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I Have to Ask You: Civic Hackathons

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Sam Edelstein, City of Syracuse, NY, Chief Data Officer, writes about civic hackathons and what they mean to communities.  Civic hackathons are often touted as ways to develop new software systems or products for cities. All...

How NYC Reaches Its Most Vulnerable

Since my last post, I buzzed up to the Big Apple with some colleagues to learn about the City of New York’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU), an innovative Team of communicators, canvassers, and data specialists, working to bridge the gap between the number of residents who are qualified for services, and the number of residents...

Francie Palmer Honored with the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award in Government Communications

Congratulations to ELGL member Francie Palmer! Press release via California Association of Public Information Officers.  Santa Rosa, Calif., - Francie Palmer, a seasoned government communications professional who served as the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s communications manager, was recognized by the California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO) as the state’s 2018 Paul B. Clark lifetime...

I Have to Ask: Coworking KC

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Rick Usher writes about the growth of coworking space in Kansas City, Missouri. I write this from Kansas City’s newest and likely the world’s largest coworking space, Plexpod Westport Commons.  Kansas City loves coworking and the...

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: #KCCM18

This post is by Kirsten Wyatt who is visiting Lawrence, Kansas for the 2018 Kansas City/County Managers conference. She'll be updating this post throughout the conference and tweeting using #KCCM18. Thursday, April 26 @ 3:00 Another portion of the afternoon session was the story of Garden City, KS. Here's a video about the community and...

I Have to Ask: Overtaking the Orderly and Sedate

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week AJ Fawver, City of Amarillo, Texas Planning Director, writes about innovation happening in the planning profession. You could be next. Sign up to be a guest writer for this column.  “Growth is inevitable and desirable, but...

Ask Ellie & Jill: Your Social Media Footprint

In the series, ELGL members can anonymously send their questions, difficulties or scenarios to answers@elgl.org and receive a response from the ghost writing response team. Your name, organization and other details will not be shared in the posting or subsequent response. Dear Ellie & Jill, What advice can you provide on how to manage your local government social media...

What Signs Are We Sending?

Signs are all around, and many of them are put in our public realm by us, government. They are in our public spaces, parks, squares, and walkways - all places that are typically designed for people to come together to do the things they enjoy.  However, government signs generally lists prohibited activities. No feeding the...

#ELGL18: Ben Berkowitz, Chief Executive Officer of SeeClickFix

#ELGL18 takes place May 16, 17, and 18 in Golden, Colorado. In the coming days, we’ll announce each of the speakers and sessions. You can register for #ELGL18 here. #ELGL18: Ben Berkowitz, Chief Executive Officer of SeeClickFix Connect: Personal Twitter & SeeClickFix Twitter Ben Berkowitz, the Chief Executive Officer of SeeClickFix, will present a keynote speech at #ELGL18. He...

Ask Me: Managing Online Response Time Expectations

Ask Me! Communication Conversations with Claire is a new recurring blog series with Claire Bouchard, a seasoned local government communications professional located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Send your local government communications questions to Claire via email and she’ll answer in a future blog post. Have you ever had this happen? You post a City event on Facebook on...

#ELGL18: The Straight-Up Story to Empower Innovation in Your Government through Process Improvement

#ELGL18 takes place May 16, 17, and 18 in Golden, Colorado. In the coming days, we’ll announce each of the speakers and sessions. You can register for #ELGL18 here. It seems like we’re bombarded through social media urging us to read new articles and books about governments taking on process improvement and how successful they are. Authors...

Planning & Shaping Cities: Activism, Advocacy, Representation

"Planning & Shaping Cities" is a blog by AJ Fawver. Read all of AJ's posts from the "Planning & Shaping Cities" blog here. Activism, advocacy, representation are all components of our governmental system, and part of every academic program in political science, public administration, and planning.   Here’s the thing – are we each doing...

Ask Me! Turn That Frown Upside Down

Ask Me! Communication Conversations with Claire is a new recurring blog series with Claire Bouchard, a seasoned local government communications professional located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Send your local government communications questions to Claire via email and she'll answer in a future blog post. At our local university, and maybe at yours too, there is a...

App for That! Multi-Channel ROI, Benefits, and Cost Savings

There's an App for That! by City SourcedCitySourced is an enterprise platform for local and state government that was founded in 2008. It began as a best of breed service request solution (311, report a pothole, graffiti etc.) but has evolved to focus more broadly on providing governments with a complete native mobile app for...

Planning & Shaping Cities: Pre-Apps & Customer Service

"Planning & Shaping Cities" is a blog by AJ Fawver. Read all of AJ's posts from the "Planning & Shaping Cities" blog here. Whether starting a business, pursuing an education, or making a big purchase, we want to know what we are in for ahead of time, don’t we? Of course we do. Being personally...

Ask Ellie & Jill: Working with Consultants

In the series, ELGL members can anonymously send their questions, difficulties or scenarios to answers@elgl.org and receive a response from the ghost writing response team. Your name, organization and other details will not be shared in the posting or subsequent response. Member Question Hey Ellie & Jill. Here’s a question for you. I am surprised about the number of...

THE ELGL in OH-IO: Circlin' Back

ELGL is representin' in Columbus, O-HI-O at the 2018 OCMA Winter Conference and ICMA Midwest Regional Conference from March 7 to 9. Jennifer Teal, Stacy Schweikhart, & Kent Wyatt are leading two sessions & ELGL's "Pins & Pints" reception. In this blog post, Kent writes about Ohio, the conference, and other random thoughts.  Link: Join ELGL Link: Photo...

Ask Me! Communications Conversations With Claire

Ask Me! Communication Conversations with Claire is a new recurring blog series with Claire Bouchard, a seasoned local government communications professional located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Send your local government communications questions to Claire via email and she'll answer in a future blog post. Hello! I’m Claire and I’m here to answer your local government communications...

I Have to Ask You: Urban Planning

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. Shannon Malik Jarmusz, Senior Planner, Village of Itasca, IL, writes about Professor Prinz and his role in her career decisions.  My path to a career in local government was unintentional.  I was working on an English degree as an undergrad...

Lawrence, Kansas: Why I Love My Library (Updated 2/23)

It's Final Four Week! Vote and comment about the Lawrence Public Library. Join ELGL for daily score updates from the Final Four. We'll update this post throughtout the week. Lawrence Public Library Connect: Facebook, Twitter, and World Wide Web I love my library because it not only serves people in the city of Lawrence but...

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