Join us on February 17th for a webinar on how Seattle is making an effort to improve and help its startup community. Their Seattle Startup Initiative has gotten national press as an example of what cities can do to attract and retain technology startup companies. Check out more details below and RSVP. #StartupSeattle The City of Seattle, … Continued
Thanks to our friends at Strategic Government Resources we can record our webinars and offer them to our members to rewatch them or to take a first look if you missed it. SeeClickFix’s Ryan Mannion chatted with us all about their public sector app that allows citizens to report and track issues in their neighborhood. … Continued
Second in the Innovation Webinar Series is Code for America, a non-profit focused on helping government use technology to make government services simple, effective, and easy to use. Code for America will be chatting about two of their initiatives, Open Data and the Digital Front Door. Check out the details below. Register for the Code for … Continued
ELGL is partnering with the the University of Michigan’s School of Information and Taubman College of Architecture and Planning to promote the #micities2014 conference. This is a great opportunity for ELGL members to connect and learn how technology is changing local government. #micities2014: Technology Innovation in Michigan Cities and Beyond #micities2014 From now until August 22 conference … Continued
Southeast ELGL board member Michael O’Brien, the founder and principal of MOB Advocacy, will be MCing a webinar on “Smart Cities.” He’s chosen three startup companies that are getting national recognition for the work they are doing to talk to the ELGL membership.
The end is in sight Last week I began the final step in completing my MPA program at Portland State University. The 509, as it’s affectionately known, is an “organizational experience” where almost-graduates apply what they have learned in the classroom out in the real world. It’s essentially an internship with a defined project and scope established on … Continued
