Category: Communications & Engagement

Trending Now! Finalist: City of Lenexa, KS

We’ve heard from City of Hamilton, OH, City of Kansas City, MO, City of Las Vegas, NV, and now, we round out the Final Four with the City of Lenexa, KS. Hat tip to Kristen Waggener for coordinating the city’s response. City of Lenexa, KS KC Biz Journal: Two metro cities make it to final four in social media competition The … Continued

Trending Now! Finalist: City of Las Vegas, NV

Let’s meet our Trending Now! finalists. We started with the City of Hamilton, OH and City of Kansas City, MO, today we visit Las Vegas, NV.  Hat tip to Jennifer Davies for coordinating the city’s response. City of Las Vegas, NV Link: City of Las Vegas competing for social media award When you visit Las Vegas, you expect an … Continued

Trending Now! Finalist: City of Kansas City, MO

Let’s meet our Trending Now! finalists. We started with the City of Hamilton, OH, today we visit Kansas City, MO.  Hat tip to Mark Van Baale for coordinating the city’s response. The 4-1-1 on Kansas City, MO KC Biz Journal: Two metro cities make it to final four in social media competition From Mayor Sly James to the … Continued

Trending Now! Finalist: City of Hamilton, Ohio

Let’s meet our Trending Now! finalists starting with the City of Hamilton, OH. Hat tip to Adam Helms for coordinating the city’s response. The 4-1-1 on Hamilton Journal News: Hamilton advances to final four of a social media contest The digital front door to the city of Hamilton, OH (population of 62,447) is a very ungovernment-like website that … Continued

Fun Facts about Trending Now! Finalists

Since the Trending Now! award has been called the “Super Bowl of Local Government”, we feel obliged to follow the NFL’s lead by giving our finalists a week to rest from the rigors of online voting. We’ll highlight each finalist this week and launch the final voting on July 5. City of Hamilton, OH Hamilton advances … Continued

Final 4 for the Inaugural Trending Now! Award

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

How Three Local Governments Increased Their Social Media Impact

By Ashley Fruechting, Senior Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships Though they come from very different communities, Brett White of West Hollywood, CA, Anthony Wilson of San Angelo, TX and Jen Snyder of Queen Creek, AZ definitely have one thing in common – they’re taking their local government social media presence to the next level. … Continued

ELGL Double Dose at ILCMA & WCMA Summer Conference!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Get ready for a double dose of ELGL at the upcoming ILCMA/WCMA Summer Conference! In a few week’s ELGL will hit the road and travel to Fontana, WI to help present two sessions at the joint ILCMA & WCMA summer conference! So what can you expect from this cross border gathering of aspiring leaders and … Continued

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