#13Percent: Own Your Story

Posted on June 1, 2015

Own Your Story: A Conversation between Good Girlfriends By: Carmen Mays, LinkedIn and Twitter Look sis, you’re just going have to push through! The reality is there are plenty of folks that are not on board with #13Percent.

From Hired Help to Heads of Government

Posted on June 1, 2015

ELGL continues the #13Percent focus on racial diversity in the local gov workforce. So far we've heard from by Casie Yoder, City of Decatur, GA, who penned our first entry, Race Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum, and Brittany Bennett, Self Help, with Thoughts on Publicly Discussing Race. By LaVita Tuff With the recent tumultuous atmosphere and events in...

Push/Pull: Changing Jurisdictions

Posted on June 1, 2015

We started the #Push/Pull exploration as a follow up to ELGL’s Glacial Pace and ICMA’s Women_Leading_Government articles. The percent of women leading local government organizations has not increased from 1984 until today. The Push/Pull series has been Kim Sandoval's attempt to discover where those leaving local government service – both women and men - have gone.

Hail to the Chief: Heather Johnston, GFOA President & Burnsville, MN City Manager

Posted on May 29, 2015

Civic Leaders is an exclusive local government web-interview series hosted and operated by Springbrook Software, an Accela Company, produced by the VOLSTA Media Network, and syndicated on ELGL.  Heather Johnston, GFOA President and Burnsville, MN City Manager Episode Chapters: 00:31 - New Office: What's the role of GFOA President? 01:32 - Silver Tsunami: What challenges...

Social Media Superstar: Betsy Fretwell

Posted on May 29, 2015

The third ELGL “Social Media Superstar” award goes to Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell. Carrie Ann Taylor collects some of Betsy's best social media posts in the below Storify, and she writes: "When it comes to local government, Betsy gets it! " Congrats, Betsy!  Connect with her on Twitter and see why she's our next...
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