It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Trevor Minyard Assistant to the City Manager – City of McKinney, TX Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter McKinney attractions Tupp’s Brewery & Franconia Brewery (both offering tours throughout the week) Historic Downtown McKinney Heard Natural Science Museum … Continued
Right Now with Nick Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Reading: The Puzzler’s Dilemma by Derrick Neiderman What I’m Listening to: The Hold Steady – A Slight Discomfort What I’m Doing: I’m visiting the Netherlands! I have tried and tried and tried to get a #CityHallSelfie in Amsterdam, and I am completely unsure as to how successful I’ve been. Because … Continued
“There’s an App for That,” by CitySourced. CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) is an enterprise platform that provides governments with a complete native mobile app for residents to communicate with every department of their community: Mobile | Web | 311 | CRM. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Use Cases for a Mobile App We are incredibly bullish on the possibilities and use cases for a … Continued
Elizabeth Vogel, Deputy Supervisor at Charter Township of Clinton, kicks off our series, “Continuing the #13Percent Conversation.” Sign up to be guest writer. for this series. The wrong education & a job title no one understands: A young woman straightening out her crooked path to CAO By Elizabeth Vogel – ELGL Profile, LinkedIn & Twitter My path into local … Continued
In today’s Buzz, I’ll be sharing about Sanctuary City task forces around the country. Right Now with Daniel A. Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Brad Paisley – Last Time for Everything What I’m Reading – The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch What I’m Doing – I am celebrating (well, not actually celebrating–but I am happy) that … Continued
One week ago I woke up to a 6 a.m. phone call from my parent’s landline. My brother told me the hillside up above our parents home was on fire. On Sunday, October 9, a series of wildfires broke out across the state of California, some of them starting in the dead of night. Fires … Continued
This guest post is by ELGL member Clay Pearson, a seasoned ELGL content contributor, city manager, and ICMA conference attendee. Note: Richard Florida will keynote at conference this year. Part of the University of Kansas MPA program involves the full-time students attending the ICMA annual conference. I was in Lawrence in 1990, which meant going to … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Matt Yager, City of Plano, TX, discusses other jobs than his current one. By Matt Yager, LinkedIn and Twitter The best part of watching James Lipton interview actors and other entertainers on Inside the Actor’s Studio for me is … Continued
In this post, Bang the Table‘s own Amanda Nagl shares the importance of building a resilient city. Check out Bang the Table’s podcast to learn more about the City of Boulder’s resiliency strategy. *************************************************************************************************************************** Resilience has many definitions but all include some reference to an ability to bounce back—be it from something predictable or not, natural or man-made, for better or … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is Kirsten Wyatt’s “Weekly Update,” shared over three days at the Associations @ Work conference in Baltimore, Maryland. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”green” border_width=”3″][vc_column_text]Tuesday, October 17 3:30 p.m. Update I’m in my last session of the day. My first afternoon session was about using predictive analysis to make association decisions. It was fascinating to learn from … Continued
