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Canadian Open Government Part 2, The Good..continued

Posted on March 19, 2015

Richard Pietro is back, he is giving us a rundown of Canada’s Open Government & Open Data movements. Since he considers himself a Fanboy of Open Gov, he's using a classic movie, and a classic writing tool, to deliver his perspective…The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Check Part 1 by clicking here. The Good…continued By: Richard Pietro, Host...

Canada’s Open Government & Open Data Movements

Posted on March 9, 2015

Richard Pietro joins ELGL to bring his take on Canada and the Open Government movement. He describes himself as "an Open Government Fanboy who creates Civic Engagement as Art." He doesn’t work for industry, or government; He’s just a highly engaged citizen. You can learn more about his work at MyEinsteinJob.blogspot.ca or via The Open...

Watch the Startup Seattle Webinar

Posted on February 18, 2015

#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,...

Webinar: Seattle Bets on the Startup Economy

Posted on January 20, 2015

Join us on February 17th for a webinar on how Seattle is making an effort to improve and help its startup community. Their Seattle Startup Initiative has gotten national press as an example of what cities can do to attract and retain technology startup companies. Check out more details below and RSVP. #StartupSeattle The City of Seattle,...

Powering Open Data with Socrata

Posted on October 23, 2014

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...

Relive the SeeClickFix Webinar

Posted on October 8, 2014

Thanks to our friends at Strategic Government Resources we can record our webinars and offer them to our members to rewatch them or to take a first look if you missed it. SeeClickFix's Ryan Mannion chatted with us all about their public sector app that allows citizens to report and track issues in their neighborhood....