Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m reading: The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies What I’m watching: the trees, from a hammock What I’m listening to: the sweet sounds rolling banjos and mandolins at the 45th annual Festival of the Bluegrass (related ELGL article, believe it or not) Well, … Continued
By Bridget Kozlowski, City of Sterling Heights, MI Have you ever wanted to shoot a fire hose? See the inside of a jail cell? Drive a front-end loader? Yes? Follow me. This spring, our city launched a new internal cross-departmental training program we called “Sterling U,” short for Sterling University. Think of it like a … Continued
Morning Buzz by Kirsten Wyatt What I’m Reading: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer What I’m Watching: The Bachelorette What I’m Listening To: The Strumbellas What I’m Obsessed With: BBQing and smoking meats – it’s summer! [polldaddy poll=10024345] Full admission that I’m a crier. Kent once accused me of ruining an entire ACC basketball tournament … Continued
ELGL at Code for America Summit 2018 Recap In late April, WhatWorksCities announced they were giving away five spots to attend the Code for America Summit in Oakland. The challenge was simple: submit an idea that you (as a city staffer) would like to tackle with the civic tech community. The five most inspiring ideas … Continued
What I’m Reading: MLB Draft Previews (yep, its a thing) What I’m Listening To: Ray Lamontagne: Part of the Light What I’m Watching: Lost in Space – My wife and I have been trying to finish this series for over a month now. As the parents of a 16 month old, here is my … Continued
For anyone who is the local government communications, your golden rule should be: DON’T SHOW UP YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS! “Among the responsibilities of a professional local government manager is the role of maintaining a positive relationship with the governing body and working with them to enhance their work. I would argue that this is the most … Continued
Right Now w/India Adams What I’m Listening to: KOD- J.Cole What I’m Watching: Real Housewives of Potomac It is an interesting time in America. In the last month, Kanye West discussed becoming a community developer. His wife, Kim Kardashian met with the President to discuss criminal justice reform. And, J. Cole tackled community policing and … Continued
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. As any of you readers in who work in budget offices know, May and June is peak budget time. I’m actually writing this from the City of Durham’s first of two full day work sessions on the proposed FY 2018-19 budget. I’m humming the classic Christmas carol under … Continued
Right NOW with Kent Wyatt, ELGL Co-Founder What I Am Reading: The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate. (Spoiler: McDonald’s Filet of Fish isn’t that bad.) What I Am Watching: Southern Charm (Charleston) What I Am Thinking: The Indy 500 has become irrelevant. What I Am Listening To: Dave … Continued
Right Now w/ Rebecca Woodbury (LinkedIn / Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Italobot What I’m Watching – Southern Charm: New Orleans What I’m Doing – cramming for my ITIL exam on Saturday This article was originally published in the Jan/Feb 2018 edition of GovTech Magazine. Despite the critical work that public servants do for their communities, many lack the tech tools they need … Continued
