Welcome to week #13 of the Cookingham Connection. Today, we learn from Sherilyn Lombos, the city manager of Tualatin, Oregon. Guidepost #13:Don’t let the “cranks” worry you too much, for if you do they will outlive you. Let’s start with the basic question of what is a “crank”? I wish I could call up L.P. Cookingham to … Continued
Easy as 1, 2,3: Ranked Ballot Voting and Ontario’s Municipal Elections by Ashleigh Weeden October is municipal election season in Ontario, Canada; on October 27th, communities across the province will go to the polls to select their municipal leaders for the next four years. In recent years, voter turn-out for all elections has been, well, … Continued
Socrata Launches Apps Marketplace to Help Governments The 70’s had the free love movement, this decade has the open data movement. One of the leaders of that movement is Socrata. You may remember them from #ELGL14 – huge computer monitor, cool giveaways, and right by the pizza line. In case we didn’t get a chance … Continued
It’s bound to be considered the “Thriller” of local government music videos, it’s the #ELGL14 music video produced by Jordan Bunch Productions. HUGE thanks to Strategic Government Resources for assisting in the effort.
In case you missed our last Salem, OR event, our co-sponsoring organizations recorded it! Thanks to the City of Salem and the Chinook Institute you can learn about engaging an entire community. Watch and share the video below. Engaging the Whole Community Back on September 18th local government professionals packed the Pringle Community Hall in Salem and … Continued
The next installment of our Innovation Webinar Series is on October 22nd with Everyblock, a service that aims to bring news and social media down to a neighborhood level. So join us at Noon PT, you can register and learn more below. Register for the Everyblock Webinar on October 22nd How are they innovative? The … Continued
Per the request of a number of #ELGL14 attendees, we’re posting a link to the social media presentation. Bridget, Julie, Kim, and Patrick provided a number of takeaways that might be useful for your organization. Link: #ELGL14: The Social Media Scene
Similar to how Frasier spun off from Cheers, ELGL has spun off our Quick Take series into Time Out for Mentoring. We’ve invited those who were named a mentor in our Quick Take series to answer two simple questions, “who are your mentors?” and “what does it mean to be a mentor?” In our mind, mentoring is … Continued
In case you missed it, here’s one of the most popular webinars in ELGL history, “Landing Your Dream Job” with Bob Harrison, City Administrator, City of Issaquah, Marissa Karras, Vice President, Karras Consulting, Stephen Buxbaum, Mayor, City of Olympia Find out what the local government employment landscape looks like and what local government employers are looking for … Continued
So many photos from #ELGL14 – some blurry, some off-centered, and some from a bike – but we’ve enlisted our official photographer David Nguyen to release the Official #ELGL14 Collection. Huge thanks to David who also photographed #ELGL13, our visit with Mark Funkhouser, Governing Magazine and our sustainability forum with Portland Mayor Hales and Indianapolis … Continued
