Jennifer Davies is the Public Information Officer/Social Media Manager for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. She won the Traeger Award in 2016 and 2017. Her article – We Want Our Own Facebook Page! – was one of the top 10 most viewed articles on ELGL.org in 2017. Getting elected officials to buy in on social media … Continued
Ask Me! Communication Conversations with Claire is a new recurring blog series with Claire Bouchard, a seasoned local government communications professional located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Send your local government communications questions to Claire via email and she’ll answer in a future blog post. The web is full of hilarious and embarrassing social media fails. Everyone can laugh about … Continued
In the series, ELGL members can anonymously send their questions, difficulties or scenarios to answers@elgl.org and receive a response from the ghost writing response team. Your name, organization and other details will not be shared in the posting or subsequent response. Dear Ellie & Jill, What advice can you provide on how to manage your local government social media … Continued
Here’s a great presentation by Dr. Stephen Kleinschmit, Clinical Assistant Professor with the Director of Program Development and Engagement, Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL. He presented this at the 2017 Illinois Municipal League Annual Conference and ELGL loves all of the content (but especially the inclusion of Carol the Barrel). … Continued
How does your community share information about your local government website, social media channels, and digital services? Clay Pearson shared the report he provides to his governing board and we want to see more good ideas on how to share this important information. If you have a report you’d like to add to this compilation, … Continued
This blog post is by Dan Bolin and Julie Tappendorf, with the Ancel Glink firm. It’s part of a new blog series titled ELGL Legal: It’s not legal without “ELGL.” Check out Ancel Glink’s Municipal Minute blog for more cases, laws, and other topics of interest to local governments. ELGL members are no strangers to social media. (#CityHallSelfie … Continued
By Timothy Martin (LinkedIn & Twitter), Office of Citizen Engagement In 2015, GOVERNING wrote an article on Roanoke titled “The City That Incorporated Social Media Into Everything.” Two years later, Roanoke became one of the first local governments in the country to create an Office of Citizen Engagement. But before we talk about where we’re … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is a compilation of social media policies submitted by ELGL members. Please check with the submitting organization to ensure that the policy included on this page is current. Policies are uploaded based on city/county population, to provide like organizations the chance to research other, similar agencies. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”violet” border_width=”2″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”<10K” tab_id=”1485988769364-ba9ae885-24fe”][vc_column_text]No policies uploaded… … Continued
Ashley Fruechting is Sr. Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships for Santa Monica, Calif.-based Vision Internet, a leader in government website development with more than 600 government, non-profit and education clients across the U.S. and Canada. By Ashley Fruechting – LinkedIn and Twitter The advent of social media channels like Facebook and Twitter have opened … Continued
ELGL and the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFO) partnered on an article about how finance offices can engage on social media. Check out the full article, by Kirsten Wyatt and Chu Thai, in the online edition of the CSMFO magazine:
