This guest blog is by ELGL member Meghan Ruble with Bang the Table. Meghan joined the Bang the Table team after five years working at the local government level. Her experience managing a municipal marketing and communications team left her very familiar with the challenges agencies face when planning and running community engagement projects. She is … Continued
This guest blog is by ELGL member Margaret Kostopulos with the Ancel Glink law firm. As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much anticipated ruling in the Janus v. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, holding, by a 5-4 majority vote, that it is an unconstitutional infringement on a public employee’s First Amendment rights to … Continued
I love reading about communities who are embracing innovative. The communities that are looking for the big wins. I don’t work for one of those communities, at least not yet. We will get there, but we are at the beginning of that path. Our innovations are small and simple right now, but those small and … Continued
Right Now with Kent Wyatt, ELGL Co-Founder What I Am Hearing: Michael Jordan whine from having a few teeth extracted. What I Am Reading: Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South What I Am Listening To: Motion Sickness by Phoebe Bridgers What I Am Thinking: Funfetti … Continued
JULY 12, 2018 BY ELGL Webinar: Comprehensive Community Engagement Strategies Friday, July 27, 2018 11:00 a.m. PDT This webinar is cohosted by ELGL and Bang the Table There are many reasons to launch a comprehensive Community Engagement strategy, including increasing reach and capacity, fostering equity, building trust, agency empowerment, creating a shared vision, and mobilizing a community. … Continued
JULY 23, 2018 BY STACY.SCHWEIKHART Each week, we’ll be doing three key things with the Diversity Dashboard: Updating the Diversity Dashboard with new survey data Sharing a reflection post on the Diversity Dashboard findings Communicating response rates on a state by state basis The Diversity Dashboard is an evolving, growing tool that helps us better understand local government leadership in 2018. Want … Continued
JULY 18, 2018 BY ELGL Each week, we’ll be doing three key things with the Diversity Dashboard: Updating the Diversity Dashboard with new survey data Sharing a reflection post on the Diversity Dashboard findings Communicating response rates on a state by state basis The Diversity Dashboard is an evolving, growing tool that helps us better understand local government leadership in 2018. Want … Continued
FEBRUARY 12, 2018 BY STACY.SCHWEIKHART By Lauren Stott on behalf of the Diversity Dashboard team. In fall 2017, ELGL began a campaign to collect diversity data on municipalities throughout the country. A simple start, seeking diversity information about the chief administrative officers (CAOs) and Assistant Chief Administrative Officers (ACAOs), is hoped to initiate research and spur important … Continued
OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY STACY.SCHWEIKHART As ELGL works to formalize its commitment to diversity in local government leadership through its Diversity Dashboard project, it is also excited to partner with Young Government Leaders (YGL) to help advance both organizations’ diversity research goals. YGL’s research initiative aims to learn about how young government employees view diversity and how their views might be … Continued
OCTOBER 31, 2017 BY ELGL Thanks to YOUR support, the ELGL Diversity Dashboard is fully funded. We received donations ranging in size from $10 to $12,500 – and combined, all of those donations will fund the important research on diversity in local government leadership. In the coming week, we’ll be: Posting the job description for the MPA/MPP … Continued
