Who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned performance reivew? ELGL loves them so much that we’re embarking on a “360 Review of Local Government.” We’re going to evaluate every single inch of the local government arena by talking to ourselves (a.k.a: other local government professionals), tech companies, journalists, professors, and anyone else who hasn’t blocked our … Continued
Who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned performance reivew? ELGL loves them so much that we’re embarking on a “360 Review of Local Government.” We’re going to evaulate every single inch of the local government arena by talking to ourselves (a.k.a: other local government professionals), tech companies, journalists, professors, and anyone else who hasn’t blocked our … Continued
Cheryl Hughes, City of Palmdale, CA returns with the latest and greatest from Southern California. Where ever you are reading this from, it’s a safe bet that Cheryl has nicer weather. We’re all busy, but we’re never too busy to keep up with the latest trends in local government. I’ve saved you the work by … Continued
CIVIC LEADERS will launch in December! The cat is out of the bag. (Whatever that means.) ELGL is partnering with Springbrook Software and Volsta Media to bring you a new offering called, “Civic Leaders.” Civic Leaders will be a show about interesting local government leaders and topics. Consider this an early Christmas present as we’ll launch … Continued
Ben Kittelson, the reigning Knope of the Week, is driving cross country this week to his new home in Carrboro, NC. It was a no-brainer that he’d make a pit stop in the Land of Cookingham – Kansas City, MO. Thanks to our good friend Rick Usher, Kansas City assistant city manager, the stop was … Continued
As a precursor to our webinar with GovFresh, we’ve asked Sam Taylor, City of Ferndale, WA, to write about his city’s experience in using WordPress. Background Check Sam Taylor (LinkedIn and Twitter) is a Certified Municipal Clerk, a former journalist, and current Master in Public Administration Student at Kent State University. He’s worked for the … Continued
We’ve heard plenty about the cloud, some of us have even watched horrific movies about it – that’s right we’re talking about the 2014 bomb “Sex Tape” with Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz – and some of us heard about the celebrities who had pictures “taken” from the cloud. Don’t worry we’re not asking for a show … Continued
Assistant City Manager Mary Jacobs applies values to job Similar to how Frasier spun off from Cheers, ELGL has spun off our Quick Take series into Time Out for Mentoring. We’ve invited those who were named a mentor in our Quick Take series to answer two simple questions, “who are your mentors?” and “what does it mean … Continued
Easy as 1, 2,3: Ranked Ballot Voting and Ontario’s Municipal Elections by Ashleigh Weeden October is municipal election season in Ontario, Canada; on October 27th, communities across the province will go to the polls to select their municipal leaders for the next four years. In recent years, voter turn-out for all elections has been, well, … Continued
Socrata Launches Apps Marketplace to Help Governments The 70’s had the free love movement, this decade has the open data movement. One of the leaders of that movement is Socrata. You may remember them from #ELGL14 – huge computer monitor, cool giveaways, and right by the pizza line. In case we didn’t get a chance … Continued
