As part of our mission to help our members find joy in public service, ELGL offers high-quality, accessible, affordable learning opportunities in a variety of formats. This month, we’re opening applications to our next Level Up Cohort, a three-month program to help local governments adapt to online community engagement, learn the basics, and create a … Continued
Brought to you by Engagement Manager, Meghan Ruble, of Bang the Table. A few weeks ago, I started to notice some commonality across conversations from community engagement practitioners around the world, largely centered around despair. The sentiments were generally, “My work is on hold indefinitely. How can we go on engaging when the world is on … Continued
Brought to you by Anthea Robinson-Shaw, Engagement and Client Account Manager at Bang the Table. What would you think if a stranger walked up to you and asked you how you felt? You would think it a bit odd and be less likely to share what you genuinely feel. Recently I had the pleasure of joining … Continued
Brought to you by US Practice Lead, Amanda Nagl of Bang the Table. The International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) is hosting their annual conference in Banff, Canada and have asked that all proposals incorporate a mountain theme. This got me thinking about the many mountains we climb as engagement professionals. For me, the mountains … Continued
This post was written by Jordan Gilgenbach, Digital Communications Coordinator for the City of Minneapolis, MN. It was in response to a very active Twitter conversation on Friday, February 14, 2020. As public servants, we understand the thanklessness and invisibility of many of our jobs. When we do good things, and do them well, we … Continued
Brought to you by Engagement Manager, Meghan Ruble, of Bang the Table. Today is the day! Your online engagement site is going live, a culmination of months, perhaps years of work to foster internal buy-in, secure funding, identify projects, create content, gather images and finally launch your site. Congratulations! Now the real work begins. In my … Continued
Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, TN. Come @ me: Twitter & LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: About to start reading Fair play: a game-changing solution for when you have too much to do (and more life to live) by Eve Rodsky. What I’m Listening to: … Continued
Missed our Looking Beyond Online and In-Person: Unified Engagement webinar from December 12, 2019? You can view the full recording of Unified Engagement with Public Input, Greenville, and H2M here. You can download the slide presentation here. Thinking in terms of “online engagement” and “traditional engagement” limits our ability to see the big picture and … Continued
Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m watching: It’s Halloween, so … let’s just recommend Cabin in the Woods and Tucker and Dale vs Evil — easily my two favorite “horror movies” What I’m reading: Citizenville by Gavin Newsom What I’m listening to: Jimmy Eat World’s new album, Surviving — crazy to think they’ve … Continued
Linn Davis Program Manager Healthy Democracy LinkedIn Tackling tough policy questions with citizens. Linn Davis from Healthy Democracy joined the podcast to talk about the work of Healthy Democracy and how they use citizen juries to inform decisions. He also shared how they have worked with local governments like Milwaukie, Oregon to engage citizens on … Continued
