All Cohort Programs News

What We’re Learning About Learning: Emily, March 2020

Posted on March 9, 2020

What I'm Reading: Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities (for #CityHallShelfie on March 19, y'all, don't miss it!) What I'm Listening To: The Ghost of Paul Revere, lately. What I'm Stoked About: OMG y'all, I love my job at ELGL and it's about to be spring. As in, NOT WINTER ANYMORE....

Update: 2020 COVID-19 Equity Ambassadors Program accepting applications!

Posted on March 9, 2020

COVID-19 Equity Ambassadors Free if accepted | Register interest by April 30 The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing public servants to make decisions at an unprecedented pace. With a disease that disproportionately impacts our most vulnerable — from the elderly to low-income — decisions made without these communities in mind risk exacerbating current inequities. In times...

ELGL & UrbanLeap announce the 2020 Innovation Cohort Participants

Posted on February 19, 2020

ELGL’s Innovation Cohort programs provide cities with the opportunity to tap into the collective energy and intelligence of the ELGL network with the assistance of the UrbanLeap platform. Members form a virtual, across-the-country Innovation Cohort to learn about new solutions, test them and learn from the experiences, and then figure out how to put those...

Strategy and Performance Management Training

Strategy & Performance Management Training

Posted on January 30, 2020

5 Solutions For Your Toughest Strategic Planning Pain Points The City of Germantown, TN, and ClearPoint Strategy collaborated to provide this strategy & performance management training to the Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort on January 28, 2020. We invited the City of Germantown, TN, to share their performance management journey with the group to...

Big Innovators in Small Places

Posted on December 5, 2019

This guest blog is reprinted with permission from ELGL member John Burgoyne. The unsung heroes of local government innovation When you hear the term ‘city innovation’ in government, what do you envision? Does a major skyline creep it’s way into your imagination, with tantalizing technologies and curious creatives dancing about? Do the New Yorks and...

October Update – Membership & Programs!

Posted on October 9, 2019

What I'm Doing: Learning how to build integrations that make our lives easier with our new membership software. (I was feeling pretty dorky, but then Kirsten reminded me that I am with my people now, who love to geek out with me about this stuff. #nerd) What I'm Listening To: Wilco, because I FINALLY get...

2020 Innovation Cohort Announcement!

Posted on October 4, 2019

Good news, folks! ELGL and UrbanLeap are starting another Innovation Cohort! This 2020 Cohort will be focused on Economic & Community Development and begins in January 2020. The year-long program is available to local governments in any state of any size! Last year’s Cohort was a massive success for many cities around the nation. With...

Altoona: Perspectives on “Getting the Work Done”

Posted on October 2, 2019

The Innovation Cohort read Hana Schank's "Getting the Work Done: What Government Innovation Really Looks Like" as part of their cohort learning. Today's reflection post is by the the Public Library of Altoona, IA. __________________________________________________________________________________ Think small. Failing is fine. Slow down. Listen more, react less. The answer isn’t technology. You have all the experts...

El Campo: Perspectives on “Getting the Work Done”

Posted on October 1, 2019

The Innovation Cohort read Hana Schank's "Getting the Work Done: What Government Innovation Really Looks Like" as part of their cohort learning. Today's reflection post is by the City of El Campo, TX's Courtney Sladek and Jai McBride. Government innovation involves overcoming old structures and modes of thinking and embracing new technologies and ideas. The...