Quick Survey: ICMA Coaching Program Developments

Posted on May 18, 2016

This information is cross posted from ICMA, an ELGL organizational member. Now that ICMA is providing the Coaching Program on a national basis to all states, the Preparing the Next Generation (PNG) Committee in California would like to complement the Coaching Program with other talent development programs.  Therefore, PNG is surveying you in order to identify...

MCMA Roundup: Nextdoor, Live Streaming, Customer Service

Posted on May 11, 2016

At last week's MCMA "Communications Roundtable," participants brought their most pressing local government communications issues to share and discuss. Here's a summary of those discussions, and some resources and tools that are available. Citywide Action Team (CAT) - New Brighton, Minnesota New Brighton city manager Dean Lotter shared the success of an internal staff committee...

Finding Local Government with KateLynn Schmitt, Village of Richfield, WI

Posted on May 9, 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...

New Release: ELGL Member Publishes Novel

Posted on May 3, 2016

ELGL member Cari Anne Cashon (LinkedIn, Twitter, Web) is the author of a new fiction novel, "You Go Girl." She is pursuing an MBA at Wichita State University full-time, with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. We asked Cari to share the motivation behind the book. Amazon: You Go Girl by Cari Anne Cashon I decided to write...

Finding Local Government With Gabe Reaume, City of Denison, Texas

Posted on May 2, 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...