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The October Confidential: Local Government Theme Music

Kent Wyatt, ELGL co-founder, writes a running blog on everything from My Little Pony to government fund balance. October 31 Transaction Wire City Hall Goes Crazy for Halloween Belgrade clerks claim gender discrimination in suit against city Council should be more transparent in making this hire South Portland city councilor’s use of private email scrutinized...

#LocalGovSolutions: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility

Hayley Lewis is the head of communications and engagement for the London Borough of Croydon. Connect with her on Twitter & LinkedIn. UK local government communications is amongst the best in the world. Indeed, I’m incredibly proud to work in local government and proud to be in such a major position of responsibility as head of communications...

"Open" your mind....

"Open" is finally here!! Grab some popcorn, sit back, and prepare to have your mind blown! Here's a blurb about the film from director and producer Richard Pietro: If you’re reading this, you’re likely familiar with the terms Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source. You probably understand how civic engagement is being radically transformed through...

Be Kind Rewind: Useful Information, Engaging Tactics

In this new series, we highlight impactful articles from our past. Every day, we'll rewind to content contributed by our friends and members. Our website received more than one millions views in 2017 because of the unique insightful provided in these articles. By Gary Conkling - LinkedIn and Twitter Local government, unlike other levels of government,...

#13Percent: The Mentorship Challenge

By: Megan Doherty, Principal Planner at Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department Connect: Twitter and LinkedIn In preparation for my #13Percent guest post, I revisied past articles and caught up on past discussion. As I did so, I noticed a common theme – each of us has been lucky to be positively influenced by at least one strong woman. Most...

From the Land of Cookingham: Have a Sweet Day!

Kent Wyatt tracks the progress of ELGL's maiden voyage to Kansas/Missouri. The post will be updated multiple times a day. 9/13/15 End of the Road In the famous words of Boyz II Men we have come to the end of the road. HUGE thanks to Mike Ekey, Mark Van Beele, Ray Hummert, Diane Stoddard, Rick...

Be Still My Heart! Performance Metrics for Communication Efforts

By Kim Newcomer – Bio, LinkedIn, and Twitter Spoiler alert: when you’re done reading this you will be no closer to establishing the ideal performance metrics for all your communication efforts. The truth is, measuring the success of communication is nuanced. Comprehensive measurement can be expensive and individual data sets very rarely tell the complete story. Frankly,...

Engaging the Public in the Budget Process

Engaging the Public in the Budget Process Kevin Amirehsani - Balancing Act and Engaged Public Budgets aren’t supposed to be complex and scary. Back when I was a kid, my personal budget had just two columns, with my not-so-hefty, not-so-inflation-adjusted allowance on one side, and the cool stuff I wanted to buy on the other (think...

#ELGLWorkLife Living Deliberately

[vc_row full_width="" parallax="" parallax_image=""][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Join in the #ELGLWorkLife series, survey and webinar focusing on work life balance. This series aims to address that age-old challenge of balancing professional work with a personal life. Sarah Hazel (LinkedIn & Twitter), is an active member of Southeast ELGL and ICMA Fellow at the City of Charlotte, NC....

What Else You Should Know About Diversity and Inclusion

Previously State of Diversity in the Local Government Workforce Is Diverse People Influence Decisions in Government At the end of our survey, we offered respondents the opportunity to comment on what else you should know diversity and inclusion in the local government workforce. Here's what we heard. Please include any other comments about diversity and...

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: Deciding between Marketing, Communication, or Public Relations

Kim Newcomer, Slate Communications, provides substance to the trendy, but often hollow, suggestion that local government needs to tell a better story. Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: Deciding between Marketing, Communication, or Public Relations By Kim Newcombe – LinkedIn and Twitter Your Communications Director is now hooked up to an I.V. of caffeine. She literally (and...

Why Highly Regulated Industries Should Embrace Social Media

Liz Aberg, Business Support Specialist for the State of Oregon, has tips for managing your social media and increasing your engagement. Along with a full-time job, Liz is a graduate student at Quinnipiac University, Master of Science (M.S.). She has prior experience as a writer for the Federal Mirror Way and Roseville Press Tribune. Why highly regulated industries should embrace social...

Building a Big Tent for Democracy

Help build a big tent for a 21st century democracy By Lawrence Grodeska, CivicMakers - Blog, LinkedIn and Twitter Do you see it? Technology is finally starting to deliver on its potential to transform our political institutions. From civic engagement platforms like Nextdoor and Neighborland, to the spread of participatory budgeting programs from New York City...

What I Am with Russell Brunson, City of Half Moon Bay, CA

Link: ELGL Spreads Across the Country “Cross between The Atlantic magazine and Buzzfeed” Welcome to our new member feature. We’ve all heard the excuse “I’m too busy” too many times so we’ve simplified our new member feature to illicit short, meaningful responses. Russell Brunson is the Administrative Services Manager in the City of Half Moon Bay,...

LA: Buddy Boe, St. Charles Parish Chief Administrative Officer

Nifty Fifty 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 to make a difference through the public sector, and we hope...

Wojo's Hierarchy of Municipal Functions

As part of his Wojo's Wandering Wisdom series, Matt Wojnowski, City of Killeen, TX Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation muses on how Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs looks when applied to local governments. Learn a little more about Matt (Twitter) HERE.

What Am I with Shannon David, City of Syracuse, NY

Link: ELGL Spreads Across the Country “Cross between The Atlantic magazine and Buzzfeed” Welcome to our new member feature. We’ve all heard the excuse “I’m too busy” too many times so we’ve simplified our new member feature to illicit short, meaningful responses.