Are short-term rentals (STRs), often found on sites like Airbnb and VRBO, required to meet the same safety standards as traditional lodging options in your community? While there may be some exceptions, the answer is likely no. With record numbers of new hosts, new visitors, and STR related accidents, now is the time to prioritize life safety in your community.Join Granicus for a 15-minute session with vacation rental safety expert, Justin For...

You’ve invested your resources in a new website to meet your residents’ needs with engaging digital experiences and interactions. But how can your community engage if they don’t know your website exists? Learn more about getting the word out about your amazing resources and services! Join us for a session exploring creative engagement strategies and tools intended to help maximize your new website and build community engagement.

Questions about short-term rental regulations, safety, or enforcement? From drafting an ordinance to adopting an enforcement strategy, local governments face many difficult decisions when it comes to short-term rentals. Join us for an interactive discussion with a cross-disciplinary panel of experts to get the answers! Jeffrey Goodman, Urban Planner and Consultant; Pete Roque, Director of Code Enforcement at 4LEAF; and Justin Ford, Director of...

At the start of the civic engagement journey, your residents were excited and ready to overcome any obstacles that stood in the way of making your community better. But as time went on and project timelines lengthened, interest in championing various causes waned. As a result, many previously activated residents may have stopped visiting the site or regularly engaging with projects. With tools that provide effective audience segmentation commu...

On Tuesday, June 14 at 11:00 a.m. EST / 8:00 a.m. PST, Cindi Mansell is hosting a 15 Minute webinar to share 10 specific things you can do to improve your public records request intake form. Tips will include… Adding a checkbox for media to self-identify Building functionality to identify duplicate requests Methods to deflect requests prior to requesters hitting submit Removing superfluous information. Join us, then schedule a meeting w...

To celebrate the close of our 2022 awards season, we’d like to invite you to a digital banquet honoring all the public servants who work tirelessly behind the scenes to increase awareness of programs, improve outdated processes, and inspire civic action. All public servants — and those who support them — are invited to attend. This (digital) banquet will recognize all the 2022 Digital Government Awards nominees and announce t...

You trust Granicus as a messaging and digital solution partner. Together, we help your residents stay up to date on what’s going on in your community. But there is a chance to build even more impactful digital experiences. How can you leverage the content on your website to supplement your digital messaging? Join us to find out how to connect the dots between messaging and content, email and website, to best meet resident needs.

On Tuesday, June 7 at 3:00 p.m. EST / 12:00 p.m. PST, Cindi Mansell will host a 15 Minute Lighting Round of actionable catalysts you can use to inspire your organization’s Public Records Request process. She’ll cruise through 14 concepts, ideas, and actionable steps you can put on your roadmap. Each of these items could be their own session but during this 15-minute presentation she’s putting them out there so you can take st...

Cindi Mansell, veteran records manager, brings to light the critical flaws in using spreadsheets and email to manage records requests. If you struggle to get support to purchase appropriate tools to do your job as records manager, this overview and the accompanying materials can help! Get the clarity you need to help communicate the challenges and risks of relying on spreadsheets and email, including: The 1 to 1 nature of spreadsheets for trac...

Successful civic engagement means working hand in hand with residents to tackle issues impacting your community. Those community voices might not be easily found in traditional spaces like town halls or community meetings, where only a few stakeholders are able to attend. Reaching all community members, including those who may see their concerns as underrepresented, means expanding the scope of your messaging and educating residents about oppo...