Category: Data & Technology

Supply and The Man

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m watching: Technology Connections — A YouTube channel that explains the inner workings of household stuff in a fun, digestible way What I’m listening to: Optimism (as a Radical Life Choice) by Spanish Love Songs — Good ol’ Midwestern emo that made my 2020 Mount Rushmore of Music. … Continued

What Citizens Want: New Research From the Center for Digital Government

How Citizens Prefer to Access Local Government Services How do U.S. citizens feel about the accessibility of local government services? We’re living in the midst of a boom of options for connectivity. With this in mind, Rock Solid Technologies partnered with the Center for Digital Government and Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) to conduct a … Continued

Three No-Cost Training Solutions for Local Government Training Offices

Like many government training offices at the start of the COVID19 quarantine, you may have had to switch quickly from in-person training to online training. In my former office at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we converted all the in-person classes to online delivery through WebEx. Thankfully, our staff was prepared because most of … Continued

ELGL Announces Membership Directory

ELGL Members, you now have a directory full of awesome people to explore! Great news! ELGL is happy to announce that we are launching our ELGL Member Directory. This will be a unique way to look up members based on states so you can find other ELGL members in your region.  The directory will show … Continued

Guide to Buying Local Government Websites

Contributed by ELGL member Kevin Herman, chief operating officer of ProudCity. This post is part of a series on best practices for buying, launching and maintaining great local government websites. The Guide to Buying Local Government Websites empowers government leaders to make holistic, intelligent decisions when it comes to procuring quality online services needed to … Continued

How to Test the Health of Your Local Government Website

Contributed by ELGL member Kevin Herman, chief operating officer of ProudCity. This post is part of a series on best practices for buying, launching and maintaining great local government websites. There are a number of factors that go into ensuring your local government website meets general digital government standards and provides a great user experience … Continued

Strategy & Performance Management Training

5 Solutions For Your Toughest Strategic Planning Pain Points The City of Germantown, TN, and ClearPoint Strategy collaborated to provide this strategy & performance management training to the Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort on January 28, 2020. We invited the City of Germantown, TN, to share their performance management journey with the group to … Continued

Webinar Recording: Unified Engagement with Public Input, Greenville, and H2M

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

Close window