ELGL member Luke Floyd (LinkedIn and Twitter) writes about the tricks-of-the-trade of social media. Luke Floyd works for BoardSync and is writing a book about advancing your organization via social media. When it comes to curating content and finding prospects to share it with, sorting through your Twitter feed can make you want to pull … Continued
Twitter! Facebook! SnapChat! Pinterest! Instagram! Does any of it make a difference? This report seems to indicate that social media has a growing influence on the public discourse. Social media has clearly changed how we receive and engage with information. But many complex questions remain about exactly what role it plays in shaping public discourse … Continued
By Kim Newcomer, Slate Communications, LinkedIn and Twitter It’s that time of year. The euphoria of the holidays has worn off. Snow has turned from magical into a huge pain in the butt. And we’ve all broken our New Year’s resolutions. It can mean only one thing: it’s annual report season. Yes, the tried and true … Continued
Bridget Doyle, director of community relations for the city of Sterling Heights, Mich., and former communications coordinator for the village of Lombard, Ill., is a member of ELGL leadership team. By Bridget Doyle — LinkedIn and Twitter Since this summer, the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan has been working with a social media management and … Continued
Angelica Wedell brings more than eight years of experience in multimedia communications to her role as marketing and business development coordinator and editor-in-chief of The Civil Review at National Research Center, Inc. White House Social Media Strategies You Can Use By Angelica Wedell – LinkedIn and Twitter It’s no secret that the White House has … Continued
By: Kim Newcomer, LinkedIn and Twitter You would be hard pressed to find someone who would describe government as trendy. Skinny jeans and retro-moustaches? Not in this Town Hall! Yet with the rise of infographics and data visualization, government FINALLY has the opportunity to hang with the cool kids. If there is one thing we have … Continued
Angelica Wedell brings more than eight years of experience in multimedia communications to her role as marketing and business development coordinator and editor-in-chief of The Civil Review at National Research Center, Inc (NRC). By Angelica Wedell – LinkedIn, Twitter, Website A new year is on the horizon, along with a host of local government conferences to … Continued
Ashley Fruechting is Sr. Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships for Santa Monica, Calif.-based Vision Internet, a leader in government website development with more than 600 government, non-profit and education clients across the U.S. and Canada. By Ashley Fruechting – LinkedIn and Twitter When I began working with local government agencies ten years ago, the … Continued
Kim Newcomer, Slate Communications, provides substance to the trendy, but often hollow, suggestion that local government needs to tell a better story. By Kim Newcomer – LinkedIn and Twitter Every new parent has that moment. The one where you look lovingly at your newborn child and think, “What the hell am I supposed to do with … Continued
In the Local Government Challenge, University of Texas-Arlington students will focus on developing effective approaches to community engagement. We’ll hear from practitioners over the next couple of months about what’s working for them. Stephen Tanner, City of Plano, TX, writes about the Instagram campaign, #LovePlano. To help roll out the City of Plano’s new Instagram account, … Continued
