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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...

I Have to Ask You: Career Influences

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Tim Gomez, Town of Paradise Valley, AZ, Executive Assistant to Town Manager and Town Council/Deputy Town Clerk, writes about his career influence. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and...

Newly Elected Leaders Toolkit

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This free toolkit for first-time elected officials was created by our colleagues at ICMA, the International City/County Management Association. Their Life, Well Run initiative aims to make local government more effective, efficient, and ethical in part by strengthening the partnership between elected and appointed officials. The toolkit includes a how-to guide for stepping into a...

Road Trippin' with Kendra Davis, City of Manhattan Beach, CA

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we'll use this feature to meet attendees. Kendra Davis City of Manhattan Beach, CA - Management Analyst Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter My celebrity look-alike is... The half-Asian woman from Drop Dread Fred, Phoebe Cates, or...

Busting Barriers to Public Involvement

It’s 2018, and it’s a great year to be courageous local government leaders. It’s a year to think about how to better engage the communities we serve, all the communities we serve, so that our projects and services are the best they can be. You may be thinking, we have it down. We serve all...

Reflecting on 6 Years in Local Government Communications

Sparkle Anderson is the Director of Communications for the City of Pearland. In this position, she handles public relations, e-marketing, social media, internal communications and advertising for the City, while providing graphic support for City programs and services. Sparkle documents her experience as a local government communicator on this website. Next Tuesday, Jan. 9, will mark...

Podcast: Placemaking with the Project for Public Spaces

Laura Torchio Deputy Director, Transportation Initiatives Project for Public Spaces Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Elka Gotfryd Project Manager Project for Public Spaces Bio | LinkedIn Creating spaces for people. Two representatives from the Project for Public Spaces, Laura Torchio and Elka Gotfryd, joined the podcast to talk about how to shape and influences places. They...

Podcast: Placemaking with the Project for Public Spaces

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