This quarterly journal is brought to you by our friends at the National Civic League. Summer Edition — Access Code: ELGL22 Civic learning, a key ingredient of any successful democracy, can take a variety of forms and ought to occur in multiple settings, not just high school classrooms. In this issue of the National Civic Review, published … Continued
This database of training opportunities was shared with us by our friends at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center. Check out this new database containing over 100 training opportunities for water leaders, run and administered by a range of organizations. Need: Support and Training for Water Leaders Water utilities often do not resemble the water customers they … Continued
This opportunity is brought to you by our friends at the UniverCity Alliance. UniverCity Year is now accepting proposals for the 2022-2025 UniverCity Year program. Please email Managing Director Gavin Luter at gavin@cows.org or call at 608-261-1141 with any questions about the program or for information about developing a successful proposal. We are also available to … Continued
This challenge opportunity was shared with us by our friends at the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and UrbanLeap. What is the C² Challenge? The Alliance recently launched the C² Challenge seeking actionable solutions that address four specific problems faced by Colorado communities: housing stability, safe streets, community resilience, and civic engagement. Communities are facing significant challenges as they rebuild … Continued
This case study is brought to you by our friends at the EPA’s Trash Free Waters Program. The Curbside Disposal Education Campaign Pilot took place from July 2020 to May 2021 in Washington, D.C., through a partnership between the EPA’s Trash Free Waters Program (TFW) and the local District government. The primary goal of this … Continued
The convening is being organized by the Local Government Big Thinkers, a grassroots group of local government professionals and academics founded in 2020 to identify and implement initiatives addressing the NAPA Grand Challenges. Local Government 2030 – “Lessons for the Future: A Convening of Practitioners” will bring together 50 delegates under the age of 40 … Continued
Hey there! Chanté here from ELGL! ✨✨✨ We are heading into year two of facilitating our Women’s Leadership Program. Our first time around we were super nervous and didn’t know how this program would go and I am happy to report, IT WENT GREAT!!! Of course though, we realized we had room for improvement and … Continued
This guest commentary is by Bob J. Lavigna with CPS HR Consulting. Bob is the author of the book “Engaging Government Employees,” and director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, a division of CPS HR Services, an independent government agency. This year, May 1-7 is Public Service Recognition Week. Since 1985, this … Continued
This quarterly journal is brought to you by our friends at the National Civic League. Spring Edition — Access Code: ELGL22 Communities succeed when they leverage the power of civic engagement and take collaborative approaches to local challenges such as the lack of affordable housing. This issue of the National Civic Review borrows some old ideas—organizing local civic … Continued
Local governments need creative and dynamic leaders who are prepared to break through the “we’ve always done it this way” mindset to help communities thrive. Transformative leaders build resilient organizations that are unafraid to try new things, reform and improve business processes, and encourage empathy throughout the organization. The new Transformative Local Government Leaders program … Continued
