This is the table poster from a roundtable training session I led at last week’s annual conference of the League of Minnesota Cities in Rochester. I spoke to two sessions of about twelve people each session about using weblogs as a communications tool for city government officials. I’m traveling today to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the annual conference of the National League of Cities. On Friday I will be co-presenting a conference session on (what else) using weblogs as a communications tool for city government officials. I’m honored to have a co-presenter at this conference. My co-presenter is Mayor Bill Gentes of Round Lake, Illinois. Check out his blog. He’s pretty good.
The National League of Cities always presents an excellent conference. It is geared toward elected officials more than appointed officials, but that’s precisely why I like to attend this conference. It provides valuable perspective to me to hear what issues are of concern to elected officials, how are they processing those issues, and how they wish to resolve them. Knowing this persepctive helps me work with my elected officials better because I have gained a more complete understanding of how they approach issues in the community.
I’m off to sunny North Carolina. Next post will be from Charlotte.
