#WeBuiltThisCity Infrastructure nerds rejoice! ELGL is happy to announce the first #WeBuiltThisCity webinar on April 23 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. The City of Pearland, Texas has lent us Michael Leech, Assistant Public Works Director, for this exciting webinar on the benefits of a programmatic approach to road maintenance. Register here! Stretched budgets … Continued
Link: Register for the Webinar on May 13 #ELGLInnovation ELGL and PublicStuff have partnered up to offer a second webinar focused on local governments experience with mobile apps.
Local Government Goes Mobile With the proliferation of mobile apps it’s natural for local governments to get in on the action. But what’s the best route? Should IT departments build their own app or should we buy them on the private marketplace?
Budget for the People: Alameda County Ramps Up Financial Transparency Our friends at Socrata are all about data transparency, and they’re hosting a webinar on March 31 about financial transparency in Alameda County, CA. Find out more below and register here!
Local Gov Certificate The good people at Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs joined us for a webinar that explained their online local government management certificate program. The only program like it in the country, the speakers explained how they are helping to train the next generation of leaders in local government. You … Continued
CA Managers On February 19th we heard from GrassrootsLab, a public affairs firm from California, which recently released a report on city management. One of the most enlightening findings was that female city managers tend to serve shorter tenures than their male counterparts, a hidden glass ceiling. As a part of ELGL’s ongoing #13Percent campaign to bring … Continued
#TownGown This week ELGL members had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Stephen Gavazzi. A marriage and family counselor by trade, he’s turned that skill set on studying the relationships between universities and the towns they are located in. The webinar covered his research into the topic, questions from attendees, and a tool that measures town-gown … Continued
#SeattleStartup Rebecca Lovell from Startup Seattle shared some great lessons and insights during her webinar on how Seattle has gone “all in” on the technology startup sector of their economy. Attendees learned how Rebecca has worked to engage high school students, minorities and women in the technology startup scene. She’s also acted as a matchmaker, … Continued
Register for the webinar on March 18 #ELGLInnovation Join ELGL for a webinar to discuss local governments experience with mobile apps. A panel of local government all stars will share their experience developing, implementing, and finding the right constituent relationship management (CRM) solution for their communities. We will talk about what drove interest in developing a mobile … Continued
One of the benefits of ELGL membership is access to our Webinar Library, where you can watch and listen to already aired webinars. After a huge turnout for the #13Percent webinar we now have the recording available to you. Women in Local Government After their article on the number of women in city manager positions … Continued
