To celebrate Independence Day we’re sharing this interview with Josh Schoemann the County Administrator of Washington County, WI. He discussed how his experience in the military shapes his work in local government as both an administrator and elected official. Connect with Josh: LinkedIn & Twitter This interview is part of our ongoing series on attracting veterans … Continued
Kirsten (Twitter & LinkedIn) Stacy (Twitter & LinkedIn) In this episode of GovLove, Kirsten Wyatt and Stacy Schweikhart discuss their five part blog series (read part I, part II and part III) on the recently released ICMA data on women in the profession. Kirsten and Stacy talk about some of the trends they’re … Continued
Connect with Monica (LinkedIn & Twitter) Connect with Sarah (LinkedIn & Twitter) This week we profile an innovative community engagement effort from the City of Charlotte, North Carolina. Sarah Hazel and Monica Holmes come on to talk about Open Streets 704, an event where they shut down the streets to cars and opened them to people. Supplemental Reading … Continued
Happy! Happy! Break out the books, socks, and coffee mugs, it’s Father’s Day! Just in time for Father’s Day we stumbled upon a new favorite podcast, Dad Rock, and we immediately borrowed a page from their latest episode by asking you to name the song that most reminds you of your dad. For more songs that remind you … Continued
The interns make their triumphant return! Roger Gonzalez and Mark Yager talked with Lake Oswego, OR city manager and Portland State professor, Scott Lazenby. Their conversation covered innovations in local government, getting rid of the performance review and more. Connect with Roger (LinkedIn & Twitter) Connect with Mark (LinkedIn) Supplemental Reading Between 2 Interns … Continued
This week we sat down with Appleton, WI’s communications coordinator, Chad Doran to discuss local government communications and citizen engagement. He lead the effort to create the city’s new “Appycademy” a citizens academy to learn more about city departments and services. We also discussed what it was like to start a communications effort at … Continued
Unless your head has been buried in budget documents for the last month, you know that Michael Karlik, comedian and creator of City Council Chronicles, is appearing on ELGL Live! tomorrow at 11:00 a.m./EST and 8:00 a.m. PST. We’ll record the interview for a future GovLove podcast. ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt is the interviewer and he … Continued
This week GovLove talked to a panel of California local government administrators about one of the hottest current policy topics, minimum wage. The episode covered everything from dealing outreach and engagement to enforcement and implementation. Panelists also brought up how each of their elected bodies felt passionate about raising the minimum wage and committing to … Continued
Join us for a live interview with Michael Karlik, creator of the City Council Chronicles website on Friday, June 10 at 11:00 a.m/EST and 8:00 a.m./PST. We’ll record the interview for a future GovLove podcast. Michael Karlik (Twitter) is a writer and stand-up comedian who often travels between his home in Denver and New York … Continued
Kent Wyatt is joined this week by Brian Ligon from Round Rock, TX and Scott McDonell from Dane County, WI. These two are the brains behind Ron Pitchman and Chad Vader, the stars of two of the most creative local government videos we’ve seen. They discuss local government communication and finding creative ways to get … Continued
