News & Exclusives

New ELGL Series: Work Life Balance

Posted on July 25, 2018

New ELGL Series: Work Life Balance MAY 29, 2015 BY ELGL ELGL is excited to launch a new blog series, survey and webinar on work life balance. Led by Ben McCready and Frieda Edgette, this series aims to address that age-old challenging of balancing professional work with a personal life. To begin this series, please take a short survey to...

Feelin’ the Love for Local Government

Posted on July 20, 2018

This guest blog is by Jennifer Teal. Connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and online! As I’m writing this blog post, my 8-year-old son is sitting at a bank of laptops with a handful of older boys building an epic fortress in Minecraft. My 9-year-old daughter is playing Mario Kart for the first time on...

iPod, iPad, iPhone, and now, iLead, Orlando’s Neighborhood Training Program

Posted on July 19, 2018

It's National #CityHallSelfie Day and City Council Meeting Day in @citybeautiful! pic.twitter.com/8R9QVxrovj — Mayor Buddy Dyer (@orlandomayor) August 15, 2016 Under the leadership of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, the City of Orlando’s Office of Communications and Neighborhood Relations developed the iLead program to organize, support, mentor and guide citizens and organizations in their effort to...

Real-Time Outdoor Communication for the City of Atlanta

Posted on July 15, 2018

This guest post is by ELGL member Ed Krafcik. Goal Enable real-time outdoor communication for the City of Atlanta's Customer Service Department (ATL 311), as well as the City's residents, neighborhood associations, and local businesses. Solution The City of Atlanta selected the Soofa Sign and Soofa Talk content management system to deliver important messages and share relevant...

What Consulting Taught Me

Posted on July 14, 2018

This post is by ELGL member Haley Kadish. Haley received her MPA from the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. She started her career in local government as an ICMA Local Government Management Fellow in Catawba County, NC. After her fellowship, she joined The Novak Consulting Group where she worked with nearly 50...