Tag: Technology

Podcast: Data & Procurement in Boston, MA

  Laura Melle Senior Procurement Lead City of Boston, MA LinkedIn | Twitter Stefanie Costa Leabo Interim Chief Data Officer City of Boston, MA LinkedIn | Twitter Two Innovation & Technology staff from the City of Boston, Massachusetts joined the podcast to talk about their work. Laura Melle is the Sr. Procurement Lead and Stefanie Costa … Continued

Podcast: Palo Alto’s Chief Technology & Information Officer, Jonathan Reichental

  Jonathan Reichental Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer City of Palo Alto, CA Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Local Government IT in Silicon Valley. Jonathan Reichental the Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer in Palo Alto, California shared his perspective on procurement, recruitment and civic tech. He talked about his path into local … Continued

#ELGL18: Technology Lab

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]#ELGL18 takes place May 16, 17, and 18 in Golden, Colorado. You can register for #ELGL18 here. #ELGL18 Tech Lab ELGL and CitySourced are partnering to bring you a ton of tech learning at #ELGL18. On Friday, May 18 the Tech Lab will be open with 5 session on a range of civic tech and … Continued

Podcast: Implementing Innovation with Ben Berkowitz, SeeClickFix

Ben Berkowitz CEO & Co-Founder SeeClickFix LinkedIn | Twitter The CEO and Co-Founder of SeeClickFix, Ben Berkowitz, joined GovLove to talk about civic technology and innovation. Ben described how the SeeClickFix story started with graffiti and has resulted in over 1,000,000 community members, 300 local governments and 3,000,000 issues fixed. Plus Ben and Kirsten reminiscence about how SeeClickFix helped give … Continued

Podcast: Technology & Innovation in San Antonio, TX

Jose De La Cruz Chief Innovation Officer City of San Antonio, TX Bio | LinkedIn Craig Hopkins Chief Information Officer City of San Antonio, TX Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Using tech and innovation to improve people’s lives. Two CIOs, one city. Jose De La Cruz the Chief Innovation Officer and Craig Hopkins the Chief Information … Continued

Podcast: Smart Cities with Kate Garman, Seattle, WA

Kate Garman Smart City Coordinator Seattle, Washington LinkedIn | Twitter The first Smart City Coordinator for the City of Seattle, Washington, Kate Garman, joined GovLove to talk about her role and her thoughts on tech and local government. Kate revealed what a day in her job is like, what makes a city “smart” and what … Continued

Technology Efficiency Webinar Series

Please join ELGL and UMANT every month for a webinar on technology tools that will make your life easier and your work more effective and efficient.  Webinars are free for ELGL members.  Please register for each webinar you plan to attend. FEBRUARY: SLACK MARCH: LINKEDIN APRIL: GOOGLE ALERTS MAY: CANVA JUNE: TRELLO Upcoming topics include: NextDoor, … Continued

#MoKanELGL Lunch & Learn: Google Fiber in the Heartland

There is no buffering in the Silicon Prairie. Three years ago, Google introduced Kansas City to its blazing fast internet service. As one of the first cities in the nation to receive this entirely new internet service, residents were not quite sure what to make of the gigabit download speeds. Sure, it did not do much … Continued

Civic Leaders: Dealing with Data Disasters

Civic Leaders is an exclusive local government web-interview series hosted and operated by Springbrook Software, produced by the VOLSTA Media Network, and syndicated on ELGL. Each month the show shares a candid look into the challenges and triumphs experienced by passionate public employees that are committed to their calling.

Watch the Startup Seattle Webinar

#SeattleStartup Rebecca Lovell from Startup Seattle shared some great lessons and insights during her webinar on how Seattle has gone “all in” on the technology startup sector of their economy. Attendees learned how Rebecca has worked to engage high school students, minorities and women in the technology startup scene. She’s also acted as a matchmaker, … Continued

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