COVID-19 changed everything for local governments, from an immediate need to implement effective crisis management and communications to the ongoing impact of addressing reduced tax… Read More »Doing more with less: How to improve your Community Engagement on a budget
Like many local governments, Covid-19 required the City of South Fulton to shift their communication and community engagement strategy to better meet the needs of… Read More »How ITsimple helped the City of South Fulton improve their crisis communications – and on a budget
When it’s harder than ever to meet in person, local governments can often find it difficult to take the pulse of their populace with the… Read More »How to garner better community feedback
When the new normal is change, local governments need a better way of communicating with their constituents than just a web site. But what approach… Read More »Successful government communication also means customer service
It’s estimated that in the 2016 United States election only 57.9% of eligible voters actually cast a ballot. In the 2018 midterms, which historically have… Read More »Increase voter turnout with smart communications
Even in the best of times, communication between government and citizens can be complicated. But in times of crisis, it can be a matter of… Read More »Effective communication in times of crisis
For governments that want to communicate with their constituents, newsletters are no longer an effective solution. Unfortunately, newsletters have fallen victim to overuse, where too… Read More »What’s after newsletters?!
Prioritizing budgets (especially taxpayer funded ones) is never easy. One area governments of all kinds should look to when deciding where they can get the… Read More »Is your communication strategy mobile ready?
Improve your census participation with It’sMyTown, the official mobile app for local governments The US Government has been conducting a population census every ten years… Read More »Improve census participation with It’sMyTown
Prior to investing taxpayer money to upgrade your website to comply with ADA requirements, you might want to read this first! Prioritizing accessibility for people… Read More »Budgeting for ADA compliance?
In our last blog, we shared mind around how a responsive website isn’t a native mobile app and doesn’t match the usability or functionality of a mobile app.
Let’s talk about users privacy. It’s already common news that Facebook was fined ~$5 billion for violating users privacy. ‘LaLiga’ The official soccer league in Spain was fined €250,000 for spying on users, under the new privacyRead More »Privacy. It’sMyTown was built for local governments with users privacy first in mind.
We see many local Gov. websites coming to maturity nowadays. With that, comes the need for smarter government engagement media’s. ADA requirements, video and voice are no strangers to a ‘website upgrade’ requirements and bids out there. They are all very important and budgets are directed that way. The common action is “let’s ask IT to speak to our website vendor and set something up” – here is a news flash: a “responsive” website is NOT an alternative to a mobile app (even if a web design vendor tells you so). The technology is simply not there yet.Read More »Responsive website Vs. a Mobile App?
Last week, at the state of Georgia municipal association (GMA) annual convention in the beautiful city of Savannah, ITsimple and its civic content platform have gotten more validation than it could ever wish for. Stating the obvious sometimes seems unnecessary, yet we feel the urge to say it again ‘MOBILE IS HERE’. As we’ve been sharing with many elected officials and local government staff – ‘a website, responsive as it will be, even with the mix of publishing content through the social channels – simply doesn’t cut it anymore’. Read More »The rise of municipal mobile apps
