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Jordan Gilgenbach

The Art of Government Social Media Management

Posted on February 18, 2020

This post was written by Jordan Gilgenbach, Digital Communications Coordinator for the City of Minneapolis, MN. It was in response to a very active Twitter conversation on Friday, February 14, 2020. As public servants, we understand the thanklessness and invisibility of many of our jobs. When we do good things, and do them well, we...
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Marketing Your Online Engagement Site

Posted on February 7, 2020

Brought to you by Engagement Manager, Meghan Ruble, of Bang the Table. Today is the day! Your online engagement site is going live, a culmination of months, perhaps years of work to foster internal buy-in, secure funding, identify projects, create content, gather images and finally launch your site. Congratulations! Now the real work begins. In my...
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Using 2020 to See Our Residents’ Perspective

Posted on January 10, 2020

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, TN. Come @ me: Twitter & LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: About to start reading Fair play: a game-changing solution for when you have too much to do (and more life to live) by Eve Rodsky. What I’m Listening to:...
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Webinar Recording: Unified Engagement with Public Input, Greenville, and H2M

Posted on December 12, 2019

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...

Podcast: Healthy Democracy with Linn Davis

Posted on October 18, 2019

Linn Davis Program Manager Healthy Democracy LinkedIn Tackling tough policy questions with citizens. Linn Davis from Healthy Democracy joined the podcast to talk about the work of Healthy Democracy and how they use citizen juries to inform decisions. He also shared how they have worked with local governments like Milwaukie, Oregon to engage citizens on...
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Keep Moving Forward

Posted on October 14, 2019

This article guest is by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer with the Town of Collierville. Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I'm Watching: Bluff City Law What I'm Reading: "A little piece of light : a memoir of hope, prison, and a life unbound" by Donna Hylton What I'm Listening to: "The Way...
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Embracing the Silver Lining: Why Negativity Matters

Posted on October 8, 2019

Today's Buzz is by Katie Nelson (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Reading: “The Saturday Night Ghost Club” What I’m Watching: “Hocus Pocus” What I’m Listening To: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” To every cloud, there is a silver lining. I’m Irish, so hearing that at an early age, for every time I got...
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Podcast: Local Government Communications & Measuring Resident Opinion

Posted on October 8, 2019

Lisa Holder Communications Officer Sanford, FL LinkedIn Rachel Rembrandt Head of Customer Success ZenCity LinkedIn | Twitter Reliable insights for policy makers. Two guests join the podcast to talk about best practices in local government communications, using social media and finding better ways to measure resident opinion. Lisa Holder is the Communications Officer for the...
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