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Final 4 for the Inaugural Trending Now! Award

Posted on June 21, 2016

From 50 to 14 to 4, we have the inaugural Final Four for the Trending Now! Award. More than 16,300 votes were cast. Numerous media outlets covered the competition. Numerous community leaders and groups took to Facebook and Twitter to encourage their community to vote. The finalists are: City of Hamilton, OH City of Kansas City,...

How Three Local Governments Increased Their Social Media Impact

Posted on June 20, 2016

By Ashley Fruechting, Senior Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships Though they come from very different communities, Brett White of West Hollywood, CA, Anthony Wilson of San Angelo, TX and Jen Snyder of Queen Creek, AZ definitely have one thing in common – they’re taking their local government social media presence to the next level....

Romulus

Posted on June 10, 2016

This is a tool in the ELGL Civic Engagement Toolbox. WHO: Romulus WHAT: Online citizen response management tool CATEGORIES: Citizen response management Task workflow and routing Data analysis COST: Software as a service Pricing based per user, per month PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: Chicago, Illinois Oakland, Calif. Miami, Florida Boston, Mass. Columbus, Ohio Orlando, Florida Jersey City,...

Bang the Table

Posted on June 10, 2016

This is a tool in the ELGL Civic Engagement Toolbox. WHO: Bang The Table WHAT: Digital citizen engagement and participatory budgeting. CATEGORIES: Citizen engagement Participatory budgeting PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: Email us if your agency uses this civic engagement tool. TELL US YOUR STORIES: Email us your stories about this civic engagement tool. CONTACT INFORMATION: Matt Crozier,...

ELGL Double Dose at ILCMA & WCMA Summer Conference!

Posted on June 6, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Get ready for a double dose of ELGL at the upcoming ILCMA/WCMA Summer Conference! In a few week’s ELGL will hit the road and travel to Fontana, WI to help present two sessions at the joint ILCMA & WCMA summer conference! So what can you expect from this cross border gathering of aspiring leaders and...

Public Engagement in the Digital Age: Local Governments Surmounting Internet Negativity

Posted on June 1, 2016

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 The Internet allows for quick and convenient public engagement through social media, forums and comments. Businesses...

Winner! Winner! Chad Vader Brings Home the Trophy

Posted on May 9, 2016

The Cap Times: Chad Vader voter ID video wins best municipal public service announcement The votes have been cast, the hanging chads have been ignored, and the first annual "Best Local Government Video" award has been revealed. On ELGL Live!, we revealed that Scott McDonell (Dane County, WI) and Chad Vader won the most prestigious award...

PlaceSpeak Features ELGL Co-Founder

Posted on May 2, 2016

PlaceSpeak publishes a monthly interview with experts in urbanism, public engagement, and civic technology. ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt is featured in May. The entire interview is available at - In Conversation With Kent Wyatt. The interview covers: The switch from "Emerging" to "Engaging" Local Government Leaders "Our goal was to engage all areas of local government,...

Webinar: PlaceSpeak & Local Governments – Engaging Legitimately Online

Posted on April 27, 2016

This webinar will examine what makes PlaceSpeak the leading location based online community engagement for local government. The event will cover the advantages of PlaceSpeak for ongoing citizen consultations. Attendees will see the latest design, features and functionality that the platform offers so they may decide whether it is relevant to their needs. Who should...