Sustainovation

Book Giveaway: Sustainovation by Nick Kittle

Posted on September 21, 2018

Our friend and innovation extraordinaire Nick Kittle is giving away ten signed copies of his book to ELGL members. Sustainovation: Building Sustainable Innovation in Government One Wildly Creative Idea at a Time hit the shelves and quickly captured the Amazon top spot on Amazon for Local US Politics. Enter to Win Do you want to make government better?...
Kansas City Data

Podcast: Data Driven Decision Making in Kansas City, MO

Posted on September 21, 2018

Kate Bender Deputy Performance Officer Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Bo McCall Performance Analyst Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Chris Hernandez Communications Director Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Transparency before it was cool. Three people from the City of Kansas City, Missouri joined the podcast to talk about how KCMO uses data...
Billy Trakas

Growing Public Participation

Posted on September 20, 2018

Bang the Table Engagement Specialist Billy Trakas shares strategies to increase your agency's public participation by implementing inclusive engagement strategies. Inclusive Engagement – Why Knowing Your Audience Matters Ask any public speaker the first thing they do when preparing a presentation and they’ll tell you “figure out who the audience is.” Only then can they develop relevant...
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State of Place: YOUR ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VISION ZERO GUIDE!

Posted on September 19, 2018

This post is part of a partnership between ELGL and State of Place, who uses extensive knowledge of urban design and empirical analysis to quantify what people love about places and forecast why it makes sense to make them better. Check back weekly for a post from this partnership. We broke down all the essential details you...
Diversity Dashboard

Data Stories with Matthias – Midterms

Posted on September 19, 2018

Welcome to another installment of Data Stories! I'm excited to explore candidate diversity with you this week.  As Midterms gear up toward November 6th, there are a number of races that are pushing 2018 to the highest level of candidate diversity - ever! So what does this look like, exactly? What insights can we find...
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