Knowledgeable. Detailed. Enthusiast Portland Bike Share is the hot topic for 2014. When will it start? How will it work? What’s the City’s investment? ELGL went straight to the sources for answers. Steve Hoyt-McBeth walked us through a detailed presentation on what is bike share, what isn’t bike share, how other cities are … Continued
Please use this link to log in for today’s webinar with Mark Binelli, author of “Detroit City is the Place to Be.” It will start promptly at noon, PST; 2:00 CST.
ELGL is pleased to launch a new feature to connect our members to each other – a series called “What Are We Doing?” The aim of this post is to identify the books, music, projects, and trends that our members are playing attention to, and then sharing them with each other so we can all … Continued
ELGL is collaborating with Melissa Anzman of Launch Yourself to bring you our latest and greatest Twittersation. Mark your calendar and plan to log on to your Twitter on May 1 at 3:00 p.m. EST (that’s noon, PST) to be part of the conversation about Advancing In Your Career. Or, in Twitter lingo, #AdvanceYourself. ELGL focuses on … Continued
Join ELGL: Free for Students; $30 for Individuals; $230 for Organizations The Leadoff What did you say? A prank on an unsuspecting baseball player lasted more than a month. Watch the video and you will never feel stupid again. Article: Entire Minor League Team Pranks Jeff Francoeur into Thinking Teammate Is Deaf Hat Tips … Continued
Genuine. Role Model. Compassionate Cue the zoo jokes – David Donaldson, Lake Oswego (OR) assistant city manager, is leaving Portlandia for a greener pasture, the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. David will be missed. He was an early supporter of ELGL and has participated in a number of web features including The Assistant and … Continued
Resetting the 50 Nifty Project Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and … Continued
Resetting the 50 Nifty Project Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public … Continued
Listen to the Podcast: The Launch of ELGL with Kent Wyatt Kent Wyatt co-founded Emerging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) after a difficult career transition when he relocated to Oregon. He has thrown the doors wide open and brought transparency back into the realm of local government to help others launch their careers and grow and … Continued
I was pleased to see that last month’s column about how to respond to snarky comments on social media generated some nice discussion on LinkedIn and Twitter. I also sent the column to my boss, the Oak Park Communications Director David Powers. As you can see from this pic, Oak Park’s staff offices lack a … Continued
