Joshua H. Grabar, Esq. is an ELGL member based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who specializes in local government legal issues as they pertain to antitrust and securities law. You can find him on his firm’s website at www.grabarlaw.com; by email at jgrabar@grabarlaw.com; or on LinkedIn or Twitter. Municipal Revenue and Social Justice Generator: Class Action Litigation … Continued
ELGL Members, you now have a directory full of awesome people to explore! Great news! ELGL is happy to announce that we are launching our ELGL Member Directory. This will be a unique way to look up members based on states so you can find other ELGL members in your region. The directory will show … Continued
What We’re Learning About Learning is a short blog series sharing what ELGL staff members are working on (and learning) from cohort-model learning programs that have been piloted or are being developed this year. Our staff is working with ELGL’s membership to discover what works, what doesn’t, what’s needed, and how we can best meet … Continued
What I’m Reading: Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities (for #CityHallShelfie on March 19, y’all, don’t miss it!) What I’m Listening To: The Ghost of Paul Revere, lately. What I’m Stoked About: OMG y’all, I love my job at ELGL and it’s about to be spring. As in, NOT WINTER ANYMORE. … Continued
COVID-19 Equity Ambassadors Free if accepted | Register interest by April 30 The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing public servants to make decisions at an unprecedented pace. With a disease that disproportionately impacts our most vulnerable — from the elderly to low-income — decisions made without these communities in mind risk exacerbating current inequities. In times … Continued
Photo by Rachael Gorjestani on Unsplash We need to SIP before we start ‘storming. By that I mean more Structured Individual Play (SIP) before brainstorming. In professional environments, we are entirely comfortable with brainstorming, which is a version of structured group play, but if I said “Take 30 minutes and have an experience for yourself. Take a … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: With the kiddos: Fast & Furious Spy Racers (gateway drug into F&F life!) Without the kiddos: Marvel’s Runaways What I’m Reading: Dear Girls by Ali Wong (SUPER NSFW) What I’m Listening To: KCUR; GovLove; Hidden Brain … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brian Southey. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown What I’m Watching: Vanderpump Rules (Between by wife and daughter, I normally always lose control over the remote) What I’m Listening To: Mac Miller: Circles This week the Illinois City/County Management … Continued
5 Solutions For Your Toughest Strategic Planning Pain Points The City of Germantown, TN, and ClearPoint Strategy collaborated to provide this strategy & performance management training to the Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort on January 28, 2020. We invited the City of Germantown, TN, to share their performance management journey with the group to … Continued
This blog post originally appeared on the Building State Capacity blog and is written by ELGL member Salimah Samji. In this post, she introduces Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation, or PDIA. This is an iterative learning and adaptation model that enables solutions to be found for each problem that crops up, based on the lessons that … Continued
