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Strategy and Performance Management Training

Strategy & Performance Management Training

Posted on January 30, 2020

5 Solutions For Your Toughest Strategic Planning Pain Points The City of Germantown, TN, and ClearPoint Strategy collaborated to provide this strategy & performance management training to the Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort on January 28, 2020. We invited the City of Germantown, TN, to share their performance management journey with the group to...

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...

Rewind: Accessible Government Websites and Digital Services

Posted on November 6, 2019

On Wednesday, November 6, we learned how to make your local government website and digital services accessible for all populations. Matt DiCianni from Ancel Glink shared the legal case for making your website and digital services accessible, and then Luke Fretwell, CEO of ProudCity, walked us through best practices for new digital tools, as well...

A Tale of Three Open Government Cities

Posted on October 23, 2019

Source: Adapted from Open Data’s Impact Repository – odimpact.org Transparency and open governance have rapidly become the new ‘baseline criteria’ for best practices in our current tech-centered economy. Across the country, residents are increasingly reliant upon (and expectant of!) accessible and easy-to-understand sources of information about their community. And these expectations of ‘open governance’ are...

Is Your Website Accessible to Those With Disabilities? Should it be?

Posted on October 17, 2019

This guest blog is by ELGL member Matthew DiCianni. Want even more helpful information about creating accessible websites? Learn how to make your local government website and digital services accessible for all populations. On November 6, join Matthew and Luke Fretwell, CEO of ProudCity, to talk through this court decision, and then walk you through...

Podcast: A Data-Driven Approach to the 2020 Census

Posted on September 27, 2019

Mo Cheeks Sr. Business Development Manager Civis Analytics LinkedIn | Twitter Christopher Dick Managing Director Civis Analytics LinkedIn Democratizing data science. Two members of the Civis Analytics team join the podcast to talk about their work and engaging with local governments around Census 2020. Mo Cheeks is a Sr. Business Development Manager, and former Madison, WI...

Podcast: Economic Development & Data with Dr. Eric Trevan

Posted on September 17, 2019

Dr. Eric Trevan Faculty, Evergreen State College Board President, aLocal Solutions Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Data equity and local solutions. Dr. Eric Trevan, public administration faculty at Evergreen State College, joined the podcast to talk about economic development and analytics. He talked about his career path, which included time in local government and leading...

U.S. Public Library Performance Database

Posted on August 29, 2019

This public library database was compiled for local government use and shared with ELGL by the Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha by: Amanda Vander Wal, Graduate student, Department of Mathematics Xiaoyue Cheng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics Josie G. Schafer, PhD, Director, Senior Research Associate, Center...

Podcast: Transportation, Engagement & Libraries from the Code for America Summit

Posted on August 23, 2019

Warren Logan Policy Director of Mobility and Interagency Relations Oakland, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Laura Biediger Community Engagement Strategist Durham, NC LinkedIn | Twitter Stephanie Chase Director of Libraries Hillsboro, OR LinkedIn | Twitter Designing better government. Earlier this summer GovLove hosted a live recording at the Code for America Summit in Oakland, California. Three...