It's Neighborhood Council Elections season, so we're partnering with the LA City Clerk's elections team and the IgniteLA women's leadership program to offer free candidate workshops during the month of March at locations around the City! Neighborhood Council Elections or Outreach Committee members; current board members running for re-election; or those interested in joining their [...]
The City of Los Angeles's Coordinated Street Furniture (transit shelters, PAKs, APTs) Program enables City Departments and Neighborhood Councils to display Public Service Announcements (PSA's) on the City's bus shelters free of charge. Please note that while there is no cost to post and display PSA's, there is still a cost associated with printing. Due [...]
If you're a Neighborhood Council board member, your Council's Canva account is rolling out today! Canva is an online graphic design tool, and your account includes access to templates for popular Neighborhood Council outreach materials to increase awareness of your Council and promote your upcoming elections. Templates include light pole banners, lawn signs, bus shelter and [...]
As promised at our recent Citywide Outreach Gathering, we're offering Regional Outreach Workshops at locations across LA in June and July! While these workshops are especially helpful for Neighborhood Council Outreach Chairs and Committee members, any Neighborhood Council board and committee members are welcome to join. Attendance is free with RSVP. Regional Outreach Workshops will [...]
If you're a Neighborhood Council Outreach Chair or Committee member - or if you're a boardmember interested in taking your Council's outreach and stakeholder engagement to the next level - please join us Monday evening, April 30th, for a Citywide Outreach gathering at City Hall (room TBD). Snacks, beverages, and parking are all provided. RSVP [...]
Good photo titles can greatly improve your Neighborhood Council’s online presence and at the same time, make your outreach more ADA accessible. Learn how to create effective, attention-getting image titles, and where to apply them. This is Part 5 in a series on how SEO (search engine optimization) can increase your Council’s online presence and [...]
This is the second article in an ongoing Outreach Tip series on SEO and Neighborhood Councils. Successful search engine optimization is driven by keywords and phrases that are correctly chosen and applied. This week, we talk about how to choose the right keywords to help your stakeholders find you online. If you haven’t yet read [...]
There's still time to book a Pop-Up Poll before Saturday's official Election Day for Empowerment Congress North; Mid City; or Empowerment Congress West Neighborhood Councils! Pop-Up Polls can increase voting opportunities for your stakeholders. Call us right away with your suggestions for events or locations where we can set up one of our mobile voting [...]
Below are confirmed Pop-Up Poll locations for June 15th - 17th. New dates are added to our Pop-Up Poll webpage at https://empowerla.org/popuppolls, as they are booked, so be sure to visit that page for the latest locations. Don't forget: even if a Pop-Up Poll isn't within your Neighborhood Council boundaries, your stakeholders may still vote at *any* Pop-Up [...]
Forming new committees is part of forming a new Board, and effective committees are the secret to an effective Board. But where can you find great committee members in your area, and how can you recruit them? Your Neighborhood Council's email list is entirely composed of people who already know and care about your Neighborhood [...]
