As part of his Wojo’s Wandering Wisdom series, Matt Wojnowski, Assistant City Manager for the City of Altus, OK shows wants you to look at your city the way Myers-Briggs looks at you. INTRO I’m back after a busy summer with a new article. I have a running list of ideas for ELGL articles but … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] #ELGL16 – DFW October 21, 2016 The Grand Hall at NRH Center 6000 Hawk Avenue North Richland Hills, TX 76180 [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register!” color=”success” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Felgl16.eventbrite.com|title:ELGL16%20in%20PDX|target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text] The Southwest branch of ELGL, in partnership with the Urban Management Assistants of North Texas (UMANT), will be gathering next week in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for the 1st Annual … Continued
Henry Boyd (Email, LinkedIn, Twitter) with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services shares m the opportunity for Greenville, NC to take a ho-hum riverside park into an anchor for the downtown scene. The City of Greenville, North Carolina plans to revitalize the 19.92 acres of the Town Common area located along the … Continued
Note: GOVQ is a digital government advice column curated by ProudCity CEO Luke Fretwell. Tweet your questions with the hashtag #GOVQ or email luke@proudcity.com, and we’ll answer them here. Digital is increasingly becoming a fundamental aspect of government services. Residents, businesses and visitors want immediate access to information they need and easy ways to report … Continued
Editors note: Welcome to the second installment of a new blog series from Seneca Systems CEO Chris Maddox. You might remember him from other ELGL webinars and posts such as “4 Most Egregious Issues in Local Government Software Purchasing,” “Rewind: The 4-1-1 on Slack,” and “Staying on TOP: Recruiting Young Talent“. This post is (un)fortunately … Continued
By Ashley Jacobs Maybe it’s just us. It’s possible that my colleagues and I are just magnets for crazy. But I’m guessing that if you’ve ever been on a job hunt in local government, you’ve also been placed in some situations that are eerily, uncomfortably, maybe even comically, similar to reality television shows. Let’s take … Continued
Local governments face constant challenges, opportunities and threats. In this ongoing series, we’ll look at case studies from Management Partners’ files to see what challenges confronted the organizations, how leaders decided to respond, and what the results are. Test your problem-solving skills and figure out what you would do! By Julie Zimmerman | Chief Knowledge Officer … Continued
Welcome to a periodic feature, exclusively offered for our members. “Tell Us Your Story” is your chance to get feedback from ELGL members about a specific topic or policy. Today, we’re tackling performance improvement programs! Here’s the email from an ELGL member: “I am constantly fine-tuning a “performance improvement starter kit”, a process that any organization … Continued
Editors note: Welcome to the first installment of a new blog series from Seneca Systems CEO Chris Maddox. You might remember him from other ELGL webinars and posts such as “4 Most Egregious Issues in Local Government Software Purchasing” and “Rewind: The 4-1-1 on Slack“. In this series he will be exploring how startups and … Continued
Follow along while I spend a whirlwind 24 hours in Fort Lauderdale, FL at the QScend Citizen Request Management Conference talking Citizen Engagement, road tripping, and challenges local governments face getting people engaged. Fun Fact: The city of Fort Lauderdale is home to Toy Beeninga and Lee Feldman. By Rebecca Olson – Twitter and LinkedIn June 8, 2016 I … Continued
