News & Exclusives

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...

Van Dyke Announced as Communications & Public Engagement Director

Posted on December 12, 2019

Here's an exciting news release about ELGL member Aly Van Dyke! GEORGETOWN - Aly Van Dyke will be Georgetown’s new communications and public engagement director. After an extensive search, Van Dyke was selected from more than 130 applicants to serve in the role. This is a new position for the City to help elevate and...

Announcing: City Hall Shelfie – ELGL’s Book Club

Posted on December 11, 2019

ELGL is excited to launch our first formalized book club series in 2020. Stay in touch: join the Facebook group Learn about the Book Club: visit the webpage Why? To read and discuss non-fiction books related to leadership, business and psychology with an engaging group of colleagues while having fun Meet new people and engage...

Choosing a Procurement Pathway? Start With These Three Questions

Posted on December 10, 2019

In this series, Mariel Reed and Brian Alexander of CoProcure break down the ins and outs of public purchasing. If there’s one thing that’s clear after spending more than a year speaking with procurement officials, suppliers, and government staff, it’s this: public purchasing is complicated. (Read up on how local public purchasing works.) As you may...

I Have to Ask: Misconceptions About Libraries

Posted on December 9, 2019

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Hillary Ostlund, Library Services Manager Hillsboro Public Library in Hillsboro, Oregon, takes on common misconceptions about libraries. Libraries have been my jam for nearly two decades, and I frequently hear that I’m not what many think...