — the hype for the 2nd annual International #CityHallSelfie Day has been incredible. Luckily, much of the creative preparation for #CityHallSelfie Day is transferable to future projects that you or your staff may work on. Sign up to share your experience on how your organization prepared for #CityHallSelfie Day. By Nick Smith, LinkedIn and … Continued
Link: Sign up as a guest writer. Videos, proclamations, graphic, and giveaways — the hype for the 2nd annual International #CityHallSelfie Day has been incredible. Luckily, much of the creative preparation for #CityHallSelfie Day is transferable to future projects that you or your staff may work on. We want to capture the creative spirit in … Continued
It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Eric Wright Communications – City of Gadsden, Alabama Connect: LinkedIn City Departments The Gadsden Public Library Gadsden-Etowah Emergency Management Agency Public Works Parks and Recreation Holidays Thanksgiving (what other holidays have pie?) Office Pet Peeves Empty … Continued
How does your community share information about your local government website, social media channels, and digital services? Clay Pearson shared the report he provides to his governing board and we want to see more good ideas on how to share this important information. If you have a report you’d like to add to this compilation, … Continued
By Angelica Wedell, National Research Center, Inc. Every local government has an invested interest in building and maintaining a meaningful relationship with its residents. But it can be hard to keep up with a world that rapidly changes the way it talks. The average person today is walking around with a computer in their pocket, kids … Continued
Mayor Levar Stoney City of Richmond, Virginia Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter The youngest Mayor ever elected to serve the City of Richmond, VA joins GovLove. Mayor Levar Stoney talked about why he wanted to run for local office, what he’s learned so far in his seven months on the job and how he’s working to … Continued
In this post, Bang the Table‘s Engagement Manager, Casey Earp, offers tips to make your community engagement efforts truly inclusive. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It is Sunday afternoon and your tires are melting in your driveway. There aren’t many sports teams to cheer for and even less to watch on TV. What do you do? Grab the Sunday newspaper! … Continued
By John Lisle (LinkedIn & Twitter), Chief of External Affairs at DC Water Last month, Jennifer Davies with the City of Las Vegas wrote a great post about a request she often fields from within the government: “We want our own Facebook page.” Reading Jennifer’s sensible advice on what to consider before saying yes, I immediately thought … Continued
In this post, Bang the Table‘s Engagement Specialist, Jeremy Shackett, pulls back the curtain on City Council Chamber design and how it affects community engagement. As an urban planner, I have been exposed to ways that design of public space affects human behavior. This extends to community engagement: how we design our processes affects the … Continued
