Today’s Buzz is by Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: With the kiddos: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Without my kiddos, and guilty pleasure: Riverdale (BTW, very different than the comics I grew up reading…..) What I’m Reading: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Brian Bickers, Management Analyst at Arlington County, VA, writes about three things to consider when creating a dashboard. Thinking about performance dashboards can be overwhelming. For one thing, what is a performance dashboard? We are still in … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Lindsay Jacques. Follow her on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Reading: 60 Seconds and You’re Hired! by Robin Ryan What I’m Listening to: Folk playlists on Spotify What I’m Recommending: Showing your support this Pride Month #ELGL19 had fantastic presentations, idea-generating content, and over 200 local government nerds. Here are a few … Continued
Want to join the ELGL Morning Buzz writing rotation? You’ll write one blog every month-ish, and post it on your assigned dates. We’re currently working on our Q3 rotation (July, August, September). If you’re selected, we’ll train you up on posting and add you to the Slack planning channel. Why should you write for the … Continued
This is the second installment in a multi-part blog series by Sam Edelstein about the role of a Chief Data Officer. Read part one here. Sometimes the job of Chief Data Officer is as simple as figuring out how to count things. The challenge is that counting things is not always quite as easy as … Continued
This is the first installment in a multi-part blog series by Sam Edelstein about the role of a Chief Data Officer. Just over three years ago, I became the city of Syracuse’s first chief data officer. A couple dozen other cities, as well as states and federal government agencies have chief data officers as well. … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Clay Campbell. What I’m Reading: Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism [] – A bit extreme, but like the general idea What I’m Watching: Schitt’$ Creek – kudos to Kylie Bayer, Kent Wyatt, Hillary Ostlund and Stephanie Chase for sharing – So good! What I’m Listening to: The Lego Movie 2: … Continued
Thanks to targeted outreach, the month of May saw more data points in the Diversity Dashboard from Michigan and Oregon. Learn more here!
We want you to write for ELGL! We’re looking for guest columnists for our popular series, “I Have to Ask You.” Here’s how it works. Choose a date to be the featured guest columnist Allie Breyer will send you a choice of three local government topics to write about. You will choose one of the … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with me on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: Harry Potter marathon all. weekend. long. What I’m Reading: Just finished Call The Midwife and The Wife Between Us. Both were enjoyable long-weekend reads. What I’m Listening To: Fadbusting with Adam Grant & Freakonomics. I’m headed to Code … Continued
