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Role of the PIO: Being Responsive and Transparent

Are there too many public information officers (PIOs)? Sherry Fletcher, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, City of Stillwater, Meagan Kascsak, Communications Coordinator, City of Stillwater, and Jasmine Sievert, TV/Video Specialist, City of Stillwater share their perspective. Are there too many public information officers? For local government, we think PIOs are spread too thin and wear too many...

#ELGLPopUps: Choose Your Own Adventure in LAX

In this post, you’ll hear from those who have registered for the upcoming Pop Up in Los Angeles, California. View the complete agenda and register. Hunter Hastings Pepperdine University Andy Navarro Government Relationship Manager - ViewPoint Cloud Robert Neiuber Human Resources Director - City of Rancho Cucamonga Matt Bronson City Manager - City of Grover Beach, CA Leslie...

Final: 2018 Chris Traeger Award Nominees

Nominees for the most prestigious award in local government.

#GovireeLife: Be Courageous & Ask

This guest blog is by Francie Palmer. It's part of a recurring series about her transition from local government, to retiree/community member superstardom. Here I am…. Shifting into the #GovireeLife! What is “that” you say? After 14 years in the private and workforce development sectors, I spent an amazing 15 year career journey at a...

#CityHallSelfieDay It's Not Just Picture Day

Morning Buzz by Zach Navin What i’m doing - Planning a hiking trip to Southern Utah What I’m listening to – Slow Burn What I’m watching – It’s still summer, I try to avoid the indoors What I’m reading – Simple, Not Easy - Terrence Roberts (H/T @lizzykayAR) Now that you've tackled #CityHallSelfie Day let’s...

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...

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...

Ask Ellie & Jill: Best Approach for Finding Local Government Job

Submit your questions to Ellie & Jill using the anonymous form at http://elgl.org/answers/ or by emailing answers@elgl.org. From PoliSci Bachelor: Thank you for taking time to answer people's questions and begin a series of open discussions. I have a question that perhaps many younger people thinking of entering the world of local government would be interested...

National Day of Civic Hacking is August 11

ELGL and Code for America are working together to promote the National Day of Civic Hacking on August 11! Learn more about this exciting day where civic leaders will work to tackle some of local governments most difficult challenges. This guest post is by ELGL member Christopher Whitaker. Government works best when it’s government by...

I Have to Ask: Potholes, Parking, and Public Safety

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Kathy Nyland writes how Seattle Councilor Sally Bagshaw influenced her career path. Hear more from Kathy on this GovLove episode - Podcast: Broadening Neighborhood Engagement. People often ask me about my path into government. I am the...

Public Meetings are Boring

Welcome to the blog series, "The Local Government Nerve Center" about the important work of clerks and recorders. Want to be a contributor? Learn more here. By Megan Asikainen, CivicClerk You are likely thrilled to see residents filing into your meeting room to observe and take part in public discussions on topics that will impact...

Future of Public Hearings

Travis Parker, City of Lakewood Colorado Planning Director, writes about how the role of technology played in changing the public hearing process in Lakewood. Throughout our country the business of local government is conducted in public hearings. Councils, boards and commissions sit behind a dais on a weeknight and listen to public comment before deliberating...

Relational Local Government

Right Now with Kevin Teater What I'm listening to: the Folk Pop station on Spotify What I'm reading: 'Walkable City - How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time' by Jeff Speck What I'm watching: Parks and Rec (Season 2: I got a very late start). The part where Mark, the planner, was...

Humanism in Local Government

Kyle Knott, LinkedIn & Twitter, has worked at Village of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, Elk Grove Township, Illinois, and DeKalb County Business Incubator. My first post was about the concept of professionalism. I wanted to convey that, at its core, professionalism calls for an abandonment of individuality to conform to a culture. This culture stresses the necessity of responsibility, accountability, and...

Los Angeles, California 2018 Pop Up Conference

Los Angeles Pop Up Conference Serving our community can take many different shapes. In LA, we are addressing pressing issues and hearing from folks who have "Chosen Their Own Adventure" and are leading the way in their respective roles. How will you choose your own adventure? The Los Angeles #ELGLPopUps event is hosted at the...

How to Write an Irresistible Press Release AND Get It Noticed

OCTOBER 24, 2016 BY ELGL Angelica Wedell brings more than eight years of experience in multimedia communications to her role as marketing and business development coordinator and editor-in-chief of The Civil Review at National Research Center, Inc (NRC). By Angelica Wedell – LinkedIn, Twitter, Website The matters of local government are solid, hard news to local media outlets. City plans,...

Planning, Developing, and Implementing a Citizens Academy

APRIL 15, 2015 BY ELGL Welcome to the first post in a series about creating a citizens’ academy by Dallas, OR administrative intern Daniel Adatto. In this series, he will walk you through how he created Dallas’ first citizens’ academy including the important research and academy elements he implemented. Planning, Developing, and Implementing a Citizens Academy During my...

The Rest of the Story on Route Fifty with Michael Grass

APRIL 10, 2015 BY ELGL Introducing Route Fifty ELGL loves local government news. That’s one of the reasons we’re excited that Government Executive is re-launching its state and local channel as Route Fifty. In relaunching the channel, Government Executive is devoting more resources to covering local government news. We interviewed Michael Grass, executive editor of Atlantic Media’s Route Fifty, who...

Trending Now! Finalist: City of Kansas City, MO

JUNE 29, 2016 BY ELGL Let’s meet our Trending Now! finalists. We started with the City of Hamilton, OH, today we visit Kansas City, MO. Hat tip to Mark Van Baale for coordinating the city’s response. The 4-1-1 on Kansas City, MO KC Biz Journal: Two metro cities make it to final four in social media competition From Mayor Sly James to...

KS: Michael Wilkes, City of Olathe, City Manager

KS: Michael Wilkes, City of Olathe, City Manager MARCH 31, 2014 BY ELGL Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated...