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Road Trippin’ with Bryan McKinney, City of LaQuinta, CA

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we’ll use this feature to meet attendees. Bryan McKinney Interim City Engineer – City of La Quinta Connect: LinkedIn My celebrity look-alike is… Hugh Jackman. The last conference that I attended was… APWA Public Works … Continued

Road Trippin’ with Kris Hopping, Coachella Valley Water District

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we’ll use this feature to meet attendees. Kris Hopping Coachella Valley Water District – Senior Human Resources Specialist Connect: LinkedIn My celebrity look-alike is… I’ve been told Toni Collette by a couple of people in … Continued

Hats Off to Minnesota, Texas, Delaware & Colorado

What do Minnesota, Texas, Delaware, and Colorado have in common? They’re the four states that immediately responded to the first request for Diversity Dashboard information! In December, ICMA Executive Director Marc Ott sent an email to all state municipal associations and these four states promptly responded with the requested directory and contact information. Throughout this … Continued

I Have to Ask You: Lucky Breaks?

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Eve Sweeting, Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners, Human Resources Analyst, writes about the role of luck in her career. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. – Seneca We all get lucky breaks in our life … Continued

“Fruit Fights” and Other Funny Survey Responses

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ELGL member Angelica Wedell with the National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) share the the funniest verbatim responses to open-ended questions. [/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/2Y9sC5qPlNc” el_width=”70″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Local governments often use community surveys to better understand what residents think of their city or town. Sometimes, a topic calls for an open-ended question or two. For NRC survey researchers who … Continued

Transforming Local Government Conference Information

This post is from ELGL All-In Member the Alliance for Innovation: The 2018 Transforming Local Government Conference (TLG) will be an exciting event for all local government professionals. TLG attracts participation from local governments that are deliberately seeking new and innovative ways to connect people, information and ideas that support their efforts to be the … Continued

Road Trippin’ with Rebecca Woodbury, City of San Rafael, CA

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we’ll use this feature to meet attendees. Rebecca Woodbury City of San Rafael, California – Senior Management Analyst Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My celebrity look-alike is… I always heard Molly Ringwald growing up but I … Continued

Recession Proofing Your Community Development Department

By GovSense co-founder Gary McTall. Gary spent 10 years consulting and designing software solutions for local governments, but he was always running into limitations in the on-premise software. After consulting private equity firms and software companies on cloud solutions, he felt it was imperative to bring innovation to government. Twitter and LinkedIn Working with planning … Continued

Road Trippin’ with Janine Hamner, J & J Consulting Group, LLC

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we’ll use this feature to meet attendees. Janine Hamner Co-Founder and CEO – J&J Consulting Group, LLC Connect: LinkedIn My celebrity look-alike is… Kelly Clarkson The last conference that I attended was… IAP2 My New … Continued

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