Ashley Fruechting is Sr. Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships for El Segundo, Calif.-based Vision Internet, a leader in government website development with more than 700 government, non-profit and education clients across the U.S. and Canada. We’re Not Selling Toasters Here! Running a government website comes with a unique set of goals that distinguishes it … Continued
ELGL enjoyed talking with Tracy Floyd from The Community Roundtable. Tracy passed along a couple interesting items. State of Community Management & Background on The Community Roundtable In 2009, we noticed the adoption of social tools and technologies begin to skyrocket, but there was no corresponding attention being paid to community management. Our collective background … 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 Wojnowski, City … Continued
By Janice D’Aloia, Mo’mix Solutions, LinkedIn and Twitter Improving and maintaining effective gender and ethnic diversity in local government can be an elusive thing for some organizations. Most are more than aware of the issue, but addressing and overcoming it has been an ongoing challenge. While attempting to bridge diversity gaps, organizations typically turn to … Continued
A few months ago, ELGL Co-Founder and occasional GovLove host, Kent Wyatt sat down with two people active in the local government tech scene. His guests were, Tamara Manik-Perlman, CEO of Next Request and Chris Maddox, CEO of Seneca Systems. Their conversation covered everything from transparency in government and user experience to the Warriors win … Continued
In this multi-part blog series, Julie Underwood interviews the women who were the first female managers in cities across the country: First blog post here Second post here Third post here Fourth post here You know more than you think you know – GO FOR IT! When thinking of your next career move, here’s some advice for you. … Continued
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Cities from around the country are coming together to share their successes. ELGL organizational member, QScend Technologies (LinkedIn and Twitter) is hosting a conference where city leaders who represent ten municipalities will share their citizen request management/311 success stories. ELGL will be there to share our thoughts on improving and maximizing citizen outreach and engagement. Register now to … Continued
In this column, Brian Kelly, Joplin (MO) assistant to the city manager, will highlight innovations in local government. He will share experiences from Joplin and cities across the country. He will look at successes and failure in innovation, and offer up some plain off-the-way ideas. .By Brian Kelly – LinkedIn After I joined ELGL, Ben DeClue, … Continued
This week we welcomed Steve Powers, City of Salem, OR city manager back to Oregon. Previously, Steve was the manager in Jackson County, OR and the City of Ann Arbor, MI. Thanks to Heather Gantz, Waldron and Jeanna Troha, City of Wilsonville, OR for assisting with the event. Here’s a summary of the restaurant options, vacation … Continued
