Angelica Wedell brings more than eight years of experience in multimedia communications to her role as marketing and business development coordinator and editor-in-chief of The Civil Review at National Research Center, Inc. By Angelica Wedell – LinkedIn and Twitter The best way to drive traffic to your website and keep your audience coming back is to offer new content on … Continued
Whether you are an MPA student looking for experience or professional looking to contribute more to local government, you are encouraged to apply for the ELGL Public Affairs Assistant position. Job Description Manage and develop partnership opportunities with other professional associations. Participate on the #ELGL16 conference planning committee. Develop and administer the ELGL member survey. Create … Continued
As part of a grueling ELGL initiation process, new members are asked to complete our version of the Wonderlic test. It’s an open book test and participants do not have to use a dull number 2 pencil to fill in tiny circles. Sparkle Anderson is the Director of Communications for the City of Pearland, TX. Complete the following … Continued
Hat tip to Janine Salwasser for passing along information on the Oregon Explorer Program. Check. It. Out. The Oregon Explorer program has developed two new tools in support of land use planning. Developed in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, the tools include: Planner’s Map Viewer Information to support land use planners, including: administrative … Continued
Brian C. Bray Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter If you lived in Philadelphia during the 18th century and wanted to borrow from a vast collection of books, you probably were a member of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Founded by Benjamin Franklin, members paid 40 shillings to join and 10 shillings per year in annual dues that went … Continued
In the Confidential, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt makes local government great again by bring the latest news in government, pop culture, and sports. April 30 #ComcastCaresDay? Oh, the irony…Comcast Cares Day. I found out about the one day of the year when Comcast cares about people while I was online chatting with a Comcast agent … Continued
More important than the Saved By the Bell reunion, Kent Wyatt reunites good friends and former co-workers Gabe Klein and Leah Treat on the GovLove podcast. We learn how their careers intersected to bring transportation wins to Chicago and DC. The duo discusses accomplishments (Divvy, Vision Zero), The Start-Up City and Mayor Emanuel’s leadership style. … Continued
What was your local government moment? What keeps you in local government? Who have been the influences in your career? We take a deep dive into these questions by asking you (the practitioner) to tell your local government story. You can sign up to participate in the bi-monthly feature at Finding Local Government. Thanks to Matt … Continued
Have you been hearing the term “software-as-a-service” everywhere? Wondering what the “SaaS” acronym means? Fear not – ELGL member Luke Fretwell is here to explain this concept to you, and why it matters for your local government now (and into the future). Luke also shares a cool pilot program where your local government can receive … Continued
