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Transforming Government Communication through Website Content Strategy

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 When I began working with local government agencies ten years ago, the … Continued

Rewind: City of Dayton, OH Take the Lead on Leave

Paid Parental Leave Report – Innovation Ohio Click here to watch the recording of the webinar. ELGL recently hosted a free webinar with leaders from the City of Dayton, Ohio on their new progressive parental leave policy. Our guest presenters were: Nan Whaley, Mayor City of Dayton Kenneth Couch, Director, Human Resources, City of Dayton … Continued

Who Are You? with Kimberly Franklin, Durham County (NC) Sheriff’s Office

As part of the 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.  Kimberly Franklin (LinkedIn and Twitter) is a Finance Officer with the Durham County Sheriff’s Office. She graduated from … Continued

Who Are You? with Mike Musser, City of Gahanna, OH

As part of the 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.  Mike Musser (LinkedIn) is Deputy Director of Parks & Recreation for the City of Gahanna, OH. He … Continued

4 Most Egregious Issues in Local Government Software Purchasing

At Seneca Systems, their mission is to rekindle passion for public service in America’s 10.5 million local government employees. They have worked with offices across the country, from Oakland to Chicago, to improve constituent relations with a powerful, modern CRM called Romulus. By Chris Maddox, CEO, Seneca Systems – LinkedIn and Twitter From onerous contracts to … Continued

Who Are You? with Lauren Kilcoyne, City of Boulder, CO

As part of the 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.  Lauren Kilcoyne (LinkedIn and Twitter) is Financial Services Manager, Open Space & Mountain Parks for the City of … Continued

Podcast: Halloween in Chapel Hill, NC Managing Large Downtown Crowds

  Chris Blue Police Chief Chapel Hill, NC LinkedIn | Twitter Matt Sullivan Fire Chief Chapel Hill, NC LinkedIn In honor of Halloween we’ve got a scary local government story. What would your town do if about 80,000 people descended upon it for a night? That isn’t a bad dream, it happened to the Town … Continued

Partner Up! Introducing APMP Minnesota

Welcome to our newest organizational member – Association of Public Management Professionals (APMP) in Minnesota. APMP is a professional organization consisting of assistants and deputies at all levels of local government, as well as students. Most of the members are assistant city or county managers, or work within administration departments. However, a growing number of … Continued

Knope of the Week: Heather Geyer, City of Wheat Ridge, CO

Knope of the Week Lands on Ted Talks Panelist. Mentor. Gov Bud for Life. Heather Geyer (LinkedIn and Twitter), City of Wheat Ridge, CO, is the Knope of the Week. Heather was one of ELGL’s first members from Colorado and has said “yes” everytime that we’ve asked her to write an article, serve on a panel, … Continued

IKEA Holds the Key to Accessible Meetings?

By Andrew Coulson – LinkedIn, Pinterest,  and Twitter Unfortunately, I was unable to attend #ELGL15, due to a little matter of deep water getting in the way, but I managed to gatehash along with the proceedings thanks to those wonderful members who tweeted using the conference hashtag #ELGL15. The refreshing panel of young, innovative elected officials stuck … Continued

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