ELGL at the Beach: #NCLGBA16 in a Single Tweet

Posted on July 12, 2016

ELGL is visiting Wrightsville Beach for the North Carolina Local Government Budget Association (NCLGBA) summer conference. In this column, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt will reflect on the experience. By Kent Wyatt - LinkedIn and Twitter July 15 Props Huge props to NCLGBA for hosting an excellent conference. NCLGBA is a professional association independent of GFOA, ICMA,...

Tell Us Your [Performance Improvements] Story

Posted on July 12, 2016

Welcome to a periodic feature, exclusively offered for our members. “Tell Us Your Story” is your chance to get feedback from ELGL members about a specific topic or policy. Today, we’re tackling performance improvement programs! Here’s the email from an ELGL member: “I am constantly fine-tuning a "performance improvement starter kit", a process that any organization...

Finding Local Government with Tim Wolff, Lake Isabella, MI

Posted on July 11, 2016

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...

Real Time Polling Software Test Run

Posted on July 10, 2016

ELGL is testing out some new real time polling software that we'll incorporate into our presentations this summer and fall. We need to test it out, so please humor us with this lazy Sunday test poll.  If you'd like to participate, please vote via text: Text KIRSTENWYATT910 once to 22333 to join the session. Then respond with A, B,...

Support DPD & DART

Posted on July 8, 2016

Here are some opportunities to support the members of the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency: Send a letter of support to the Dallas Police Department: Dallas Police Department, 1400 South Lamar Street, Dallas Texas 75215 About the DPD: Since its creation more than 120 years ago, the Dallas Police Department has created...