This is shared by ELGL member Lori Hall. Downloadable file: CCC’s Emerging Leader course helps new leaders transition from being independent contributors to leading others. OREGON CITY – Clackamas Community College’s Connections with Business and Industry (CBI) works with Portland metro businesses to grow and develop their own talent. CBI provides comprehensive business support to help … Continued
Hi there, ELGL! I am Ashley Copeland, the Communications Manager for the City of Newnan, Georgia. Newnan is a growing suburb of 40,000 that sits about 30-minutes south of Atlanta, Georgia – also dubbed as the “city of homes.” Over the past two years with the city, I’ve worked on enhancing our city’s communications and … Continued
This webinar originally aired on September 29, 2020. Join Jamie Hellen (Twitter | Instagram | You Tube), Town Administrator from Franklin, MA to talk about how collaboration, communication, and a shared understanding of data is the key to governing, maintaining revenues, and developing a customer-focused mindset for your government or department. Please register for this event to access the webinar link. … Continued
This guest post is by ELGL member Andrew Hening. We are surrounded by systems. From schools to traffic to governments agencies, systems are interconnected sets of people/things/ideas that are organized in a way that achieves something. Some systems, such as a bathtub, are quite simple. Others, like the global financial system, are extremely complex. The … Continued
This article was written by Jill Greiner from the City of Charlottesville, Public Works Department, Environmental Sustainability Division, Water Efficiency Program Coordinator. Jill wrote this article as part of the Water Resources Cohort. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Jill on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Email. Whether you are in a … Continued
This article was written by Amie Hendrix, Tompkins County – Deputy County Administrator. Amie wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Amie on LinkedIn. Like many of my local government colleagues, the last several months have been full-on crisis management. … Continued
This article was written by Matt Hirschinger, the Assistant to the Town Manager in Hudson, Colorado. Matt wrote this article as part of the Water Resources Cohort. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Ever heard of “dendrochronology”? I hadn’t. It’s apparently the study of tree rings, and one of many insights I learned from the … Continued
Today’s #MorningBuzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware – “The First Town in the First State”. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Doing: Thanks to Nick Smith, I am learning Spanish What I’m Listening To: My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams What I’m Watching: The … Continued
This article was written by Debb Vitraelli, Marketing Specialist and PIO for the City of Oldsmar. Debb wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Debb on email, LinkedIn, or Facebook. I’m Debb Vitraelli and I love my job as Marketing … Continued
ELGL and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) created the PAFR Fellowship Program to connect graduate students with local governments looking to create a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for submission to the GFOA award program. The fellows have all been finalized and ELGL and GFOA are excited to announce everyone over the next few … Continued
