Municipal Clerks: Get the Most Out of Your IIMC Conference

The municipal clerk profession holds a special place in my heart not only because it's the essential "keeper" for all public records, legislation, and one of the true facilitators of transparency, but because Granicus has really built its business around making clerks operate more efficiently. For these reasons and many more, I'm particularly excited and honored to be attending the upcoming IIMC (International Institute of Municipal Clerks) conference in Nashville, TN!

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Town of Prescott Valley Excels with Council Voting Solution

In late 2009, the Town of Prescott Valley, AZ built a high tech Auditorium/Council Chambers and wanted to incorporate the latest technologies to enhance government transparency and maximize their “going green” efforts. For nearly four years, Prescott Valley has been successfully streaming their council meetings on the Web with Granicus; the obvious next step was to add some new features to help them further streamline their Council meeting process with automated, paperless workflows.

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Expand Visibility: Share Granicus Videos in Google Docs

Granicus clients are a very innovative group, often discovering new ways to leverage the latest technologies to raise public awareness. I wanted to take a few moments to highlight how Multnomah County combined Granicus and Google Docs as a powerful way to inform the public. Marina Baker, Assistant Board Clerk, for the Multnomah County Commissioners recently shared her innovation tip with us.

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Publishing Agendas Effectively with Granicus

One of the best features of your Granicus solution is the agenda publishing! All agencies are required to notify the public of topics being discussed at an upcoming meeting through an agenda. With Granicus, this is all automated.

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How to Publish Granicus Videos to your Website

Are you looking for a way to distribute your videos across multiple pages on your website, beyond just the archive library you’ve created with Granicus? This is actually proven to be one of the top ways to attract more visitors to your content—we discussed this in a recent webinar, Webinar Highlights: Keys to Success with Government Video.  

This post will show you how to use the Granicus Platform to do this. And, for end-users that just want to share already published government content on their own websites—there’s a tip in here for you too!

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Granicus 101 – Tips & Tricks to Get Started with Government Video

Through the years I've trained hundreds of people on how to use their Granicus solution. I thought it would be useful to summarize a few words of wisdom for clients just getting started with your Granicus solution. For new clients, long-time clients, or for those of you who are considering joining the family, there are a few tid-bits in here for you! After all, it's always good to learn new techniques to improve your workflow, increase transparency, and maybe even help the environment with publishing paperless agenda packets.

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Dear Santa…I Need Help Updating My Roll Call

Dear Santa,

I have been pretty good this year, but I don’t think I need another reindeer sweater; the one I have is super nice and warm. (See attached picture, I think you will agree)

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