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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

Barrett & Greene

But most citizens don’t have access to that because it’s not communicated to them. But when elected officials do so, they are missing the idea that people trust candor. And in many cases, it’s deliberately hidden.” We blame some of our colleagues in the press for this phenomenon.

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Lessons From State and Local Experts

GovLoop

Buy-In Comes From Building Relationships To establish larger-scale, cohesive efforts, Gregg said that officials must foster personal connections with other agencies and entities, as well as with elected officials. She encouraged data communicators to know their audiences and what they can naturally understand and interpret.

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Communication is Key: Ensuring your municipality has effective communication in place

AccessE11

You need a communication solution that is centralized, real time, and easy to use and access. To be clear, although giving citizens an avenue to report on issues is an important aspect of communication, it is not the only aspect. Communication among the employees of a municipality is also very important.

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Library Cracks the Code on How To Tell Stories to Stakeholders: They Use Email! Here’s How Their Targeted Newsletter Works

Super Library Marketing

Claudine says the audience for this specific newsletter is a curated list of 200 elected officials and government sector leaders. When looking for communication solutions for a niche audience, bring everyone to the table,” advises Claudine. DML tailors the information to reflect the topics of utmost importance to these readers.

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Library’s Print Magazine Is a Community Must-Read! Here Is Their Secret Formula.

Super Library Marketing

It offers a professional means for sharing information with elected officials, community partners, and a myriad of other groups and individuals with whom we all come in contact. This is really such an important part of any public relations/communication efforts. Factor in how you will measure your outcomes.

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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

Educate agency staff, the public, stakeholders, elected officials and businesses about your data. Data-driven decisions are the goal in your agency and for other agencies, elected officials, individuals, communities, entrepreneurs and businesses. Don’t keep your valuable work a secret! Focus on trust.

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The impact of local radio news in England

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They are unlikely to have the prime minister on their programme as a regular guest and there is no need to have the complicated ongoing relationships with Downing Street communications staff. Lowry Mays, builder of radio empire, dies at 87 ," Washington Post ). It's a pretty rare practice.