4 Achievable Ways to Update Your Old Legislative and Citizen Workflows

It’s easy to get stuck in old ways of doing things. It doesn't matter if it takes longer or requires more work; it’s familiar and gets done almost completely out of habit. Tom Spengler, Granicus CEO, led a great session at IIMC which showed municipal clerks how to break old habits and work smarter. There was clearly a lot of interest in this topic. The room was packed with 80-100 people!

Since the session was two hours, I’ve summarized below 4 ways to help government work smarter. Additionally, we’ve published a few short video clips from the session. 

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IIMC Session Review: Government Reinvention Made Easy

This week, at the IIMC conference in Portland, I attended an excellent educational session by Jim Mathis, called, "Reinvention made easy, change your strategy change your results".  Mathis made several great references to the current state of our economy.  He says that the economy is not down, it’s changing.  The key is to adapt to this change and find ways to excel in it. 

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How Governments Win with Paperless Agenda Management

I'm at the annual IIMC conference where municipal clerks from around the world are looking for the next must-have legislative solution. There once was a debate as to whether or not government workers should have phones. Phones are now a must-have technology. Like phones, paperless agenda management's time has arrived in the "must-have" era.

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Municipal Clerks Go Green with Granicus, Plant a Billion Trees

The annual International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) conference has positively affected thousands of communities all over the world by creating more efficient and open governments. This year, clerks will be convening in Portand, OR for the annual IIMC Conference where they will team up with Granicus to become greener governments, and help plant a billion trees!

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Top 4 Tips for Simplifying Agenda Management

During our webinar yesterday, seating over 115 governments from across the country, we provided insights into how to go about simplifying agenda management to create a more efficient and effective organization. And what’s the bottom line with efficiency and efficacy? It saves everyone time and money. Read on for the top 4 tips from the webinar on simplifying agenda management.

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City Council Meeting Prep: There’s an App for That [VIDEO]

LaTricia Woods serves as Public Information Officer for the City of Maricopa, Ariz. Previously, she served as Assistant to the City Manager in the City of Scottsdale and Public Information Officer for the City of Wichita. Her career expertise includes public relations, strategic and crisis communications and marketing for government, nonprofit and media organizations.

Embracing New Technology

The Maricopa City Council has always looked to technology as a way to enhance the way it meets the needs of the community. With the growing success of the iPad, many Council members wanted to turn in the laptop and try the new device. In a relatively short amount of time, the entire City Council had asked to switch. Once that happened, they began exploring different apps that would help them carry out their responsibilities.

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Governing on the iPad with iLegislate

Every day, more and more government agencies are adopting the iPad. Why shouldn’t they? It’s mobile, it’s dependable, and the number of government apps is growing at a fast pace. Granicus recognized this trend and released an iPad app called iLegislate into Beta last year to see how effective it could be at helping governments save paper while improving meeting efficiency.

I’m pleased to report that Granicus just released iLegislate into full production. Now, any government agency can leverage the iLegislate app and Granicus solutions to replace paper-based agenda packets with a more mobile, action-driven, and cost-saving alternative.

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