Civic Arts & ELGL are excited to begin the second the Creative Community Cohort, a six-month learning opportunity designed for busy local government staff who are currently working to develop and implement creative placemaking projects and processes in their communities. The cohort-model learning process allows local government practitioners in any department to enhance their knowledge … Continued
This article is written by Brian Smith, Polco / National Research Center. Gratitude in this year of all years? A global pandemic. Millions unemployed. Natural disasters. Racially-aggravated police violence and riots. A divisive election season. It’d be quite understandable if the idea of gratitude had slipped your mind. Despite what this year has become, I … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching: Hallmark Christmas movies and finishing up the fourth season of The Crown What I’m Doing: Quarantining and looking forward to being outside and seeing people, even if from a distance Normally I look forward to writing … Continued
This article was written by Kristie Weaver, Parks Director, City of Hurst, Texas. Kristie wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Kristie on Email or LinkedIn. Hi! I’m Kristie Weaver, Parks Director for the City of Hurst, Texas. After … Continued
The 2020 twin challenges of the pandemic and the racial equity crisis in the US are driving local governments to address inequities and injustice in all their systems, from HR to services and everything in between. This six-week course will focus on preparing participants to have hard conversions that address the current environment of racial … Continued
This article was written by Thomas Prior, Recent Graduate and Marvin Andrews Fellow from Arizona State University. Thomas wrote this article as part of the Water Resources Cohort. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn or Twitter. Visualize yourself transported to 1850s Chicago. Crowds of people are arriving on transport docks … Continued
Cohort Overview The Employee Experience Cohort is designed for local governments that are interested in building or transforming an employee engagement program. The events of 2020 have completely changed the workplace for a public sector employee. With unprecedented freedom to telework, concerns about health and safety, as well as feelings of isolation and disconnectedness between … Continued
Like many government training offices at the start of the COVID19 quarantine, you may have had to switch quickly from in-person training to online training. In my former office at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we converted all the in-person classes to online delivery through WebEx. Thankfully, our staff was prepared because most of … Continued
This article was written by Jane Marie Ford, Principal Financial & Policy Analyst at the City of Portland. Jane Marie wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Jane on Email. I’m a Principal Financial & Policy Analyst at the … Continued
Guest post brought to you by Caity Belta, Engagement Manager, Bang the Table ____________________________________________________________________________________ As an Engagement Manager at Bang the Table, I often find myself addressing the same set of big questions for our clients. Post COVID-19 and in our current social climate, those questions tend to look something like this: How have other … Continued
