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Strong Cities Have Lots of Zeros

Posted on October 3, 2018

This guest blog is by ELGL member Clay Pearson. Big cities have big responsibilities. Coming with that are big scale, scope, complexities, priorities, and challenges. Texas has growth and all the other `bigs. We are not shying away from the `bigs’ and building great communities. To get there requires numbers with lots of zeros behind them. A recent...

#ELGLTakeoverTuesday: Winter Park, Florida

Posted on October 1, 2018

Hello ELGL! My name is Lauren Luna, Events and Marketing Coordinator at City of Winter Park, FL. I am hosting the ELGL Instagram account takeover on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. I've been in my current position since January 2018. My main duties include; coordinating city events, writing press releases and proclamations and not so secretly...

Transparency & Storytelling Are More Important Now Than Ever Before

Posted on October 1, 2018

Are there too many public information officers (PIOs)? Share your perspective by signing up to write an article for ELGL. Nick Smith, City of Gaithersburg, Maryland, kicked off the column with his take. Now, Chris Floore, Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs, Macon-Bibb County, writes about his experience. I’m not going to attack the report nor...

Kudos to GovPros & Keep Them Flowing All Year Long

Posted on September 27, 2018

The #Goviree series is authored by Francie Palmer. The past several months, weeks and in recent days; we have witnessed devastating natural disasters and crisis situations our communities have faced. Our brothers and sisters in fire, police, city, county, state and federal government have been called to action using training they had hoped they’d never...

Role of the PIO: Aren’t There Two Sides to Every Story?

Posted on September 24, 2018

Are there too many public information officers (PIOs)? Share your perspective by signing up to write an article for ELGL. Nick Smith, City of Gaithersburg, Maryland, kicks off this new column. It seems strange to me that, in a time when the Executive of the Federal Government is coming after journalists as though they were...