Category: #ELGL19 Agenda

ELGL19 Session: The Justice Lab in Long Beach, CA

Time: 3:15 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Morris Street Hallway, Room #2 Breakout: Case Study – Civic Innovation & the Justice Lab in Long Beach, CA The City of Long Beach, California has been a leader in government innovation since 2015 and their Office of Civic Innovation works to co-create solutions to the most pressing … Continued

ELGL19 Session: Financial Empowerment through Local Government

Breakout: Financially Empowering Individuals & Families through Local Government   In the last ten years, cities and counties across the country have come to realize that residents’ financial instability is an issue of such importance, and relevance, that it cannot continue to be relegated to the nonprofit sector to solve. Unstable personal finances are often why … Continued

ELGL19 Session: Engaging Local Government Employees

Time: 10:20 am Friday, May 17 Location: Morris Street Hallway, Room #2 Breakout: Engaging Local Government Employees Everyone knows the old adage of “take care of your employees and they’ll take care of you.” But how do you measure whether you’ve taken care of your employees? New studies suggest that employee engagement can be a … Continued

ELGL19 Keynote: Welcome to Durham with Mayor Steve Schewel

Keynote: Welcome to the Bull City with Mayor Steve Schewel Mayor Steve Schewel was elected Durham’s Mayor in November of 2017 on a vision for Durham to serve as a progressive beacon for the South and the nation. His campaign centered on making sure that Durham, which has seen tremendous growth, remains a “City for … Continued

ELGL19 Session: Building Capacity in Data & Performance

Time: 10:20 am Friday, May 17 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #2  Breakout: Building Capacity in Data & Performance So you developed a strategic plan, you gathered the data, you developed performance measures, and even created visually appealing dashboards. Now what? Come to this session to learn how three organizations are helping to build capacity … Continued

ELGL19 Session: How to Jumpstart & Sustain a Strategy & Performance Culture

Time: 3:15 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1  Breakout: How to Jumpstart & Sustain a Strategy & Performance Culture Local governments all across the country have developed offices to lead and develop cultures of performance management and strategic planning. But not all local governments are in the same stages of their … Continued

ELGL19 Session: Innovation from Coast to Coast Pt. 2

Time: 10:20 pm Friday, May 17 Location: Morris Street Hallway, Room #1  Breakout: Innovation from Coast to Coast – Part 2 All across the country local governments are working to make services better for their residents by trying out new ideas and new approaches to problems that many communities face. In this session we want … Continued

ELGL19 Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project

Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project A team at Iowa State University is examining the relationship between population loss and quality of life in small and shrinking rural communities. Global economic and social trends predict that the number of people living in small towns and rural areas will continue to shrink. Policy makers have to … Continued

ELGL19 Session: Building a Diverse & Inclusive Workplace

Time: 3:15 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Morris Street Hallway, Room #1  Breakout: Building a Diverse & Inclusive Workplace The culture of an organization has a big impact on how employees feel about their place of work. From retention and recruitment to job performance, culture plays a role in shaping organizations. Local government employees are … Continued

ELGL19 Session: Starting an Equity & Inclusion Program

Time: 10:20 am Friday, May 17 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1  Breakout: Starting an Equity & Inclusion Program – Definitions, Tactics and Best Practices  The trend in high performing organizations is to operationalize and prioritize equity and inclusion on an enterprise level.  But what does that mean and how does it get done?  Attendees … Continued

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