Link: Panel Discussion Outline ELGL is moderating a panel session on “The Last 60 Days” at the NW Regional Management Conference. As a lead up to the session, we asked for your input via a short survey. Thanks to those who completed our survey about transition from one job to another. Here is a link … Continued
Big ups to ELGL leader Stacy Schweikhart (LinkedIn and Twitter), City of Kettering, OH, for being recognized in the Dayton Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 for 2016. Check out some of Stacy’s contributions to ELGL. Cycling’s Lessons for Government Leaders #13Percent: Engaging the #87Percent #13percent: What it Means and How County Leaders Can Join In What I … Continued
Hat tip to Kare Anderson for featuring ELGL members in her recent post – 6 Ways to Improve Your Town Even If You Can’t Impact Presidential Politics – on Forbes. While many of us are dispirited by the long running, warped reality show called the American presidential election, there are bright spots of innovative good governance … Continued
Chris Floore (LinkedIn and Twitter) serves as Assistant to the County Manager for the consolidated Macon-Bibb County local government. After so many years of working in public relations and communications, the events you put on to earn media coverage and celebrate the people that helped make a project happen…begin to become a bit rote. There’s only so many ways to throw a … Continued
March Madness is upon us, and ELGL is ready with the 5th annual ELGL Bracket Challenge. Whether you’re a major hoops junkie or not, we want you in this bracket (especially if you pick games based on mascots). The bracket challenge is open to active ELGL members. Need to join or renew? Click here. Complete your … Continued
You’ll find some familiar faces when you’re flipping through this month’s issue of American City/County magazine. Several ELGL members were interviewed for the article, Igniting the Flame: Sparking Interest in Tomorrow’s Government Leaders. Local governments are at a crossroads. As workforces age and retire, many cities and counties are finding it difficult to attract younger … Continued
We celebrate Super Tuesday by highlighting the states “in play” tonight and content that has been produced by ELGL members from the in-play states. Alabama Sam Gaston, City of Mountain Brook, City Manager The Deputy: Dan Biles, Jefferson County, AL Arkansas Arkansas: Jeff Dingman, Fort Smith Deputy City Administrator Colorado Colorado: Tim Gagen, Breckenridge Town … Continued
What was your local government moment? What keeps you in local government? Who have been the influences in your career? We take a deep dive into these questions by asking you (the practitioner) to tell your local government story. You can sign up to participate in the bi-monthly feature at Finding Local Government. Thanks to Matt Wojnowski, City … Continued
In this column, Brian Kelly, Joplin (MO) assistant to the city manager, will highlight innovations in local government. He will share experiences from Joplin and cities across the country. He will look at successes and failure in innovation, and offer up some plain off-the-way ideas. By Brian Kelly – LinkedIn and Twitter In September, 2015 the City … Continued
ELGL member Luke Floyd (LinkedIn and Twitter) writes about the tricks-of-the-trade of social media. Luke Floyd works for BoardSync and is writing a book about advancing your organization via social media. The business world concocts funny buzzwords. Each community has their own. In my line of work, the trendy buzzwords are #startup, #techbro, and #SaaS. … Continued
