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Top 5 Misconceptions about Community Engagement

Posted on June 20, 2019

  By: Jeremy Shackett, Engagement Manager at Bang the Table Since 2007, local governments have come to us with community engagement horror stories from the past. We have shared a laugh or lesson learned with them. Sometimes we notice that these bad experiences have led to misconceptions around what it means to meaningfully engage the...
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I Care But I’m Tired

Posted on June 20, 2019

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm Watching: Awake (A Netflix OG) What I'm Loving: Daylight savings - I'm all for never "falling back" again What I’m listening to: Pistol Annies, "Interstate Gospel" on repeat Does this day sound similar to yours? I wake up around 6:30 AM to the sound...
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Chief Data Officer: Partners

Posted on June 10, 2019

This is the fifth installment in a multi-part blog series by Sam Edelstein about the role of a Chief Data Officer. Read part one about the job, here. Read part two about counting, here. Read part three about trends, here. Read part four at predictions, here. When I first became Chief Data Officer, I was...
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#ELGL19 – Going All-In!

Posted on June 7, 2019

Guest post brought to you by Caity Belta, Engagement Manager with Bang the Table In the Winter of 2015, I made a decision that would change my perception of #LocalGov forever. I subscribed to Netflix. The first show I binge watched? You guessed it– Parks and Rec. It was the first time that I thought,...
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What Are the Benefits of Closing the Feedback Loop?

Posted on June 5, 2019

This guest blog is by ELGL member Hunter Gardner with PublicInput. Closing the feedback loop to report findings is one step in the public engagement process that may be overlooked because of a lack of staff time or bandwidth. After collecting public input and finding key insights, we might often go straight to outlining a...
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