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Call for Nominations: 2018 Tom Haverford Award

After being featured on the Civic Tech Chat podcast, ELGL Connects: The Local Government Resource Directory grew to more than 270 listings and 100+ reviews. ELGL members are using the directory to make better informed decisions in selecting a vendor. Each previous winner of the Tom Haverford Award is listed in ELGL Connects. With that, we...

Six Ingenious Ways Local Governments Use Social Media

This blog reprinted with permission by our friend Rachel Keyser with ViewPointCloud!  Social media has long been an integral part of daily life. We have never been so easily connected as now, and the benefits span far beyond seeing your friends’ Christmas photos and not-so-funny memes. From marketing, to journalism, to fundraising, social media has revolutionized professional industries. For local...

Accountability is Key.

(Twitter) (LinkedIn) What I'm Listening To: If This Is Love - Xavier Omar What I'm Reading:  How to Kill A City What I'm Watching: RIVERDALE It is impossible to stop thinking about the terrible things that plague society. Whether it be pop culture or politics, it is difficult to avoid the disheartening stories that fill our news...

2019 PI Works! Conference

ELGL is partnering with IAP2 on this exciting conference event. Here's more information about the event from IAP2: IAP2 is excited to focus on the issues of diversity and inclusion for our 2018 PI Works! Conference. We hope the information you take away will result in deeper, meaningful conversations within our communities. Come join us...

I Have to Ask: What You DON’T Know CAN Hurt You

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Francie Palmer writes how the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California uses analytics in their communications. Francie Palmer was recognized by the California Association of Public  Information Officials (CAPIO) as the state’s 2017 Communicator of the Year. Currently,...

Google's ‘Perspective’ API Could Mean Better Sleep for Civic Communicators

In this column, Jay Dawkins, co-founder at PublicInput.com, takes a practical, civic-minded look at a Google innovation and how it can help local governments manage their communications. Despite the proliferation of online discussion forums and social media, many agencies have struggled to embrace online dialog as a functional part of the public process. Their hesitation...

Board of Directors

Rafael Baptista, Secretary Rafael has worked in local government for over 7 years. He joined Buncombe County, NC in 2020 as the Director of Strategy & Innovation. In his current role, he oversees special projects, process improvement, policy management, innovation, and strategic planning for the County. Rafael believes that local government can and should be...

Why I'm Participating: Leana Johnson

This is a regular blog series about the people who are participating in the ELGL Diversity Dashboard data collection. We wanted to profile their involvement in this ambitious data collection project to showcase the importance of this collection and the many reasons why local governments should submit their data.  Leana Johnson City of Stevenson, WA,...

Taxes... Paying for it All

What I’m listening to – My neighbor’s chicken which is crowing like a rooster (apparently that’s a thing) What I’m watching – early season baseball waiting for my Nationals to get it together What I’m doing – Enjoying a warm spring day in NW Colorado between snow storms It’s tax day! Hope all you ELGLers...

#13Percent: Be Accessible and Visible

Rebecca Olson (LinkedIn & Twitter), City of Roseville, MN, Assistant City Manager, writes about continuing the conversation on increasing gender diversity in local government. Share your thoughts by signing up to be guest writer for this series. Last week my daughter was on spring break from college. In the course of trying to juggle the scheduling of who is using...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Aly Van Dyke, City of Austin, Texas

Know before you go... Meet other #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group.  Aly Van Dyke City of Austin, Texas - Marketing Consultant Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter My favorite adventure in life was.... You mean other than #ELGL17? Making the switch from journalism to public relations....

Popularity Contests

The Buzz with Kirsten Wyatt What I’m listening to: Flava In Ya Ear by [RIP] Craig Mack What I’m reading: In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch What I’m watching: UnREAL on Lifetime A friend of ELGL leaned toward me and said, "...but it's just a popularity contest, right?" We were talking about #ELGLKnope and last...

Using Design Sprints to Rapidly Prototype New Ideas (Part Two)

In this two-part series, Jay Dawkins, co-founder at PublicInput.com, takes a practical, local government-focused look at the design and development process for organizational innovation. In Part 1, we covered the emergence of design sprints as a way to rapidly test ideas for solving organizational challenges. When it comes to big problems, it’s often a superior...

Using Design Sprints to Rapidly Prototype New Ideas (Part One)

In this two-part series, Jay Dawkins, co-founder at PublicInput.comtakes a practical, local government-focused look at the design and development process for organizational innovation. It’s a challenge familiar to everyone who cares about innovation and improvement in the government and civic space: How can I make my organization more nimble and ready for the ever-changing demands...

“Fruit Fights” and Other Funny Survey Responses

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ELGL member Angelica Wedell with the National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) share the the funniest verbatim responses to open-ended questions. [/vc_column_text][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/2Y9sC5qPlNc" el_width="70" align="center"][vc_column_text]Local governments often use community surveys to better understand what residents think of their city or town. Sometimes, a topic calls for an open-ended question or two. For NRC survey researchers who...

GovLove in October

Hold onto your seats.... the award-winning GovLove podcast has booked a few special guests for October. Coast to Coast: Open Data and Innovation with Brendan Babb and Sam Edelstein Two Traeger Award winners Brendan Babb and Sam Edelstein discuss the challenges and successes of building a more data-driven, innovative government. Sam crunched the numbers and reports that...

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