Morning Buzz by Kirsten Wyatt What I’m Reading: Slightly South of Simple What I’m Watching: UnReal What I’m Listening To: Songs in the Key of Life TL;DR: I love the micro hydro and hydro park concepts – in fact, both of these examples would be perfect submissions to the #WaterYouWaitingFor outreach and information sharing program! … Continued
Signs are all around, and many of them are put in our public realm by us, government. They are in our public spaces, parks, squares, and walkways – all places that are typically designed for people to come together to do the things they enjoy. However, government signs generally lists prohibited activities. No feeding the … Continued
In honor of World Landscape Architecture Month #WLAM2018, I wanted to discuss the incredible value of positioning landscape architects as key leaders in local government. Degrees in public administration, public policy, public health, and city planning get a lot of attention when discussing the type of educational background that makes for a great local government employee. … Continued
This is not a new topic in the modern age, however, in my experience, local governments tend to be the biggest offender of using their websites as dumping grounds. A common phrase amongst local government employees to webmasters is “can you put this up on our website? People need to know about this.” That’s the … Continued
Right Now with Ben What I’m Reading: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel I love this book. I started reading it on Saturday and couldn’t put it down until I finished it last night. Station Eleven tells the story of a world rocked by a flu epidemic. One so bad that society as we … Continued
Nominate your local government water project to share your success stories with local leaders around the world! ELGL is passionate about the free and open exchange of ideas where local governments can learn from one another to be most successful. When local leaders share their success stories, everybody wins. This is especially true on expensive … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Morning Buzz by Kirsten Wyatt What I’m Reading: Startup by Doree Shafrir What I’m Listening To: Pure Focus Playlist on I-Tunes What I’m Watching: The Americans, Season 6 TL;DR – Office skills, cleaning up after yourself, and common sense are critical skills in any local government workplace. Don’t become too self important to pay attention … Continued
Right now with Rebecca Woodbury (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – mostly dream pop these days What I’m Reading – Technology and Public Management (yes, it’s a textbook) What I’m Watching – Flint Town What I’m Doing – planning a vacation to Spain! So, at the City of San Rafael we have an intranet. It’s a Sharepoint site from like … Continued
Right Now w/ Zach Navin (LinkedIn / Twitter) What I’m Reading – Invisibles- David Zweig What I’m Watching – NHL Playoff Hockey What I’m Doing – Prepping for Milwaukee Brewers Opening Day What I’m listening to– Slowburn: a podcast about Watergate Every so often I get excited about big picture ideas that I’ve had. Particularly … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Sarah Henricks, City of Los Altos, California, writes about the transition from biologist to local government analyst. Kent was dying to know how I transitioned from a research biologist at a Biotech Company in Research Triangle … Continued
