Knope of the Week Lands on Ted Talks The Knope of the Week recognizes sustained excellence in local government. It’s the Heisman Trophy, Noble Peace Prize, James Beard Award all rolled into one. Many have vied for the honor over the years, but only a few winners have emerged. President Obama, Bono, and Cam Newton … Continued
Join us for a live interview with Michael Karlik, creator of the City Council Chronicles website on Friday, June 10 at 11:00 a.m/EST and 8:00 a.m./PST. We’ll record the interview for a future GovLove podcast. Michael Karlik (Twitter) is a writer and stand-up comedian who often travels between his home in Denver and New York … Continued
Kent Wyatt is joined this week by Brian Ligon from Round Rock, TX and Scott McDonell from Dane County, WI. These two are the brains behind Ron Pitchman and Chad Vader, the stars of two of the most creative local government videos we’ve seen. They discuss local government communication and finding creative ways to get … Continued
Replay the webinar with Matt Crozier from Bang the Table! [View the story “#ELGLTech: Community Engagement With Matt Crozier” on Storify]
On the list of the most prestigious local government awards, there is the Knope of the Week and The Navigator Awards. (Yes we know that this is the first year of The Navigator Awards presented by Route Fifty.) You may remember reading about Route Fifty in this article – The Rest of the Story on Route Fifty … Continued
Survey Link: My Organization’s Digital Personality This survey serves two purposes: 1. ELGL member Liz Aberg will use the responses in her capstone on the use of social media in local government. Liz is a student at Quinnipiac University in the Master of Science, Interactive Media program. 2. At the joint Illinois City/County Management Association & Wisconsin City/County Management … Continued
On June 17 at 12:00 p.m EST/9:00 a.m. PST, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt will interview Zach Markovits, Director of City Programs for the What Works Cities initiative. We’ll live stream the interview on Periscope and record the interview for a future GovLove podcast. Zach will discuss how city leaders from 100 mid-sized cities are enhancing their use of … Continued
We’ve heard from many of you that GovLove has become your go-to podcast each Friday when it’s published. in 2016, GovLove was named one of the 10 Game-Changing Podcasts for Government Workers and nominated for government podcast of the year. Now, we want to find out who YOU want to hear from on upcoming episodes of … Continued
This is the final part of a series following an MPA study trip to Seoul, South Korea. Part I: Studying in Seoul with Trevor Minyard Part II: Seoul Solution Part III: To Live and Work for the Benefit of All Mankind Part IV: Seoul’s Lump Sum Rental Structure Part V: Local Government Innovation in Seoul Part VI: … Continued
As many of you know, I left my job in West Linn for a variety of reasons, the most important being that I realized that West Linn was no longer providing me a platform to pursue a local government career I believed in. My personal career goal has always been simple: to do work where I can make the biggest … Continued
